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Solar PDA charger

July 19, 2010 by Noel

If you are an outdoor person and you want to bring along your electronic gadgets such as your PDA, then this one is a cool gadget you might want to have.

You can now charge your PDA without using electricity. Just use the power of the sun to charge your PDA.

Sunpal PDA solar battery charge is made from high density single crystalline solar cell. This means it can generate more power than others of the same size. Each unit includes two shatterproof solar panel that quickly charge your PDA’s batteries in 1-3 hours. Will not melt, yellow or degrade with use. Made with durable polycarbonate plastic shell, the SunPal is nearly unbreakable.

A built in charge regulator will allow you to safely charge your PDA without damaging your batteries.

Here is a list of PDAs compatible with this Solar Charger

* Palm m500 and m505 handhelds
* Palm Tungsten T
* Palm i705
* Palm m125
* Palm™ m130
* Palm m500
* Palm m505
* Palm m515
* Charges your iPAQ H3100, H3600, H3700 series
* Compaq iPAQ H3800
* Compaq Ipaq
* Sony Clie
* Palm M/Tungsten Series & Zire 71
* iPAQ 38/39/54
* iPAQ 36/37
* Sony T/NR/NX/SL/S/J Series

Check out siliconsolar.com

10 Reasons to Date a Geek

July 12, 2010 by Gadzooki

Us geeks sometimes have a hard time finding a date. I’ve gone through all kinds of stages. Trying to pick up girls at star trek conventions went out of fashion at the holiday inn back in 1999. While geeks may have a difficult time finding dates once you bag a geek, life can actually be pretty nice. Geeks tend to be more sensitive. More caring, and less aware of reality. All it takes is a 2 liter of Mountain Dew and a few songs for their Ipod to get them in the sack. Recently I found an interesting list floating in my inbox. I decided to modify and point out some reasons to date geeks.

1) They won’t cheat on you with other women.

I would never cheat, unless it was at the “staff party” of girlspoke.

2) They’re easy to find.

They are usually just behind their computer. If you can find that. You can find them.

3) They’re usually into techno dance music.

I hate techno, but I can actually dance when you splash back some scotch into my throat.

4) They’re not into Football.

This gal knows nothing. I love football and Im a geek.

5) They’re scared of you.

Used to be true. Now I know Im the sexiest beast around.

6) They’re scared of themselves.

This may actually be true. I scare the hell out of myself.

7) They have odd hours.

No joke. I do 12’s, 18’s, and even 24’s and then a few days off. It’s strange. So she’s right.

8) They can fix your computer for free, and make it run better too.

Yes computer repair in exchange for sexual favors.

9) They’re into Monty Python, and other classic movies.

The Princess Bride and Labyrinth do these count?

10) They write for Brass Knuckles Webzine.

No, I run a network of blogs. Duh!

You can find us geeks at consumating.com
I don’t get paid to tell you that. It’s just a great lil old website.
Craigslist isnt to shabby if you are looking to find someone to stalk you.

What a good design means for a site

July 5, 2010 by Gadzooki

Good design is important to me on a number of levels. But great design just blows me away. The key thing in bringing our partners on was great content, and great design. I want to talk about design a little and its implications on a technology blog.

First off the things I like about technology and how I wanted to bring that into perspective and apply it with this great design and why I chose the people to get involved in this. First off I’m a very simple person. And I’m not a picky person. I wanted to be easy to get along with. I like the design of simple technology. This design brings that out.

Some toys and gadget that inspire this design.
The Ipod is simple and easy to use and navigate. This design brings out a lot of that simple an easy to use functionality. This design is like no other I’ve seen out there. That was important to me. Also having the big footer at the bottom was important to me because I believe in bringing together all the content from the network so users could navigate on the fly. Much like being able to grab songs that you’ve listened to lately.

Our entire team but especially Chris put a lot of effort into this design, and it’s great to have him onboard to help us reach our goals.

