Did I write too soon? To my list of Jawbone drawbacks, add questionable durability and unresponsive customer support. Having had difficulties with the fit of the Jawbone, I foolishly dispensed with the ear loop; the Jawbone remained attached to my ear only through the snugness of the ear bud in my ear canal. Alas, while [...]
Apparently, I am on a geek gadget spending spree. Enter Research in Motion’s Blackberry 8100c Pearl. The Pearl has been reviewed by others ad nauseam, so I will provide only brief (for me) impressions here. The size and form factor finally bring a Blackberry device on par with other mobile phones. The marketing collateral refers [...]
I should have known by the 1983 initial publication date, but when I first picked up A. Alvarez’s The Biggest Game in Town, I mistakenly thought it was about the “Big Game,” the high-stakes, typically $4000/$8000 bet limit poker game that takes place semi-regularly among the best players in the world in Bobby’s Room of [...]
I am a “snooty pen guy,” which means I irrationally experience joy in owning, using and being seen with fancy pens. I won’t try to explain this, because “irrational” necessarily means without reason. Well over a year ago, I lost the Montblanc Meisterstück rollerball (black enamel with platinum accents) pen I’d had for years. I [...]
Headset nirvana. The best, period. It’s pricey, but you get what you pay for. Go out and buy it today. When it comes to technology gadgets, I’m highly susceptible to the power of suggestion. Having heard about the Jawbone on and off for the past year and then recently hearing a friend rave about his, [...]
