I think back to the mid 90’s, when 90210 was as hot to the totts as MTV’s Laguna Beach. Teens were trendy, and high school was life. I did notice what was ‘cool’, and how far from it I appeared to be. I tried to mimic the hip by slinging my beige Jansport backpack over
Tom Bihn is back for more. After reviewing the Buzz bag by Mr. Bihn (who does personally designs each TB bag), I had to try out another one. This time I traded in the one strap for two. We’re going to put that old saying to the test, “two heads are better than one” (but
“DC Shoes, the leader in performance skateboard footwear, has teamed up with incase, creators of premium carrying solutions, to develop the Skatebag, a multi-functional backpack designed to house and protect your PowerBook and iPod, as well as your board and other gear. The DC/incase collaborative represents the union of lifestyle, music and technology, available exclusively
Timbuk2, born and raised in San Francisco, has built a solid reputation for producing bags that don’t bow down to a challenge. Timbuk2 was started in 1989, and isn’t going anywhere but up here in 2005. I got my greasy little hands on the Timbuk2 Commute Laptop Messenger Bag. My precious little iBook 12” needs
Laptops are going everywhere that our laps are going. Many people have scrapped the idea of a desktop computer to rely 100% on their laptop computer. All of their pictures, music, emails, as well as their gateway to the virtual world lies in those 6lbs of battery operated, LCD screen goodness. This is why it’s
That’s “ennui”, not “envy”, and I’m writing about the fairly dull times we are living in. From an awesome new gadget perspective, that is. The Age of Enlightened Gadgets spanned the first half of this decade, where a virtually continuous stream of new and fascinating toys were built by both large manufacturers and new upstarts.
When I got my original Vaio (the good one, not 2.0 aka “the trainwreck”) I was amazed by the thinness of the screen (even next to an Air it’s a very thin screen). I distinctly recall the day I dreamed up a dual-screen laptop, one that would work inside the existing context of Windows (or
Introduction For many of us our notebook is our main computer, or even our only computer. We explored this a few months back. Notebook sales have exceeded desktop sales for the last year or so, and the trend is likely to continue. The main attraction of a notebook is portability in a reasonably sized form
To be clear up front, this is neither a “Best of” nor a “What’s Hot” type of list. It’s literally the stuff I saw. Further, I purposefully avoided the most popular stuff, which you can read more about here, here and here (though they somehow missed the whole 3DTV meme, which was fairly unmissable). I
Want a surefire way to make the best headphones on the market even better? Easy, add a mike. Confused? Well, Shure (the makers of my favorite E4c and runner-up E2c headphones) did just that, and believe it or not, it all makes perfect sense.It turns out you can divide people into one of two camps
After Geek Dinner 1.0 was such a jolly good time, I knew I’d have to approach it the way a network approaches a mediocre sitcom with decent ratings: keep doing it for 7 years, then 5 more good years in syndication. For Geek Dinner 2 we moved to a different venue (Indigo, reservation courtesy of
Slappa is a company who provides cases promising to protect your CDs, DVDs, laptops, and (of course) iPods. One of their lines of laptop cases is called the Velocity Pro, a well-lined backpack designed to carry laptops, small and large (up to 17″ screens). I’ve tried it out on my recent 5-week trip to NYC,