February 26, 2007
Signal Booster for cable TV/cable modems
The Motorola signal booster amplifies the signal strength of your broadband service up to 32 times to eliminate fuzzy pictures. The signal booster improves analog and digital picture quality, including pay-per-view and cable modem communication in TVs, cable set-top boxes, cable modems, VCRs and digital radios.
Buy the Motorola Signal Booster (484095-001-00) and other Internet Modems at circuitcity.com.
November 17, 2005
Disposable e-mail address services
TipMonkies -- Disposable e-mail address services has a great list of sites that will allow you to create disposable (or multi-use) email accounts.
I personally have had succes with http://dodgeit.com.
I found that http://www.mailinator.com took too long for mail to show up (if it ever did!)
September 27, 2004
MP3 FM Audio Transmitter
I've been looking for a way to enjoy MP3 music in my car without spending lots of cash. This seems to be the perfect compromise:
This device transmits over FM while plugged into your cigarette lighter outlet. The songs are chosen from any attached USB drive! Which means if you happen to have different USB keychains w/ MP3's on them, you'll be quite happy.
I've found 2 places that carry them:
Back-up Q MP-308 Back-up Q MP3 FM Audio Transmitter $47.50 MP3ONCAR-N
February 24, 2004
Burning Backup DVDs Ruled Illegal
Peter Lewis: Judge's ruling against DVD-copying software is another erosion of consumers' rights: Burning Backup DVDs Ruled Illegal - Feb. 24, 2004
January 09, 2004
That'll Teach 'Em
I don't know if this will ever make to our side of "the pond," but the BBC has a show called That'll Teach 'Em where 30 16-year-olds are put through a re-creation of a 1950s state grammer boarding school.
These students were supposedly the cream of their crop...but the majority of them didn't succeed that well. They were not used to the exercise (being forced to do cross-country runs), the food "the tapioca pudding and its slimy oscillations", and the hyperenforcement of rules and regulations.
It almost seems like a perverted from of Survivor!
January 08, 2004
Keep up with yout TV shows without a TV
I like to watch TV. Some shows that I really like are 'The West Wing', 'Survivor', 'The Sopranos'. Sometimes I miss part of an episode, or am not sure if a re-run is one I've already seen. I stumbled upon this site, Television Without Pity, which does great recaps of most of the shows I watch regularly.