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Gadgets For The Beach

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product_image.phpIt’s time to hit the beach! I bet that many of you have been waiting for this time for the first half of the year. Some of the best times of my life have been spent at the beach, and I have to say that in addition to the surf and the sand, I love bringing cool gadgets to play with. If you are the same, you’d love to get your hands on these gadgets.

Flip Plus Waterproof Case
There are waterproof cases for most any kind of gadget these days. But if you want to take videos and stills without worrying about ruining your camera, I suggest that you get a Flip. It has been around for quite some time and it is quite cheap. Then get a waterproof case for it and you’re all set!

Atlantic Ego Ice Waterproof iPod Dock
What’s a beach party without music? Of course, you wouldn’t want your iPod to get ruined because of the water. With this waterproof iPod dock, you can play music even if you’re in the middle of the pool. You can use this dock with any kind of iPod, and it uses simple AA batteries!

Panasonic Toughbook
Okay, this one may not be as easy to get as the first two. It is the toughest laptop out there, no doubt about it, but it will also set you back almost $2000, even more. Still, if you have the cash to spare, this is the laptop to bring to the beach – or practically anywhere!

Any other gadgets you’d like to bring with you?

Pink Meletta Designer USB Drive

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meleta-360Whoever said that geeks do not like cute things must have been out of their minds. Wake up! Take a look around you and you will realize that geeks do have a sense of cuteness in them! Right now, my girl friends (as in friends who are girls, mind you) are so into this geek called Chuck. Never mind that he is a totally fictitious character from a TV series of the same name. He is cute and he is a geek – oh and yeah, a spy too. The point is that cute things do have a special place in the world of geeks…

Speaking of cute, have you seen this USB thumb drive from Mimobot? Dubbed the Pink Meletta, it is sure to catch anyone’s eye – geek or not! I have to admit that when I first set my eyes on it (albeit via the Internet), my attention was caught. Not because it’s pink. Not because it’s a thumb drive. I don’t really know why, but I found myself wondering if I should get it or not.

Valentine’s Day is over now but it never is too late to get someone a gift and I thought that the Pink Meletta would be perfect for someone I know. More than being a simple flash drive – how anyone could think that something designed like this would be simple, I don’t know – it also has preloaded content. Let me name a few: graphics, sounds, and video. I don’t have to say that the content is all about love and cuteness, do I?

Still, if you are into those things or you know someone who is, $24.95 for the 1G version is what you need. If you want more storage, you just need to add more to that price.

FREE Geeky Activities That Can Make You Feel Better

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wolfram_1I had a bad day. No, I am having a bad week. Let me correct that again, I have had a bad month…maybe the first half of the year, even. Oh well, thank goodness I have some spare time and I can think of FREE things that can make me feel better. Maybe you can use them too…

Mooch a book.
This weekend, why don’t you hole yourself up in your bedroom? Borrow a good book from one of your friends. Better yet, get a free e-book somewhere and use your e-book reader (I use my PSP). You don’t even have to get dressed for the day. Just stay in and immerse yourself in a wonderful fantasy novel!

Oh, and check out this site called BookMooch. You can give and get books all you want!

Play a game.
You can do this alone or with friends. With the mood I am in, I am probably better off playing Guitar Hero by myself. Otherwise, I might end up hitting someone with my guitar (and no, I cannot afford to buy a new one). Anyway, this is a perfect blues chases. Get out your favorite video game and forget the world.

Play around with Wolfram Alpha.
Wolfram Alpha, in case you haven’t heard (shame on you!), is the newest in search engine technology. Heck, its creators do not even call it a search engine. It’s a computational something…yeah, I need to play with it a little more.