The Tank Suitcase

December 29, 2008 by Jim

Well, there’s a reason I’m posting this article here in Gadzooki. Part of it is that you guys do your traveling to tech shows and conventions. When you do, you most probably will be lugging your age-old suitcases with you half-full and coming home with it as heavy with all the convention freebies filling up the other half. Us geeks need to have a tech solution to help us tug our loot from hotel, to the taxi, to the airport, thru customs, thru stairs, stairs and more stairs… sigh.

Here’s a concept design for a suitcase that’s looks like a “tank”. Climbing UP suitcase designed by Woo Moonhyung is right on the dot to design a suitcase that can tread up any surface known to man… well, just like a tank. Not too sure though if this will reach the assembly lines but this does sure put up a beacon for future suitcase designs, doesn’t it.

Instead of using a single set of wheels or casters on the bottom, the Climbing UP suitcase features a set of free-wheeling rubber belt tracks that cover the entire body of the suitcase. The design not only allows you to easily pull a suitcase up a flight of stairs, but the continuous track means you can also pull the suitcase from the front or back. And since it’s not a motorized system, there’s minimal added weight or size.

I hope this design sees the production lines soon… with a little touch of colors maybe?

Geek Movie Selections

March 26, 2008 by Jaren

This is my “geek” movie selections although not really rated by who’s the best or not, so there’s no ranking I just want to watch them and here it is:

Pirates of Silicon Valley
It tells the tale of the start of Microsoft and Apple and has a brilliant cast who do a great job of portraying their characters. Noah Wyle as Steve Jobs.

Short Circuit
Number 5 is alive! or Johnny 5 as one of 5 in a group of experimental robots in a lab then which was accidentally electrocuted, which messes up his programming becomes intelligent, and escapes.

Hackers
Although it’s not a Hardcore geek film and doesn’t even give a decent representation of “hackers” but nonetheless it comes close to giving a glimpse of the hacker cyber punk genre, and Angelina Jolie as Kate Libby aka Acid Burn is hot.

Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
This Star Trek movie is my favorite which stars the original Captain Kirk! The story revolves around a midlife crisis that is interrupted by the return of an old enemy looking for revenge and a potentially destructive device.

WarGames
A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III. This film is a hilarious look back at early home computers. It was so popular it was nominated for 3 oscars!

Planet of the Apes
The Original Planet of the Apes not the one Mark Wahlberg starred in (it totally sucked). “Glory be the Bomb and to the Holy Fallout!”

Alien and Aliens
Aliens, androids, alien planets, Sigourney Weaver as Ripley doing her usual Alien butt kicking and her Alien queen Trash talking.

Akira
A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psionic psychopath that only two kids and a group of psionics can stop.

Pi
By Darren Aronofsky “A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature”

Office Space

A cult success. “Peter Gibbons, thanks to a hypnotic suggestion, decides not to go to work at the same time his company is laying people off. When layoffs affect his two best friends, they conspire to plant a virus that will embezzle money from the company into their account.” This is a very good film plus lots of lines to quote!

The Original Star Wars Trilogy
The 3 most recent Star Wars Films sucks everyone knows it. But these films are a Masterpiece. Need I say more?

The Matrix
I only love the the first movie of the trilogy is the best and is hailed as one of the best geek movie ever.

Spaceballs
Planet Spaceball’s President Skroob sends Lord Dark Helmet to steal Planet Druidia’s abundant supply of air to replenish their own, and only Lone Starr can stop them. Simply hilarious.

Bladerunner
Set in the futuristic Rain City vision of Los Angeles. With a robot assassin Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer) and police investigator Deckard (Harrison Ford). Well, If Indiana Jones is there it surely kick ass!

2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick’s memorable film comes complete with astronaut meals, phone cards, and a frightening depth of artificial intelligence,

Conan the Barbarian
“Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women!” That’s the philosophy of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Teutonic warrior. Who has never dreamed of becoming Conan the Barbarian, all of my friends wanted to be a barbarian when they grow up, this movie is the credit for it.

Ghost in the Shell
This is a very weird interpretation of future Asia, humans enhance themselves with cyborg parts and where data can take on a life of its own, and the line that separates man from machines are starting blur away.

