Category Archives: Gadgets

“No no, quite wrong. Open the gates!”

Posted on March 11 2003 by Mickey

Terry Gilliam, Director of Movies     My Malata PAL/NTSC converter came in handy again, since I was able to watch the Lost in La Mancha documentary last night. It only opened around here a couple weeks ago, but the … Continue reading →

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Camera Poll

Posted on March 2 2003 by Mickey

    I’m thinking about it. I’m seriously thinking about it…>    I tried to embed this poll, but apparently pMachine doesn’t like entries with PHP. So I made the poll into a popup window. Is that cool? (No, wait; … Continue reading →

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Gadgets Round-up

Posted on February 16 2003 by Mickey

    It’s been a small piece of forever since I updated my Gadgets page. It’s not that I haven’t been buying gadgets — far from it — it’s just that I haven’t had time to experiment with them. The … Continue reading →

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The Man is Keeping Me Down

Posted on September 9 2002 by Mickey

    Yesterday my cable modem was out; now, I can’t access the Internet here at work. But, luckily, I have my laptop and an AOL account to fall back on. Nothing will keep me from updating my homepage! Too … Continue reading →

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Green Batteries

Posted on April 27 2002 by Mickey

    One thing I’m rather proud of is my changeover to using rechargeable batteries. My CD/MP3 player was using up AA batteries at an alarming rate and I was forced to buy 8-packs of Duracell Ultras every couple weeks. … Continue reading →

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Microsoft

Posted on April 26 2002 by Mickey

    Note to self: download Microsoft’s XP Powertoys. [1:59 PM]    Update: Speaking of Microsoft, here’s a fun collection of software error messages.

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Comcast.net

Posted on February 20 2002 by Mickey

    I guess my transition from @Home to Comcast.net truly is underway. I’ve started to get porn ads in my Comcast.net e-mail account and my cable modem has already lost connection twice.

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The Egregious Sound Blaster

Posted on May 1 2001 by Mickey

    I do a lot of audio work. Many sections of this site offer audio files. So when I wanted to upgrade my sound card, to one that could handle digital audio, I assumed my best bet would be … Continue reading →

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The Rio Volt

Posted on May 1 2001 by Mickey

    It was planned that a guest columnist was going handle review duties for the Rio Volt hybrid CD/MP3 player, but in the meantime I bought one myself. The Volt is a clone of the iRiver iMP-100, but is … Continue reading →

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(Boy Was I Naïf)

Posted on March 22 2001 by Mickey

    A little facelift, but hardly the massive one I would like to do [back on my old page]. I just wanted to get some use out of my latest webcam, which I bought from a company called x10. … Continue reading →

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