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Phone Buyers Guide
Well, we all know about the RAZR as the popular phone and for crackberry fans, the two phones to get are the Blackberry 7105 and the to drool over Blackberry 8700, but what have the Koreans been up to. Here’s a quick overview of hot phone is you want to get one of them. In…
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Cingular Phones now and coming
HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource – Released: LG CU320 3G (56k warning!!). This new LG looks good, is UMTS, a slider and is now at the Cingular online store. They also have a great list of phones that are coming out, so good to know.
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T-Mobile Latest at Howard Forums
HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource – T-Mobile.HowardForums.com. He has the latest scoop. Tells us for instance that the Blackberry 8700t is coming soon.
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Spring Samsung Models
Samsung Spring Preview (Phone Scoop)
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Cingular UMTS Phones Available
Cingular Launches First Two 3G Phones (Phone Scoop). The LG CU320 and Samsung ZX10 are both available for $100 after rebate to customers in 3G enabled areas. Each handset includes UMTS (not HSPDA) 850/1900, 1.3 Megapixel cameras and access to Cingular’s new video service
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T-mobile has EDGE
T-Mobile EDGE Network Nearly Complete (Phone Scoop). T-Mobile today said they have already launched EDGE data on 90% of their GPRS network. Yesterday changes on the carrier’s website revealed they expected to complete their EDGE network by the end of September. On the first day of the month, the network is already 90% complete. As…
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Motorola RAZR V3 vs V3i
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Comcast gives you Rhapsody
Rhapsody – Comcast.net. Man, they don’t do a god job of advertising this, but basically if you sign up for Comcast then you get Mcafee Security Suite and you get Real’s Rhapsody streaming service for free.
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User Generated Internet Content
There are some great sites out there that let you see user generated video clips and vblogs. * YouTube – Broadcast Yourself.. See the iPod * “Albino Blacksheep”:http://albinoblacksheep.com. Another site that Lisa really loves By the way check out the “Microsoft iPod”:http://youtube.com/watch?v=aeXAcwriid0 commercial.
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Big Sky meets Organics
Well, there isn’t much shopping that you can do in Big Sky, but after your hour from Bozeman, you can load up at the Hungry Moose on not just a newspaper, but really delicious roasted chicken. Since most flights to ski land get in late, that’s a great way to have a late meal. Their…
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Great for repairs
When it comes to bicycle repair, it really depends on the individual. The guy who runs the Montlake Bike Shop. I know, I’ve forgotten his name is great. He won’t oversell and he doesn’t laugh if it is old. Of course, if you really need a good repair, private mail me Andy, I’m pretty good…
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Samsung Electronics
SAMSUNG’s Digital World – IR FAQs. Amazingly Samsung is not listed in any US stock exchanges, so you either have to buy it in the Korean market or go to London for the GDR. The symbols are hard to find on Yahoo Finance at least. They are 005930 on the Seoul exchange and SMSN in…
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TEN is a perfect TEN
Tong Family Blog: Perfect in car adapter. So I got this adapter for our cars and I have to say although you get it from Apple, so it is expensive, it is really the perfect adapter. The only trick is that there is a tiny switch at the bottom which you set to low volume…
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Mpire Researcher
Mpire Researcher Presents: All Eyes on iPods. My buddy Dave, Matt and Greg are working hard over there. If you want to buy a used iPod, there is no better source. They are tracking sales on ebay and it gives you a great sense of the used market. It’s free and easy and I’m so…
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Blackberry 8700 and 7130e
BlackBerryToday: Reviews. Hardware-wise, Blackberry has two interesting models that are just out. There is the Blackberry 8700 which is the palm-sized unit. Only available from Cingular right now, but it has EDGE support so networks are faster and it is quad-band as well so it can go anywhere in the world. It is a little…
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Blackberry Apps
I haven’t putzed with our various Blackberry’s in a while, but here are some cool utilities: * IM for AOL, MSN and Yahoo. This comes from your carrier, but it is an Oz application that let’s you get IM from these sources. Depressing part is that it only allows you to login to *one* of…
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Ski Forums
Consumer Gear Reviews – The Barking Bear Forums. Fun to read what others are finding about various skis. Good active forum.
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Skiing Magazine on Powder Skis
Skiing Magazine and its sister Ski Magazine make it super hard to find things. They have a slow site and the indexing of data is strange. So here is a more convenient index for those looking for powder skis. What Skiiing calls Big Mountain Experts: * K2 Seth Pistol. 179cm, 128/95/118, $750, Speed 3.95, Off-Piste…
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Perler Beads
!http://www.perlerbeads.com/perlergraphics/openstockrotating.gif! Perler Beads Home Page. These are terrific little crafts. The kids have loved them since they were tiny. You make a pattern with these little plastic things and then you iron it all together. Great for creative kids!
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Shanghai Community International School Calendar
Shanghai Community International Schools. Their calendar is just a little different from the US one. The main things are the big October holiday instead of a Thanksgiving one. Also they have a February Chinese New Years that coincides with mid-winter break in Seattle. And there is a week long May holiday instead of the April…
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Spring Skiing
Mt. Baker Ski Area 2005-06 season. With a 200 inch base, Mt. Baker is a good choice. Actually most places should be good for spring skiing. Crystal will stay open through March. There are bunch of good places to stay that are quite reasonable for an overnight. Say leave on Sunday, ski in the afternoon,…
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Lexus Luxury GS 450h
Toyota/Lexus/Scion Pressroom: Lexus Announces Pricing on GS 450h Luxury Gas/Electric Hybrid Sport Sedan. Well, Toyota continues to march ahead, there is both a 2007 Camry Hybrid coming out (get it through Costco!)
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Washington State Elementary Chess Championships 2006
WA State Elementary Chess Championships. Registration is now up for the state tournament. Sign up now. It is getting close to April. A nice site, you get online registration and also you can check the registration list at “Signup4chess”:http://signup4chess.com/wa/Registered.asp to see if you and your friends are there.
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End of Season Skis
SKI Magazine ~ Gear: Have It All. It’s been an awesome ski season, so now folks have skis on sale. If you want a set now is the time to get them for 50% off. Some choices for those of us who love powder and are thinking with a midfat (like the K2 Apache Recon…
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xB Release 3.0
SCION Release Series 3.0. OK, these are limited edition at $17K or so, but they have a bright green color, DVD player and headrest monitors. Pretty cool. Only 2200 will be made, so collector editions :-0
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Camry Hybrid 2007
2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid Full Specs!. The full specs are here. Folks expect it to be about $3-4000 more than an XLE. Nice specs too. A good option for folks who want a somewhat bigger car than the Prius.
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United Double Miles
MP Registration: Anniversary Double Miles Offer. Register here and then buy your miles on united.com with a code MPD006 and you get double miles through March 31 on your first 12,500 miles. Pay attention “John”:http://www.zagula.com.
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iPod Cases in Use
OK, I’ve ordered a bunch of these cases, so here are some real world uses and how they fare at least with me. For the record, I’ve tried a few cases and covers on an IpOd Photo, iPod nano and an iPod Video. The idea is to have as clear a case as possible that…
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Medos Vodka
“Medos”:http://www.montanavoice.com/medos/getmedos.htm is another love of Johnza’s is vodka. Here is one via Europe that you can only get from a Montana distributor It is hard to find, but “froogle”:http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=medos+vodka says that Internet Wine “Store”:http://store.yahoo.com/randalls/rws31720.html has it.
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Warren MIller
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