Gadgets on the Cheap

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High tech Doorbell?

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 […]

My Apple Watch stand for Home

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 […]

BlueTooth – My journey

I started off with a simple desire, an easy way to answer my phone and getting one of the BlueTooth devices which I really liked.  Just the idea of wireless communication between my device and anything else makes me think of Star Trek.  I started out, because it really wasn’t “necessary,” finding a lost bluetooth earpiece on the street,  This wasn’t the kind that went into your ear canal, but rather over one’s ear.  None the less I got it home and cleaned it thoroughly.  I had to buy a new behind the ear earpiece, because that was there, but […]

What is cool tech, and where do I get mine?

I think this is a loaded question.  The question should probably be what makes the tech in question cool and why.  The technology I can afford is generally only “cool” in my eyes when others say something like, “Oh, I wish I had something like that!”  So, I generally try to get not only things I need/want, but also those items that would elicit that response. When it comes to where to get this type of item, for me at least, Amazon has been a real boon.  To begin with I am a Prime member, which gets me some discounts […]