Archive for August, 2008

TuneUp - clean up your iTunes music collection

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Aug 29th, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

If you’ve got an iPod or an iPhone, then chances are that you use iTunes as well. You’ve spent hours and days ripping your CDs into iTunes, and well, you’ve got a bit of a mess, because all of the song titles, artists and cover art isn’t there. Sometimes, artist names end up with multiple […]

Edison: freeware app to automate your computer’s energy use

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Aug 24th, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

Edison is a freeware application for your Windows XP or Vista machine that regulates its energy use, mainly by doing things like turning off your monitor, spinning down your hard drive and/or putting your computer into standby or hibernation.
Assuming you haven’t been a good boy/girl and already turned on some of those power-saving features, […]

33 Cool LEGO Creations

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Aug 23rd, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

Trendhunter magazine has a nice article with a collection of cool creations either based on Legos or with Legos at its core. My favorites: Lego cufflinks, Lego Las Vegas, and ice trays that make ice Lego bricks.

mophie Juice Pack extends iPhone’s battery life

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Aug 22nd, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

If your an iPhone owner with a surfing/e-mail ‘habit’, then you may need some more juice (aka battery life). mophie has a product for the iPhone (and one for the iPod Touch too) called the Juice Pack that increases Standby Time to 250 hours, Talk Time to 8 hours, Video playback to 7 hours and […]

iSpring Free converts PowerPoint presentations into Flash

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Aug 20th, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

For the geek that has to do presentations, iSpring Free is a neat little tool that converts your PowerPoint presentations into Adobe Flash slideshows. So no more sticking this slides up on the Web, and needing your visitors to download then open up on their computer (and they need to have Powerpoint Viewer at a […]

Flatwire - clean up your cabling

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Aug 19th, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

You may love your gadgets, but hate the mess of cables that it typically involves. If you’ve got a bit of extra cash to spend on the ‘problem’, then you should take a look at FlatWire Technologies which is a company that makes FlatWire, ultra-thin, surface mounted wiring for audio, video, data and even low-voltage […]

GraGraph home earthquake meter

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Aug 18th, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

No, it’s not a predictor of impending quakes, but the GraGraph will sound an alert and tell you how large the earthquake is on the Richter scale (anywhere from 3 to 10).
Hopefully, you’ll never have to use it, so for that reason, it has a built-in LCD clock, alarm and night-light! The GraGraph will […]

Review: PricePirates price comparison software

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Aug 17th, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

PricePirates is a piece of Windows freeware that lets you compare prices in eBay auctions ( you can select what country), Amazon.com and Shopping.com. Each of those product sources show up in different tabs in the software and automatically populated once you switch to a tab. There is also a tab with a Web […]

Review: Schick Quattro Titanium with Trimmer

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Aug 15th, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

It may be a bit amusing to think of, but the competition amongst shaving companies is fierce. Consider this - it’s well known that Gillette spent over $750 million on the R&D costs for the Mach3 razor. But I’m here to discuss the latest from Schick which as far as I know is a first. […]

Pizza Scissors - cut those slices accurately every time

Bookmark/e-Mail | Posted Aug 14th, 2008 by Chief Gadgeteer [e-mail, website]

I love these things. Another example of “why didn’t I think of that?” These pizza scissors cut through pizza without scratching the pan underneath it, and also serve as a serving spatula to get the pizza slice onto plates without spilling. The parts separate for easy dishwashing (in the dishwasher is fine). I don’t want […]


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