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October 02, 2006

Verizon Broadband with Curitel PC Card

Funny that free WIFI is supposed to get everyone online, but yet when everyone jumps on, it slows to a crawl. Then, since free WIFI is everywhere, all the paid services get tossed out of the cafes since they don't want to deal with that. Add to that, some free WIFI services make you watch ads in every browser window and they proxy serve every website, which makes the sites even slower to respond.

Frustration sets in. I run down to the local Cingular store and they have this awful Sierra WIreless card. Oh, I'm sure it works great, but I hate the removable antenna because I'm sure to lose it. And they don't have any builtin antenna models in stock. By the way, their plan is 2 years for contract and $80/month. Kinda pricey, but I want to compare! So next I run to the local Verizon store and their card has no external antenna AND it's faster than Cingular AND I only have to sign a 1 year contract! SOLD!

I test the card at home, at my favorite Starbucks, and at SJC. It works great at all the places! It's expensive, but hell I must be online everywhere.

Too cool. I can do all the simple things AND streaming YouTube videos also works great. I love it!

Posted by dshen at 08:54 PM | Comments (5)

June 14, 2006

iGo Power Adapter

I was in the LAX Brookstone and bought the iGo Power Adapter set. I bought adapters for my mobile phone, iPod, and bluetooth headset. I purchased this because sometimes I need power either at an airport lounge or on the plane. But bringing so many power adapters is a real drag.

Today I tried it out in my car. How cool! It is really light and everything packs into a little bag. I also bought the adapter which allows me to charge two things at once. That is a nice addition so that I can charge my laptop and another device at the same time.

A great little package for road warriors!

Buy it from amazon.com

Posted by dshen at 08:45 PM

December 30, 2005

Fujitsu ScanSnap fi-5110EOX Sheet-Fed Scanner with Automatic Document Feeder

This baby is my big step into the paperless life. Everything I get I throw into it and poof! out pops a PDF which I can keep on my PC.

All you need to do it load it into the sheet feeder and off it goes. One thing that I wish it would not do is jam on magazine pages. Must be the glossy coating...It would have been nice to be able to scan in magazine articles which are piling up on my desk.

But otherwise, a great way to stop having (and losing) important pieces of paper.