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View all →April 12, 2010
iFrogz EarPolution CS40 Headphones – Get Your Beats On!
I have been searching for some comfortable headphones for my pre-teen daughters. We started with some iFrogz Tadpole headphones (below) which were really great when my daughters were little...but as they got bigger, so did their heads…in more that one way. Size wise, we needed something to accommodate their expanding craniums. And, on the flipside, they REFUSED to wear anything…
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April 8, 2010
Renaming Cast of Dads Podcast #15 to the “iPadcast of Dads” – “iPad, Kindles & VCRs OH MY!”
The Cast of Dads recorded podcast #15 ("iPad, Kindles & VCRs – Oh My!") the day the iPad was available to purchase. Only one of us (CC) actually had one to play with, but the rest of the Cast of Dads definitely had a lot to say about this new, potentially disruptive (in many ways) device and how it will…
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April 5, 2010
What Do You Take When You Travel? – #LoseTheLaptop
So you have packed your bags, they are in the cargo hold, and you are 30,000 feet over the glistening ocean, and you start thinking...did I pack the [fill in the blank]? Suddenly you get that big hole in your stomach and you know that you didn't hit an air pocket. It's an "oh crap" moment. Let's face it, I…
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April 5, 2010
“Car Seats & Common Sense” Discussed by Some Punchy Dads on Cast of Dads Podcast #14
The Cast of Dads were in rare form for this podcast titled "Car Seats & Common Sense". Maybe it was something in the air or something we drank but geez! But we were still able to offer our "sagely" parenting advise throughout the podcast. I guess that once and a while, we can let what little hair we have down…
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April 2, 2010
Video & How-To Install a Hard Drive on a MacBook Pro (non-unibody): Clone & Boot Camp too!
For all of those people who are interested in breathing a little bit of life into an older MacBook Pro, this post is for you. My non-unibody 15" beaten and worn MacBook Pro had about 3 GB of free hard drive space on it. And this is even after I had upgraded it about 2 years ago with a 320…
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April 1, 2010
Who Has Time to Travel Anyway? – Lose the Laptop!
Travel? Who has the time or money to travel nowadays! Sure I travel...a lot! From the bed, to the shower, out the door, to the car, to the train, on the train, to work, and back again. It's a great trip actually. I get to read the paper and occasionally do some writing. In fact, my writing is happing right…
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March 29, 2010
SchlageLINK Gives You Security & Access, Even When You Aren’t Home
Keys are a pain! I have so many keys on my keychain that I feel like a locksmith and I'm not even sure what keys go to what lock. But you can't just throw them away, right? And, keys get lost. To top it off, they are simply and completely low tech. Also, the more people you have in the…
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March 22, 2010
“Tracking, Texting & Texas” with Cast of Dads Podcast – Episode #13
It’s seems like we at Cast of Dads are always talking about social media and parenting and how at times they are mutually exclusive. Part of my day job is to actually be doing a lot of marketing on various social sites. And, in fact, all of us dads on the Cast of Dads are pretty active within social networking.…
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March 19, 2010
Streaming Audio Throughout your House Easily with the Aperion Home Audio Link System
Have you ever wished you could get the music off of your computer and onto your main stereo system? Sure, you could buy an Apple AirPort Express and hook that up, but let's say you want to do more than just work with iTunes and you want almost zero configuration. Let's say, you want to stream the latest episode of…
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March 15, 2010
The HTC HD2 is THE Windows Mobile Phone to Get!
Did that title grab you? It is perhaps a bit misleading simply because I have only tested a handful of Windows 6.5 Mobile phones to date. Most of my focus has been on the iPhone and a few Android-based phones. However, I do feel that it is important to talk about the HTC HD2 (TMobile link), especially since it will…
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March 5, 2010
The Dexim BluePack S3 & S8 – A Portable Battery Pack Designed for James Bond
I've reviewed quite a few battery packs lately. It seems that this is the hot market currently just the way iPod cases were to iPods a few years ago. You can't seem to get away from them. However, there is absolutely nothing wrong with having a wide variety of options in the market. And, I view having a portable charging…
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March 3, 2010
Aaxa P2 Pico Projector Shoots a Big Bright Picture from a Tiny Box
A few months ago, I reviewed the WowWee Cinemin Swivel pico projector. It was the first pico projector that I had tried out and put down a pretty high standard. Since then and after reading through various articles and press releases coming from CES, it seems that my prediction that pico projectors would be hot this year may be coming…
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