Etsy is the great place to shop for handmade items that are the perfect mix of craft and tech. The combo of the two is a special interest of mine. Here are five favorite categories. 1. Flash drives (also known as USB drives). They range from old Pez dispensers to old keyboard keys to handmade [...]
I’m always interested in the intersection between electronics and craft. I think it’s the mix of low-tech–the traditions that have been followed for centuries–and high-tech–the newest computer technologies. I do a lot of looking at the high-tech/low-tech mix on Etsy, the website for buying and selling handmade items and craft supplies. Here’s my latest find. [...]
Baseball fans who don’t live near their childhood homes have several options for watching their favorite teams’ games, but there’s a great new way. The Roku, a small $99 box which easily attaches to your TV, lets you watch any game by any team in near-HD quality, provided you’re not geographically close to either team [...]
Novatel Wireless has just announced that their MiFi 2200 device, a personal portable wireless network that goes with you everywhere. It runs on Verizon’s 3G high-speed network, so your internet is fast (unless there’s no 3G where you are, of course). Should be available May 17, if their press release is to be believed. It’s [...]
Now that I’ve been running back and forth between New Jersey and New York more often, I’m dreaming of a lighter laptop–my old 12″ G4, while still smaller than the Mac laptops offered today, weighs in at 6+ pounds. So after reading the New York Times Frugal Traveler column, in which writer Matt Gross buys [...]
One thing I like about my job is that I get to see weird problems that never even entered my imagination. Sometimes it takes a while to diagnose some issues just because the cause is so unlikely that I unconsciously dismiss it, and it’s only after circling back that I identify it. Well, now it’s [...]
