Like many of the items I purchase the Rechargeable Arc Lighter was a suggestion from a friend. He had bought several. The lighter is pretty nice. It charges via micro-USB, has an on/off button and a button to press to create the arc. The arc itself will light virtually anything. I have used it several times already. It is much better than matches of any kind and unlike normal lighters, it doesn’t “run out” of fuel – the charge it takes lasts a long time and it can be recharged (or kept charged). A really nice aspect of the lighter […]
Gadgets
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I received a new pen for a Channukah present. This is a very cool pen. It is really many tools in one. I don’t want to mislead anyone, so let me state in the beginning that I love pens and gadgets. The fact that this is a pen that is also a gadget, make it all the more appealing, It has a stylus, Phillips head screwdriver, flat head screwdriver, bubble level, inch ruler, metric ruler, and of course a pen. I have just started using it and already love it. This pen is definitely a keeper. Just to reiterate, […]
I accidentally left my favorite bluetooth earpiece in a pocket and it went through the washing machine. Needless to say, it no longer works. I reverted to using an older one for a while. And then started using my retractable neck band instead. Although the last was the most satisfying, I really wanted my original back. Then I saw a deal on one of the many deal sites for these touch earbuds. They are the Latest bluetooth version, touch enabled (they turn on and off by touching the buds, with audible confirmation) . One of the nice aspects of […]
I recently purchased and received a Remo Door bell / webcam. I purchased it for 2 basic reasons – it was near father’s day and it was on sale for 1/2 price. When I received the doorbell, after I had forgotten about even ordering it, I unpacked it and everything was there, kind of … What is included: The remo doorbell/webcam a mounting plate Instructions (basic) for setting it up Screws (4 with sinkers to screw it into the wall/door, and 2 smaller ones without sinkers for the battery cover and the security screw hole). It also came with […]
A while back I wrote this blog about web cams. It included information about Wyzecam, which is now officially my favorite webcam. In that post, I got the prices wrong (at least I hope I did). That post says 39.99 on Amazon and 29.99 on wyzecam.com. The price was 29.99 on amazon (retail price) and 19.99 on wyzecam.com. That is still the price, but now the camera is better. Wyze came out with version 2 (v2) of their webcam (hence the name of this post) and the tech is better, but the price is the same. The tech: So what […]
I got tired of putting my Apple watch down on my night table by itself and not be able to see it, unless I propped it against something else. I went looking, on amazon of course, for a stand that would hold up my watch and charge it the same time. I have something at work that does just this, but I wanted something for home. The one I found fit the ticket perfectly. It was not too much and all it required was your own apple watch charger that fit right into it. Here it is pictured on the […]
Some years ago I invested in the Nymi Band. It was supposed to be a device that would unlock nearly anything and was tied to your heartbeat. The biggest problem is that I still don’t have one (they did send me some cool stickers and I get email updates every so often, but I never received the band). So when I saw this device, called everkey, I purchased one. I am still waiting to receive it, but I am betting I will get this before I see the Nymi. It was apparently developed by John McAfee, yeah the guy who […]
Webcams A while ago, the webcam I was able to find was this little USB webcam. This one was a cute little webcam, although the quality was not what we are used to today, it was excellent for the time. The First It has a built-in microphone as well. I did have to attach it, via a USB cable to my computer. Eventually, that computer became another computer and then a laptop and then another laptop and finally a QNAP Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. The NAS doesn’t like it plugged in, rather it looks for a WiFi enabled camera. […]
What I’m talking about, or for the uninitiated – Star Trek I “promised” in a previous post that I would eventually get to this. The actual concept of a communication device that would fit in the palm of your hand was seen in Star Trek: The Original Series (TOS). The series ran from 1966-1969. What took place in this series and the impact of it was well, monumental and has been the subject of many, many different scholarly and fan treatises. The object – an “Original” Communicator Why Many years ago, my wife and I purchased the thing that, at […]
Back then No I am not going to go all Star Wars in you, at least not now. It was a considerable time ago when I was still in college. I was at a rather small college in the middle of Boston, Massachusetts, called Northeastern University – Boston-Bouvé College. There, I was pursuing a BS in elementary education. There was one professor, who saw I had an aptitude for mathematics and liked things to be logical (he became my advisor). He encouraged me to take a minor in Computer Science. There was one difficulty, at the time there existed no […]