I know the question you’re all asking. “Zarch, you live 1.3 miles from your job. You live in Utah, where all the streets are laid out as a numbered grid. You have two other means of GPS navigation. WTH?” To that, I answer, I am a gadget admirer, and I constantly seek the gadget that [...]
Gadget Reviews
Zarch’s Gear: Garmin nüvi® 360 GPS
Published by October 13th, 2007 in Gadget Reviews, Gadgets and Reviews. 0 Comments
Zarch’s Gear: Smith Maverick Sunglasses
Published by October 1st, 2007 in Gadget Reviews and Reviews. 0 CommentsI’m picky about sunglasses. Being a nerdy sort, exposure to the sun causes severe anxiety, and I need some specs to keep the glare down. Behold: the Smith Maverick specs. Why does this count as nerdy? One word: plastics. I mean, polarization. If you don’t wear polarized sunglasses, you’re a real Luddite. Also, you’re probably [...]
Zarch’s Gear: My Watch: Casio MTG930DA
Published by September 24th, 2007 in Gadget Reviews, Gadgets and Reviews. 0 CommentsThis one’s been on my wrist for years now. I’ve had gadget watches that I wear for fun (I have a binary LED watch, and I had a Pimp Watch for a while too, and a couple of slick retro-looking Spoons), but this one is the old standby. So what makes a great nerd watch [...]
Zarch’s Gear: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX9
Published by September 22nd, 2007 in Gadget Reviews and Reviews. 0 CommentsWe’ve been through a few digital cameras here in the Zarch household, starting with a 1.3 megapixel Olympus I got way back when digital cameras were just a novelty. Since then, we’ve had a Fuji Finepix, a couple of Nikons, and my wife’s great Canon Powershot S70 (which gave up the ghost today, in a [...]
Zarch’s Gear: A New Series About My Stuff
Published by September 22nd, 2007 in Gadget Reviews, Gadgets, Hardware and Hardware Reviews. 0 CommentsI thought it might be of interest to post about the gadgets that accompany me in my day to day life. I’m a gadget whore, you might say, always looking for another fix of the latest crap that comes out. That’s why the stuff that sticks around might provide some interest: if a device survives [...]
Garmin eTrex Venture Cx Review
Published by February 14th, 2007 in Gadget Reviews, Gadgets and Reviews. 4 CommentsWell, I didn’t see a ton of reviews out there for this gadget when I was shopping, so I thought I’d post my thoughts in case others were interested. So far, I’ve had it for a day or so, and I’m pleased. The eTrex Venture Cx is the entry level mapping GPS from Garmin. The [...]
Well, I’m not an iPod guy. But I have owned three iPod nanos, the latest one a new 2nd-generation basic model, the 2gb silver one. I picked this one up mostly out of frustration with my recent forays into the flash player world. My main player is a Gigabeat S60 from Toshiba, which is actually [...]
The latest gadget in my personal stable is the Creative Zen Vision. This is the latest PMP from our buddies at Creative, and I’ve had a pretty good time with it so far. It’s not without its quirks, but it’s pretty good at what it does too. The Vision’s design is head and shoulders above [...]
So there I was, a happy person with both a wireless phone and a trusty handheld, my iPaq h4355. I got sucked into the idea of a converged device at CTIA in New Orleans, though, when I had a chance to play with a PPC-6600. It had an integrated keyboard, bluetooth, and I figured I [...]
For the past year and a half, I’ve been happily using a 20gb Rio Karma as my mp3 player. It had the great interface, a really nice docking station, and lots of storage. I even had it rigged up to the AUX inputs on the deck in my car. So why buy a Carbon? It’s [...]