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TCT Weekly Podcast #406 - White Hot Tech

admin — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:15:34 +0000

Totally Cool Tech Weekly Podcast #406 - White Hot Tech

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This Week’s Totally Cool Tech: HP-8" Smart Wi-Fi Digital Photo Frame - $179; IPEVO Kalideo R7 Digital Photo Frame - $199; RCA EZ209HD Pocket CamCorder - $99.71 @ Amazon; Kodak ZX1 Pocket CamCorder - $133 @ Amazon; Pure Digital Flip Mino HD Pocket CamCorder - $229 or $200.04 @ Amazon (Black & Chrome only)

IPEVO Kaleidio R7 Digital Photo Frame

TCT Weekly Podcast #405 Tech-Tastrophy

admin — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:15:06 +0000

Totally Cool Tech Weekly Podcast #405 - Tech-Tastrophy

Listener feed back from: Anna Hopkins - I heard your podcast today, and I have a tip for you. Most bricks and dongles are black, so I use a Silver Sharpie. Write on the brick or the dongle (or find someone who can print small) the name of the item on the power supply. This prevents me from accidentally throwing out bricks and makes it easy to locate the correct supply.

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This Week’s Totally Cool Tech: The Emergency Preparedness Kit - $159; The Companion (for your auto) - $32; The WEZA - $300 (home/travel); The Wegan 150w Smart AC Inverter W/ USB Slot And Holder - $38 (home/auto)

TCT Weekly Podcast #404 - Tech Sucks

admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:15:50 +0000

Totally Cool Tech Weekly Podcast #404 - Tech Sucks

Today’s podcast is sponsored by GoToAssist Express by the great folks at Citrix & powered by Mt. Dew Code Red and Buzz Strong’s Real Coffee Cookies (podcaster tested and geek approved) available @ Think Geek & @ Amazon.

This Week’s Totally Cool Tech: Project Natal - Microsoft - XBox 360 Controller ; Network Magic Pro by Cisco $40 (on sale!)

TCT Weekly Podcast #403 - Summer’s Coming

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:15:49 +0000

Totally Cool Tech Weekly Podcast #403 - Summer’s Coming

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This Week’s Totally Cool Tech: Super Bar Codes (via NY Times); SoundCast Audio Products - Wireless Patio Sound ($100-$800); Aqua Sounders - Floating Pool Speakers ($150); Uniden WXI2077 - Water Proof Pool Side Phone ($55 @ Best Buy)

The Comment Light Is Now Off

admin — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:56:16 +0000

To my loyal listeners. I have been experiencing a huge spam attack lately that has flooded me with hundreds of comment spam messages a day. I do not have the time to deal with these, so for the time being I have turned off the comments. This will be turned back on after whatever “bot” learns that we don’t take comments any more. Sorry for the inconvenience.

TCT Daily Podacst #402 - Verdict

admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:27:17 +0000

Totally Cool Tech Daily Podcast #402 - Verdict

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Special Thanks to Taylor Marek @ http://www.taylormarek.com for helping me get my blog back up and running today. After several hours of fussing with the WordPress setup after a major Horking of the site, he helped me get things working again.

Well folks, were changing things up for right now, I’m going weekly with a possiblility of twice a week.

This Week’s Totally Cool Tech: All found at the SlipperyBrick web site - The Rescue Reel; Google Wave; Halo RC Toys; Email ‘N Walk iPhone App

Site Fixed!!

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:23:14 +0000

It appears that my site hosed up a while back due to an unknown reason, but the plugins were suspected. So I yanked them out by the roots at the suggestion of my web host (Dreamhost) and verified the site would come back up and one by one re-install the plugins that I use and leave the unused ones off the site completely.

Seems to have worked, but we will see in the morning

This Gives Phishing A Whole New Meaning

admin — Wed, 27 May 2009 04:16:37 +0000

I have been looking for a fish tank for my boys as birthday presents. Since they are a month apart, the wife and I typically buy them a combo gift or two that they can share. We have talked about a fish tank for them as my wife used to work at a fish store. So while browsing through Amazon I stumbled across this unique fish tank. It’s a Toilet and Tank, separate of course.

Now their current motif in their bathroom is already fish, tropical at that, so this toilet (which they need a new one anyway, fits right in. Hey that would be like catching two fish with one hook (two birds with one stone reference if you didn’t catch that already). So I must first run this past the wife, which I’m sure will be blown out of the water (another intended pun), but oh well, it made me laugh and that’s all that counts.

New Vehicle Air-Conditioning System

admin — Thu, 21 May 2009 13:41:34 +0000

New Vehicle Air-Conditioning System
KARIYA, Japan—Automotive technology supplier DENSO has developed a vehicle air-conditioning system that uses ejector technology. The company claims that the small refrigerant injector reduces the vehicle’s compressor power consumption by up to 25% compared to conventional car air-conditioning systems. The ejector replaces an expansion valve, and recovers expansion energy, which normally is lost in the expansion valve, and converts it into pressure energy, reducing the compressor’s workload. The system will be installed on the new Toyota Prius, scheduled to be introduced this month. - (via ASHRAE.org)

Now I’m On Crack

admin — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:56:50 +0000

Well, I’m kind of on a podcasting vacation, but I just got my new Blackberry Storm. So I will be trying this thing out heavily for the next two weeks while I’m “off” and will report back to you when I return to the podcasting “Air Waves” as to my experience.

Now mind you this is NOT an evaluation device, this is MY personal cell phone from Verizon (did I really need to even mention that?). So I will try my best to put it through its paces. I already had some user error getting the internet and email to work, but by just poking around it finally kicked in the browsing and email for me. So, I’m learning the quirks of this device as opposed to the iTouch that I have. Will be an interesting comparison, though the iTouch is NOT an iPhone, however, the interface on the iTouch is the same as the iPhone. So with all that being said, I will be on Crack (crackberry reference just to make that clear, not crack cocaine) for the next two weeks. Will I be affected or will it just be a phone? Hmmmmm…….

Blackberry Storm