Skip to content

Category Archives: General

Wii Less No More

21-Feb-07

I picked up a Nintendo Wii at the Target North in San Antonio this morning. (1604 and Blanco) They still had 10 or so on the shelf if you’re interested. I’ll try to post about the unboxing tonight.

Pardon Me, I’ve Got To Have a Wii

03-Feb-07

The bug to buy a Wii has bit me and I’m much too lazy to run around to all the stores so I’ve written a BASH script to check Amazon and email me when they are in stock. I’ll publish the script right after I order my Wii. If you’ve already got a Wii, be [...]

New Buddy Icon

11-Jan-07

Wow, the holiday season was busy. I’ve been posting some links over at lr2.com but neglecting my hobbies. To kick off the new year I’ve created a new buddy icon.  I got the idea from a howto that I read a week ago, but did my own thing with The Gimp.  I’ve since been shown [...]

Songbirdnest.com | Songbird Media Player

13-Nov-06

Songbirdnest.com | Songbird Media Player Songbird™ is a desktop Web player, a digital jukebox and Web browser mash-up. Like Winamp, it supports extensions and skins feathers. Like Firefox®, it is built from Mozilla®, cross-platform and open source. A new upcoming media player to keep an eye on.  I’ll post here again when I notice in [...]

68 and 100 LED Waterproof Flashlights Introduced

13-Nov-06

Treehugger: 68 and 100 LED Waterproof Flashlights Introduced Fresh from China, comes this ruggedized, waterproof flashlight. It has 68 LEDs that are powered by four AAA batteries. If you need even more LEDs, they have a 100 LED version available. The light is obviously bright, but one reviewer says it’s not as focused or as [...]

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 Lens

12-Nov-06

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens I got my Amazon comission and it was just about enough to pay for this lens I’ll be sure to post a review and link to some pics when I get it.