Archive for December, 2006
| Posted Dec 31st, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Happy New Year fellow Geeks!
Thank you for a most excellent 2006 and hopefully for an even better 2007! The Geeks have planned out an exciting New Year starting this month with new bloggers and blogs coming on board the Geeks network and our extensive coverage of CES while we’re there [...]
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| Posted Dec 31st, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Amazon Prime has been an absolute time saver over the past six months. In the past I would weigh the monetary and time costs of shipping verses just going to the store and buying. Also, Christmas shopping could take days and time away from work or family. With Amazon Prime [...]
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| Posted Dec 30th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
The top New Year’s Resolution “the Geeks” picked to help you with is to spend more time with family and friends. Life has become more and more hectic and people always feel like they are on the go and can’t slow down for family and friends except for a couple holidays a [...]
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| Posted Dec 30th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
The last gadget “the Geeks” picked for helping to become fit is Sharper Image’s Glass Scale and Body Fat Monitor. The popular Glass Scale has been improved with the ability to estimate body-fat percentage of the total weight using accurate (semi-accurate) bioelelectic impedance analysis. The scale has an internal computer with body-composition [...]
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| Posted Dec 30th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
Most fitness buffs find that exercising outdoors provides the change of scenery necessary to keep the workout interesting. But without modern exercise equipment like treadmills, stationary bikes or elliptical trainers, it can be difficult to determine exact distance, pace, and heart rate throughout an exercise session. Push yourself to your personal best with [...]
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| Posted Dec 29th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
One of the most popular New Year’s Resolutions people make is to become physically fit in the New Year. If you have ever create New Year’s Resolutions, “becoming fit” had to have been on your list at some point in your life.
The first gadget we picked to help you become [...]
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| Posted Dec 29th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
The Bio Trainer assists your in your quest to lose weight by monitoring your activity during the day and tracking the calories exerted. With a built-in motion sensor and tri-axis accelerometer, the Bio Trainer is a patented clip-on weight-loss aid that measures calories burned and overall physical activity based on every movement [...]
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| Posted Dec 29th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
An essential tool in any balanced dieting plan is a food scale. Ideal for the health-conscious eater, Escali Cibo Nutritional Food Scale is a digital scale with a smart weighing system inside. This diet scale has easy-to-use features to display nutritional values, including calories, carbohydrates, fat and protein, for 999 food items, [...]
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| Posted Dec 28th, 2006 by Chief Gizmateer [e-mail, website]
We’ve covered several New Year’s Resolutions so far (increasing personal productivity, learn something new, save money, work on addictions) but now “the Geeks” are tackling “losing weight”.
As an example, our first Gizmo of the Day helps calm the cravings of someone with a taste for a particular flavor. This is [...]
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| Posted Dec 28th, 2006 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]
Completing the trifecta of addictions that many seek to cure themselves off in the New Year is gambling. There aren’t a whole lot of gadgets short of something to electrically shock you that can help curb your gambling problem, but there are a slew of books that you can read. We’ll feature just a [...]
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