Archive for the 'Gadgets' Category

Gadgets - HTC Kaiser

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

I finally settled on a new cell phone after the fiasco with the LG Voyager.  Last weekend I picked up the HTC Kaiser, rebranded as the AT&T Tilt.  Calling it a simple cell phone is a great injustice.  It’s a hand held computer with a cell phone built in.  It’s major down-side is it’s Windows [...]

Gadgets - LG Voyager Cell Phone

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

I picked up a new cell phone after using the most basic of phones for years.  I needed something that was internet capable.  After researching phone capabilities, I found the LG Voyager had all the features I wanted (and a few I didn’t need).  The phone is awesome.  It can connect to any POP3 or [...]

Gadgets - Jura-Capresso Impressa E8

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

I start my day with a couple of shots of espresso.  In the past I used a standard consumer class manual espresso maker.  This meant I needed to grind the beans, pack the grounds, add water, then wait a several minutes for the machine to brew a shot.  When just waking up, this was a [...]

Gadgets - Litter Maid Self-Cleaning Cat Box

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

I hate cleaning the cat box so I had high hopes for the Litter Maid Cat Box.  Unfortunately, it was a complete waste of money.  The first problem was finding an out-of-site location that was large enough for this thing.  It’s too large to squeeze into a corner of the bathroom.  I ended up sticking [...]

Gadgets - Kuerig K-Cup Coffee Maker

Monday, October 22nd, 2007

Since I love gadgets I thought I’d blog on ones that I have become familiar with.
I love coffee, but making a pot when I only wanted one or two cups was extremely wasteful.  So one day I picked up a Kuerig K-Cup coffee maker.  Using cartridges, it makes a single cup of coffee in [...]