Buy DLink Travel Router at Amazon

WiFi is increasingly ubiquitous when travelling these days. Yet some hotels and resorts still like to charge an access file for each device! This DLink travel router makes it straight-forward to connect a wired device to a wireless connection (WiFi Client), share the wireless …

Buy Garmin S1 at Amazon

It's hard for Herbert to say he "plays golf." But he is happy to head out on to any course, from a small par-3 to the great Shadow Creek Golf Club in Las Vegas, and swing a few clubs. Not every golfer is lucky enough …

Try out Hover

Herbert and his extended has tried out a variety of services for establishing a web presence, screwing around, and putting together simple projects. Amazon EC2, Hurricane Electric, 1and1, Google Apps have all been parts of the puzzle.

Currently Linode is a key piece of the Herbert infrastructure …

Find the iPad (3) on Amazon.

Several blogs and technology pundits have lambasted Apple for the horribly undescriptive and indistinctive name "iPad." At first consideration, I absolutely agree. In fact, as I purchased my new iPad this past Saturday, I carefully watched the Apple store employee to make sure she …

Pickup a Jambox on Amazon.

Herbert picked up this bad boy during a flash sale on Amazon.com (thanks to Camel Camel Camel).

The JAMBOX is much smaller than most of the online photographs appear. It's roughly the size of a Swingline stapler. Although small, its got a solid heft …

The Nook - Simple Touch is a no frills, basic e-reader, hooked up with the Barnes and Noble book store. Don't mistake this description as negative.

In Herbert's not-so-humble opinion, no frills is a key plus for eReaders. The focus of these devices is to be portable, legible and eliminate distraction …

Sign up for free with Dropbox.

Herbert uses Dropbox for basic sharing with family. But more often, Dropbox makes a dead simple way to sync files across multiple servers and devices. Dropbox has become the goto way to access files from iOS devices. In fact the posts on this site …

Herbert uses Linode 1GB to do web development, run automated tasks (Twitter updates, website production), and keep current on new technologies. It has hosted application servers including Openfire XMPP, NGINX, Redmine, and I'd read of others hosting Asterix and many others. Its a server that doesn't go down due to …

Buy Onkyo TX-SR608 7.2-Channel Home Theater Receiver on Amazon

Herbert's basement flooding in Spring 2011 provided an opportune time to turn a toddler playroom into a teen/Herbert playroom. Complete with table tennis and foosball, was a 5.1 surround home theatre with a flat panel driven by the …

Buy Airport Express at Amazon

Herbert uses an Airport Express as an additional 802.11N access point and Airplay audio destination. Combined with wireless speakers, an Airport Express is a convenient way to bring WiFi and your tunes to a "dark" and/or "quiet" corner of your home.

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