Back to the Future trilogy
I love this movie series, with Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) as they struggle to keep the space-time continuum intact.

The Terminator/Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Robots, the apocalyptic future and Arnold a good mix ain’t it

Mad Max trilogy
Rogue cop Max, a member of the police force guarding the roads from raging bikers as the world falls apart. Then Max’s wife dies, Max goes mad and becomes an avenging angel in Mad Max, only to recover his humanity by saving a post-apocalyptic western community in The Road Warrior.

Also Check out these films

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
The Wizard of Oz
A Clockwork Orange
Weird Science
Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
Idle Hands
Revenge of the Nerds
12 Monkeys
Dark City
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Total Recall
Ghostbusters
RoboCop
Gremlins
Forbidden Planet
Starship Troopers
Army of Darkness
Gattaca
Logan’s Run

On Watching Horror Movies

March 24, 2008 by Jaren

For some time I have been paying more attention to watching horror / suspense movies rather than my usual movie line ups. I got so caught in this whole horror movie watching thing. That I even start to dream that I’m inside one. So here’s My list on why I liked watching horror movies.

Every time the bad guy steps into the scene or is lurking somewhere in the scene. The bad guy’s theme song is played or a sort of weird, eerie music to maximize the horror effect.
The Characters or the “good guys” tend to split up at the wrong time, it’s dumb, I know and we know that being alone is probably the most dumbest thing to do especially when you know that you are either being watched of followed and that would get a first class ticket to be killed. Cliche move…
Things always go wrong at the most critical time, like a door won’t open or the car won’t start, or the lights go off when you definitely need it and even sometimes the shower spews up blood or something. Almost all horror movies has this. I don;t know why but this the reason for the screams as you’re desperately trying to get away but can’t because the stupid door is jammed. Cliche, I know.
The villian or bad guys never die, as they always come back for some reason, think Jason Vorhees, Freddie Krueger, Mike Myers. It can be pretty annoying because sooner or later the sequels would just keep getting cornier and cornier. It was great the first 3-4 movies but when it comes to 10 times would you think it would still be that scary good?

But there are still good horror movies that are original and don’t have to use cliches, but that ‘s the fun part in watching horror movies over and over again, once you get over the fact that it’s not scary start looking for something hilarious on that movie. Trust me you will find them.

Got any ideas or discoveries. Leave me a comment I’ll be glad to add it on the list

My PhotoBucket.com Annoyance

March 22, 2008 by DummyGeekGurl

I think I’m collecting pet peeves per encounter, and I know one new blogging pet peeve for me now: Photobucket’s new interface. Back in the “days of old,” you can upload any ole photo in Photobucket, and that’s that. Nowadays, you have to jump through hoops in order to just finish uploading one picture. One picture!
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Tech and Christianity 101: Teh Resources

March 18, 2008 by DummyGeekGurl

In Part 1 of my Tech and Christianity series, I talked about how important tech would be to a Christian’s ministry. Today, I will talk about what resources there are for the pastor and the lay Christian.

First up, there are a myriad of articles on how to walk the Christian life. From Apologetics to devotionals, and even a series of webpages on how to deal with hard issues the Christian/Biblical way, there is no reason for a Christian to fall away from the faith if he is online. Not even the threat of pron could hurt a Christian’s walk, if he loves his God unequivocally. The resources are so many, I even stumbled upon an exposition on the book of Revelation (Chapter 12) that finally seems accurate and highly objective. [Read more…]

Tech and Christianity 101: An Intro

March 14, 2008 by DummyGeekGurl

If you are a pastor, a church staffer, or just someone who zealously wants to uphold The Great Commission, it may do you good to be tech-savvy. Tech now connects people, and the computer and the Internet are great tools to enhance a Christian’s ministry.

With quite a schedule to run after, a pastor might not have time to rifle through tomes of different Bible versions. Yes, the Word of God is consistently life-giving, but the richness of His Word is given more dimensions when different translations are used. Like in Rick Warren’s book Purpose-Driven Life, the shades of the meaning of God’s Word are captured in a richer, more beautiful light when different translations are used.
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