Mark's Technomusings

Christmas Wish List

In case you decide to get me (or anyone else) anything from Amazon.com, please start your Amazon.com shopping here! -- that link will give a small percentage of your purchase price to Laurel Hill Nursery school.

• Incase Power Slider -- This will double as a hard case for my iphone....as well as double the battery life! My most expensive wish at $100.
  
• Next up I am looking for a webcam for my laptop. Something small I can carry around in my backpack. There are two that interest me:
  

  • The Logitech QuickCam Deluxe ~ $30
    
  
  
  • Logitech QuickCam Pro for Notebooks ~ $70
    
    I am just linking to Amazon for easy linking, but I don't know if there are cheaper prices elsewhere. Also, I'd prefer it in black.
    

• A new SF Giants hat. I really like the velcro in the back rather than the plastic snaps.




• Something for everyone to enjoy -- get me a new board game. The link takes you to the Chronicles review of board games. Pick a winner
• I know (nose) this might sound crazy, but I think I am becoming an old fart that needs to better manage some of my extra facial hair, and a ear/nose hair trimmer would be appreciated (and everyone else benefits too! I become that much easier to look at).

If I think of anything else, I'll throw it up here. But feel free to ignore this list and get me something

Google SMS -- search from your phone

Google has finally added the ablility to search Google via SMS.

Google SMS (Short Message Service) enables you to easily get precise answers to specialized queries from your mobile phone or device. Send your query as a text message and get phone book listings, dictionary definitions, product prices and more. Just text. No links. No web pages. Simply the answers you're looking to find

They have also come up with a tip sheet that will fit neatly into your wallet to help you with your queries.

Where to find freebies

SlickDeals.net [Home] - Your Daily Source for the BEST Deals on the Net!

This site is worth checking every few days. It'll tell you about free magazine subscriptions which are available. Let you know about very inexpensive computer hardware (usually after rebate).

I promise you that you'll save a lot of money if you visit this site regularly. (Of course, now that you know about these bargains, you might actually end up spending more money...but that's not my fault.)

Hardware/Software Price Search

Just wanted to make sure everyone is aware of: Price Watch ® - Street Price Search Engine. This site is great for finding the lowest price on hardware and software. It's been around for years and continues to improve year after year after year.

Sing it for me

Let them sing it for you: a site that will turn your plain old text message into a song. For every word that you type, it will find that word being sung in a song. Then it will chain all of those words/song clips into one long song that can be emailed to a friend.

As Sir Elton John himself once sang, "I hope you don't mind...that I put down in words..."

Death Calculator

Stumbled upon the Death Calculator which is on a promo page for 6 Feet Under, the HBO show. Answer some questions, find out how long you'll live.

I've put my results in the extended entry. (btw, I'm currently 33 years old)

Based on the answers you submitted, we estimate that you will be Six Feet Under in the year 2057.

And you will be 87 years old.

In other words, you have 54 years left to live.
So, enjoy them.

Kids Today

Having grown up in the 70s, I fondly remember playing on my colecovision and atari 2600 game systems. What would today's kids think about the games that I grew up with? Electronic Gaming Monthly tackled this subject in a recent article: http://www.egmmag.com/article2/0,4364,1338730,00.asp