kit

These are the tools that allow us to manipulate and experience the digital in our world. Without our desktops, amplifiers and cellphones, the binary that surrounds us would be left undeciphered. As much as I hate gadgetry that all too often fails to function, I hate being left behind even more. What follows is a catalog of the essentials in my toolkit (for better or worse)

Sony PSP

Monday, Aug 20, 2007

angle_THUMB.jpg It’s hard to argue the point that Sony makes
some really nice looking products: their LCD panels, computers, game systems and practically everything else they produce look great in any environment and seem to ooze cool from every angle and curve. Sadly, their product engineers haven’t quite seemed to keep pace with the design staff. Few products make this clearer than the PSP—a sexy little machine whose true potential has yet to be realized by the company that brought it to market...

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APC AV J15 Power Conditioner and UPS

Thursday, Aug 9, 2007

front_THUMB.jpg As just about any apartment dweller can tell you, shoddy wiring seems to come hand-in-hand with renting: lights flicker when you recharge your cell phone; turning on the clothes dryer is cause for panic across your city’s power grid; houseguests tremble in fear whenever they have to flick a switch. It’s hard enough just to live in conditions such as these. What’s next to impossible is plugging in high-end electronics and expecting them to perform properly. As dangerous as spikes in current can be to receivers, televisions and computers, sags in voltage can be just as damaging over time. For this reason, I desired more than a basic surge protector when it came time to purchase a power solution for my entertainment system...

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Sony Ericsson CSS-25

Monday, Aug 6, 2007

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It’s August of 2007. The iPhone is upon us, old ladies are checking out pictures of the grandkids on their Blackberries, and the Motorola Razr is FINALLY being given away as a free phone.
What better time, then, to review an accessory
for a two-year-old cell phone that hardly anyone purchased? Although my trusty Sony Ericsson S710a is starting to show its age, it still turns heads whenever I take it out on the town...

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And the winner is???

Sunday, Jul 1, 2007

1_HD_BLU_w_THUMB.jpg Well here it is, July of 2007, and the two high definition disc camps are still slapping at each other like seven-year-old boys on a playground. As a confessed early adopter and all around technophile the HD content game is something I’d really like to be a part of, still even I have yet to get my feet wet. Logic would tell me to adopt Blu-Ray...

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