Gear & Gloating in Las Vegas
Posted on January 17, 2007 - Filed Under Tech & Science, Gadgets & Cameras, Video | Leave a Comment
OK, I just took down the Christmas tree, stashed the snowglobes, set the Roomba to the task of sweeping up the detritus of Christmas last. Been away in Las Vegas for the monster Consumer Electronics Show, where the gloat sweeps across the desert like a storm of flying lizards. I do a little tech TV […]
Read More..>>Blurb: Fast Pass to the Realm of the Literati
Posted on December 13, 2006 - Filed Under Gadgets & Cameras, Photography | Leave a Comment
Watch out National Geographic, Smedley’s Amazing Auspicious Adventures in Full-Color is nipping at your heels. You, yes you over there with the dorky photographer’s vest and the bazooka lens…you can publish your own coffee table book for just a little bit more than the price of a pound of Starbuck’s finest.
Blurb, a California startup, has […]
Read More..>>Now Hear This! - Sennheiser PCX300 Noise Cancelling Headphones
Posted on May 26, 2006 - Filed Under Gadgets & Cameras | Leave a Comment
The Sennheiser PXC300 are small enough to fit in a purse
NOW HEAR THIS!
By Pat Meier-Johnson
Probably a dozen or so airline freebie headphones have seen the dreaded inner sanctum of my briefcase and come out a mess. So it doesn’t break my heart to plug these flimsly mangled contraptions into the TV jack of […]
Read More..>>Taking the High Tech Road
Posted on January 28, 2006 - Filed Under Audio, Tech & Science, Gadgets & Cameras | Leave a Comment
Interview with Chuck Tannert, Automotive Editor, Cargo Magazine
In the last of our interviews from the Lunch @ Piero’s radio show during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Chuck, who is Cargo’ s Automotive Editor, tells us what is new in tech on the dashboard and under the hood as our conversation strays from digital […]
The Secret Decoder Ring Redux
Posted on January 24, 2006 - Filed Under Audio, Tech & Science, Gadgets & Cameras | Leave a Comment
Spiderman Creator Stan Lee with “Villain” & “Hero” Rings
Photo: Infinite Machines
The Secret Decoder Ring Redux
OK, this doesn’t have anything to do with travel, but let me wear my geek hat for one more day because I fondly remember opening cereal boxes from the bottom when I was a kid to get at the secret decoder […]






