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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