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Why You Need the Springpad iPhone App

Doug Aamoth — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:25:37 +0000

I’m not the most organized man in the history of men but it’s not for lack of trying. It’s more for lack of will, determination, time, time management skills, cleanliness (both personally and around the house), money, proper genetic predisposition to organization, and more.
Mostly it’s because it seems like too much work, even though it [...]

Retro Meets Mobile With Moshi Moshi Handsets

Doug Aamoth — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:59:05 +0000

You’ll either love them or you won’t; there can be no middle ground. The $60 Moshi Moshi retro telephone handsets plug into your cell phone for slightly less cumbersome conversations and give your workspace a splash of nostalgic style, courtesy of French designer David Turpin.
Moshi Moshi Collection [NativeUnion.com]
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How To Cobble Together a Portable Emulation System

Doug Aamoth — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:14:08 +0000

I show you how to download and setup MESS, the “Multi Emulator Super System” with over 400 different system emulators, load up your favorite classic video games, and copy everything to a USB stick or memory card for use on just about any PC in the world. It’s pocketable nostalgia at it’s finest: easy, cheap, [...]

Video Review: eStarling WiFi Photo Frame, Starring Twitter

Doug Aamoth — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:05:43 +0000

Because you should never, ever, ever be more than 15 feet away from Twitter at any given time, the $200 eStarling TouchConnect digital photo frame provides yet another way to keep up with the mindless goings-on of your favorite internet celebrities.
I bet you’re expecting me to plug my own Twitter feed here. Well, I won’t. [...]

Video Review: Warpia’s Wireless A/V Set Works — But Within Short Range

Doug Aamoth — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:32:20 +0000

Warpia’s wireless A/V set consists of a USB stick that installs itself as a secondary DisplayPort video card on your computer and transmits video and audio data to a second USB stick that sits inside a dock connected to your TV via HDMI or VGA.
The system uses Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology to stream up to 720p [...]

Review: Broadband2Go For Your Mobile Internet Needs

Doug Aamoth — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:55:31 +0000

At $60 per month and a two-year contract, mobile broadband internet access from the likes of T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint isn’t exactly cheap. But Virgin Mobile offers prepaid 3G mobile internet access without a contract.
Sure, your $60 doesn’t get you as much as you’d get with a monthly plan (1GB on Virgin Mobile versus [...]

A Simple Way to Scan Your Photos

Doug Aamoth — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:53:28 +0000

Scanning things isn’t exactly rocket science but if you’ve ever owned a scanner, I bet you’ve had friends and family members drop off stacks of old photos for you to “just scan real quick!”
And if you really got down to the heart of the matter, you might find that the reason regular people don’t scan [...]

Cyber Clean Goop De-Cruddifies Your Keyboard

Doug Aamoth — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:14:18 +0000

Look down at your keyboard right now. Like, really closely.
If it’s more than six months old, you’ll probably notice a bunch of crumbs and gunk in between the keys. There are a few tried and true methods for cleaning your keyboard, like putting it in the dishwasher or using a little Q-tip to scrub between [...]

High-Quality Skype Calls on the Cheap

Doug Aamoth — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:19:02 +0000

Normally when I catch wind of a product that promises to be “enhanced for this” or “optimized for that” I chalk it up to marketing spin and assume it’ll be priced higher than it should be with the hopes of duping casual consumers into buying it. Such was the case with the Freetalk Everyman Headset [...]

Virtual Console Classics vs. WiiWare Remixes

Doug Aamoth — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:52:16 +0000

One of the best aspects of the Nintendo Wii is the ability to download old-school NES games for $5 a pop. But a trend’s been emerging lately; some classic old franchises are making their way into the WiiWare downloads section, a section that’s normally reserved for games from independent developers and shorter titles from well-known [...]