Philscbx commented on Is MacBook Air Worth the Money? Five Slim Laptops Face Off, at 3:00 AM on Apr 4 With so much of today's data is image/video based, it's not a contender w/o firewire. Guess I'll struggle along on the old G4 Powerbook. 3 years old and the best of firewire ports. more »

Philscbx commented on Tires With Retractable Studs Take A Note From Bond, at 10:55 AM on Apr 3 Recently spent all winter in Sweden, it's the law to have all 4 studded tires. I thought it was odd at first, until we were the only ones able to get up the hill. One reason you never hear 200 car pile ups there. Mid 60's, where we always had studded tires on the drive wheels. more » [jalopnik]

Philscbx commented on Seiko EM-49 Car Socket Power Strip, at 8:01 AM on Mar 11 If your killing the car battery charging small devices, then you have other issues. Like, marginal battery to start with. more »

Philscbx commented on Belkin's Mashup Surge Protector and USB Charger is Perfect, Tiny, at 7:26 AM on Mar 11 Make this a Euro 220v travel, 2 round pin fold out, and 110v, and it will be the standard. more »

Philscbx commented on Samsung Adds a Little Elegance With The PAVV 650 LCD TV, at 7:10 AM on Mar 11 Where's the speakers? more »

Philscbx commented on Sleuthy NYC Couple Use Deckard Technique to Find Aussie Lost-Camera Owner, at 4:40 AM on Jan 30 Somewhere in the small village of Muiderberg outside of Amsterdam is a full 2GB Flash card that disappeared at a bar, or during coma. more »

Philscbx commented on Fire-Starting Flashlight Will Illuminate, Torch Everything in Your Path, at 10:20 PM on Jan 29 @ Empyfree,Thanks' for the update as to what this thing is here. more »

Philscbx commented on Forget the $2500 Latitude XT, Get a Touchscreen Asus Eee PC for $465, at 8:56 PM on Jan 29 Ok, I have a blinged to death PowerBook, but in reality I need the Eee to do missions to keep my 3 Garmin GPS units up to date, the Blackberry, the pocket Asus A730 and such. Process images from the camera, and anything else is a Plus. more »

Philscbx commented on Fire-Starting Flashlight Will Illuminate, Torch Everything in Your Path, at 2:18 AM on Jan 29 I didn't catch who made this one, but I use this type everyday. more »

Philscbx commented on Dream Maker's LCD Visors Guarantee a More Permanent Dream, at 1:57 AM on Jan 29 The need for a one shot trailer connection to a rear view camera. more »

Philscbx commented on Walmart Nazi Tshirt Watch: Week 62, at 8:11 AM on Jan 26 The facts are, if you never said a thing, no one would of noticed and they would of been ground up for headliners in new cars. more » [consumerist]

Philscbx commented on Confessions: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES, at 12:37 PM on Jan 13 Even at 50 something, it's pretty much a riot, but as a Quote by: CUBFAN81 had said, Is there a feature to turn all of them back on? more »

Philscbx commented on Cordless workspace redux, the Gina edition, at 9:20 AM on Nov 15, 2007 Looking at those views above in photo's really defeats the purpose of how to use that wire rack organizer. The main power strip should be mounted on the front of rack that faces you. more » [lifehacker]

Philscbx commented on Mac OS X Leopard Liveblog: The First Hour, at 6:09 PM on Oct 25, 2007 The only thing that bugs me with my Powerbook is the darn favorites filing system. It's too hard to save a new topic without going back and making a folder for it first. Secondly, the way it's presented unorganized and every folder open showing subfolders. This makes it very difficult to find the right folder quickly. Surely hope this has been addressed. more »

Philscbx commented on Tokyo Motor Show: Suzuki X-Head Concept, at 4:20 PM on Oct 25, 2007 It's about time they made something other than pocket vehicles. This thing Rocks.. more » [jalopnik]