In praise of the Victorinox SwissTool, and multitools in general. Continue reading
Category Archives: Picks
Some products and other items that I thought merited a mention
Is Dragon NaturallySpeaking 10 For Writers?
As long-time readers of my blog know, I’m all for any tool that makes my life as a writer easier. Nothing made that clearer for me than when, a few years ago, I suffered from very very bad case of … Continue reading
E’Tac Paints
Late last summer, I took up airbrushing again. I’d stopped in the early 90s, and despite some wistful moments, I hadn’t picked one up again until I started doing airbrush tattoos late last summer. That hooked me again, and I … Continue reading
Plugin’ Away…Kathy’s Outriders
As you can well imagine, me being a writer and all, I have a lot of friends who generate a lot of text that I read. Some of these people are people I’m mentoring, so I have to read their … Continue reading
Nifty Stuff…Bilsom Thunder T3 Dielectric Earmuff
Something that astonishes me is how people don’t put a lot of thought into their hearing. Of course, that’s hardly surprising. We live in an age not only of rock concerts, but of leaf blowers. All around us, it seems … Continue reading
Nifty Stuff…Sharp EL-506WBBK Calculator
In the geekverse, there was a time in the 80s when you could find several models of calculators that were helpful to computer programmers. This is when RAM was measured in tens of kilobytes (kibibytes), not hundreds of megabytes (mebibytes), … Continue reading
Plugin’ Away…for Toni and N.O.
The irony of being a writer is that we are a breed that craves the opportunity to be alone in our own worlds and yet we so often seek out communities of other like-minded people. For many, many, many years, … Continue reading
Pluggin’ Away…for Al and Hostile Intent
I met Albert Perrotta back in college, and we’ve been friends ever since. Distant friends, as we usually have a good hunk of the U.S. between us, but friends nonetheless. We’ve jammed on guitar together, we’ve kibitzed movies together, and … Continue reading
Nifty Stuff…Western Digital 320GB Hard Drive
I’ve been playing with personal computers since before there was an IBM PC, or a Mac, or even hard drives for personal computers. I have gone through so many drives from that time to this it boggles the mind. So, … Continue reading
Nifty Stuff…Serenity DVD
While the DVD doesn’t release until December 20, 2005, I already know that I strongly recommend this title. Born from the mind of Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel), Serenity is a continuation of the adventures begun on the … Continue reading
Taiyo Yuden DVD+R
I’ve lately been using Taiyo Yuden DVD+Rs when I do my DVD recordings. This brand is considered to be the gold-standard, and after using several cake boxes of Shiny Silver 8x discs, I can see why. Continue reading
Nifty Stuff…Korg CA-30
Unless you have perfect pitch, if you have a musical instrument (especially a stringed musical instrument), you are going to find yourself in need of a tuner. Over the years I’ve used tuning forks, pitch pipes, and various electronic tuners. … Continue reading
