Archive for the 'gadgets' Category

iPhone 2.0 apps reviewed

Friday, July 11th, 2008

I’m on the team of iBoughtAMac authors, and I finally submitted my first article. Like a few of my in-the-know friends, I managed to download and install the iPhone 2.0 software a day early. I took fourteen of the new applications for a spin to bring you the lowdown. I wonder if “what your iPhone […]

Kit-Cat Clock

Sunday, April 20th, 2008
 
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My mom bought me a Kit-Cat clock. On the one hand, it’s silly. But on the other hand, it’s a memento of my dear departed friend Merrill, the polydactyl tuxedo cat who loved to play fetch:

When I was a kid I was fascinated by moving clocks. One of our neighbors had several that were mesmerizing, […]

Tim Tam Slam

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
 
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If you live in the U.S.A., the hardest ingredient to get for a Tim Tam Slam is Tim Tams. Simple to find in an Australian convenience store, but hard to come by in the States. If you’re lucky, like me, you get your good buddy Alan to bring back a package of Tim Tams when […]

Flash Meeting Follow-Up

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

Just had the greatest experience getting Little Iraq critiqued by a bunch of vloggers. I have to take a second and thank Michael Verdi from the bottom of my heart for setting this up, and also everyone in attendance for being part of such a great process.
The biggest thing people were surprised about was that […]

spinnything

Saturday, January 6th, 2007
 
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This is a momentshowing from this summer. Riki from New Zealand is demonstrating a delightful … um … er … I don’t know what the Maori word for it is so I call it a spinnything.
Did you ever loop a string through a big button and spin it? It’s like that. My grandma taught me […]

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