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2006-03-21

Thoughts and info on some of the gadgets that I bought or used, books and toys:

Book Reviews

• The Ice Palace that Melted Away -- Bill Stumpf
• Good to Great
• Tomorrow Now by Bruce Stering
• Bumper Sticker Computer Science quotes from More Programming Pearl (out of print?)

Gadgets and Technology for the Home

• Home Automation using ZWave, a wireless system.
• Zojirushi Hot Water Dispensing Pot
• Vonage internet phone service.

Consumer Electronics

• Nikon D70 Digital SLR Camera
• Onkyo TX-NR801 Home Theatre AV Receiver
• Tivoli Model One Desktop Radio
• Bang and Olfsen A8 Earphones
• Canon Powershot S100 Digitial Camera
• Siemen's Gigaset -- a two line wireless phone system that uses wireless communication to link additional phones to the base station.
• Oregon Scientific RM136HG User Guide

Cell Phones And PDA and Computers

• Fujitsu ScanSnap S300M Scanner for the Mac
• Mac Book Pro
• Treo 700p PDA Phone
• Nokia 9300 Communicator
• Sony ericsson HBH-65 Bluetooth Headset
• Sony ericsson T610 GSM World Phone
• Sony ericsson Z600 GSM World Phone
• Sony Clie TH55 PDA
• IBM Thinkpad X31 Laptop
• IBM Thinkpad T22 Laptop
• Nokia 8890 World Phone.
• Nokia 6160 phone.
• My old Sprint PCS phone.

Home and Personal Gadgets and Tools

• Bose Quiet Comfort 2 Noise Cancelling Headphones
• Bell and Ross Fusion wrist watch

Toys

• Micro remote control car BitChar-G from Japan
• New type: DigiQ IR Micro remote control car from Japan

Tech

• Belkin Bluetooth USB Adaptor
• Linksys Wireless Ethernet Bridge
• 802.11b Wireless LAN using hardware from SMC.
• New Toshiba Portege 7020 ultra portable laptop
• Japan NTT F503i i-mode phone

Others

• Tokyo Fish Market at Tsukiji
• Air Travelling through Boston Logan Airport post September 11.
• The first JavaOne conference in 1997
• ISDN Horror Story