Archive for the 'Shopping' Category

MagicJack phone adapter for my computer

After hearing someone on my vanpool mention they have one of these, we decided to look into one and check it out.
The MagicJack is a device that plugs into a USB port on your computer. From there, you plug a regular phone into it, and presto, you can make as many calls in the US [...]

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Recent buying experience at Circuit City

Hey, I just bought a new computer. Yay for me.
It’s an Acer laptop. Dual core intel (running around 1.87 ghz), 3 gigs RAM, 250 meg hard drive. Price after mail-in rebate, $499.  That’s a good $30 bucks lower than what I saw at the other big stores for an equivalant deal.
They had a $399 one listed [...]

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The Garmin Wrist GPS

For quite some time, I’ve been wanting to get one of the Garmin GPS systems for running and hiking. The 205 would work, but I’d rather have the 305 since it has a heartrate monitor. But even better than that is the 405, their newest one.
At this morning’s group run, a number of people had [...]

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Review: Nike+ for Ipod and Sportsband

I’ve had a Nike+ attachment for my Ipod for over a year now, and I’ve told a number of people about how I like it, so I figured it was time to write an actual review of it.
For those of you who don’t know, this kit is a pod that goes in your shoe, and [...]

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