Toys

The US Air Force has assigned the 'X' status to the new Scramjet powered X-51. The X was first used in the 1940s to identify eXperimental supersonic aircraft.

I am beginning the plans of a new house... electrical, plumping, LAN, security, and Home automation. And one of the first new toy that I bought was a label maker. Yes my new exciting label making will instantly make me a wiring guru and first class professional.

So I need to buy a new pair of eyeglasses as mine are well run down. I have been wearing the contacts far too long and now I need a fresh alternative. I am also a big fan of camping and sticking a dirty finger into my eye socket is a huge turn off to contacts over eyeglasses.

So I was very excited to find this post on a blogger that recently saved about 1000% on his recent purchase.

Eyeglasses Stores are for Suckers

It seems that I am constantly amazed by two things: The really cool features found on overseas mobile phones and 2) that US phones are constantly lagging behind.

With the way that US markets devour techie gadgets with disposable incomes, I am always surprised that companies don't include these features right away. Even 6-12 months later would be one thing, normally "IF" the US gets a feature it will be about 2 years after the fact.

The following wasprovided by Microsoft as a way to disable extra services from loading on your PC if your interest is only in playing games.

The entire article is available here . It includes the how to for ME and Win98 although I am not sure how many of you are interested in gaming in Win98.

Games: How to perform a clean boot to prevent background programs from interfering with play

A company called Wicked Lasers offers more than a simple pointing device. These things are fire starters. Prices range from $99-$3499. But if you need a 300mW laser and a range of 120 miles this is the place to turn to for your Star Wars needs.

Burn through plastic and start fires the hi-tech way!

I have been needing a new cellphone for about 3 months. Mine and my wife's was slowly dying. I had been with t-mobile for almost 4 years, without an upgrade. But I ended up switching to Cingular for 2 main reasons: 1) T-Mobile did not carry any exciting new tech mobiles. For being a European based company most of their phones more Motorolas and lack many advanced features. 2) They would not give me much of anything for a new mobile upgrade. It was cheaper to switch than to buy a new phone.