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Right so, my “about” page says I like my gadgets. Yet I haven’t said to much about them.

In truth time is a precious commodity and there are lots of things I would like to cover on this blog that I haven’t, as yet, had the time to. but thats a whole other post :)

Anyway, back on topic, I’m gonna include a list of my favourite gadgets and over the coming days/weeks I’ll post about each.

Hewlett Packard iPaq 6515
Media Centre PC
X-box 360
MP3 player
FujiFilm S5200 Digital Camera
This Blog
The mobile bloging gadget
Heart Monitor

There are lots more that I haven’t mentioned so bookmark this page, as I’ll be adding to the list and linking each gadget to the relevant post as I post them ;)

I’ve been meaning to blog this all week. I can’t actually remember where I got the link that led me to James’s Blog, (might have been one of Donncha’s comments, guess I should make better notes) but this post has info my sweetie will love.

Thanks for getting me the brownie points James ;)

A while back I discovered a web radio service called Pandora. I’ve been using it ever since, why? cause it plays toonz that I like. “Big Deal” I here you shout well have a read of this, it gives you a little insite into what makes this web radio station so different and imho better than any I have ever used before.

If your a music fan or musician with an “OpenEar ™” (That’s like an open mind for ears :) ) then there site is a treasure trove, that will suck up hours of your time. As an example of the kind of treats that it has helped me find, we’ve all heard this but who else has heard this version or a better example, from this song I found this one ’cause there similar??? (click the little play buttons for a sample ;)

All I have to do now is wait for this to be made with “decent” speakers built-in so I can put them in every room of the house, ‘cept the living room of course cause the media centre PC is already plugged into the sound system there. :D

I got introduced to RSS and what it could do about 2 years ago now. While building my own HTPC (home theatre PC) using a piece of software called meedio it had a “news” feature which I could “customise” to include any RSS news feed. Now I have long since stopped using meedio having discovered the wonders of Windows Media Centre 2005. :) But I still use RSS

Since then RSS has grown so much, with most news sites, blogs and podcast now offering an RSS feed. in order to make the most of this technology a good RSS reader is essential. There are all sorts available, some are standalone programs, others integrate into your e-mail client, even some browsers (firefox) include RSS. Me personally, I use an online service called Newsgator.

It’s great because you simply go to there site from any browser anywhere and you get all the news, blogs, podcast etc. that you normally would, so moving between different PC’s and locations doesn’t matter.

I’m happy to recommend Newsgator and as a result I have added the Subscribe in NewsGator Online to the sidebar and page footer. If you have a Newsgator account just click the link and it’ll be added to your feeds straight away. If you use a different RSS reader then the feeds are in the page footers or you could give Newsgator a try.