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My New Bluetooth Headset: Discovery 925

Thu Tu Koelling — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:57:49 +0000

I had had enough of my previous bluetooth headset. Once I got an awesome new phone, the old headset did not do it justice because I could not use it reliably.

Here were some of the pet peeves I had with my two-year-old headset:

It was out of batteries when I needed to use it [...]

With Manual Control Comes Great Power and Responsibility

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:00:05 +0000

Last week, I got my new camera, the Canon Powershot SD 990 IS, just in time to use it during the weekend. I went with some friends to the Petaluma Pumpkin Patch to check out the pumpkin patch and to (try to) go through the Amazing Corn Maze. I was really looking forward to the [...]

Deciding if a High-Speed Memory Card Is Worth It

Thu Tu Koelling — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:36:28 +0000

I just ordered a new digital camera, Canon Powershot SD 990 IS, and wanted to get a memory card to use with it. There are so many storage choices these days, it’s a bit overwhelming. I finally decided on a brand and size, but didn’t know if I should pay extra for the high-speed cards. [...]

Meet Robert, My Roomba

Thu Tu Koelling — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:09:32 +0000

Back in June, I picked up an iRobot Roomba 550 from Costco. It’s one of those purchases where I was not sure if I would continue to use it in the long run. After four months, I am certain that the Roomba is a keeper. My boyfriend helped me with naming it: Robert. It might [...]

Love My Logitech Harmony 890 Remote

Thu Tu Koelling — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:14:03 +0000

My Logitech Harmony 720 Harmony basically stopped working a few months ago. Thanks to Costco’s awesome return policy and my compulsive box-keeping, I was able to return it for a refund. It was annoying living without a universal remote to control all my home entertainment devices, so there was no doubt that I would get [...]

Crazy Lady Talking to Herself Or Bluetooth Headset User?

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:29:31 +0000

My Sprint Mogul phone came with a pretty decent headset with stereo buds for both ears. The drawback was the wiring and with twice the buds, there was at least twice the tanglement so that it was a hassle using the headset.

I eventually broke down and shelled out the money for a bluetooth headset, [...]

Hope for DirecTV and TiVo?

Thu Tu Koelling — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:30:31 +0000

I’ve been going through a lot of crap lately, so this bit of news brought much needed joy to my gadget geek heart.

First, I got an email from DirecTV titled “Great News for DIRECTV/TiVo Customers”, and the message certainly lived up to the subject:

Great news for DIRECTV/TiVo customers–new features are on the way!

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Wii Firmware 3.0 Enables USB Keyboard Compatibility

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:54:39 +0000

OMG, I was checking out my Wii feed in my iGoogle and read Wii USB Ports Now Compatible With Keyboard! I had to try it out for myself.

I have a wireless Logitech keyboard for my desktop. It was more of a hassle to get everything disconnected and then reconnected than it was to actually [...]

Transferring Contacts from Old Sprint Phone to New Mogul Phone

Thu Tu Koelling — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:29:06 +0000

These days (maybe before but I didn’t know), Sprint can transfer contact information from an old phone to a new phone, regardless of brand. I knew before they could transfer within brands but it was news that they could do it across brands.

In my case, I had contacts on my Sanyo phone and in [...]

PPC 6800 Mogul Turns on by Itself Randomly

Thu Tu Koelling — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:50:45 +0000

I am posting a modified version of what I posted at PPC 6700 Backlight keeps coming on.

My PPC 6800 Mogul would randomly turn on minutes or hours after I turn it off and put it down. It does it multiple times. Fortunately, it turns itself off soon after. This happens when it is on [...]

How to Set Up Bluetooth ActiveSync Connection with D-Link DBT-120

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 04:40:58 +0000

I was excited to get my Bluetooth adapter so that I could sync my Mogul phone wirelessly via Bluetooth to my laptop running Windows XP. That excitement turned to sheer frustration as I was unable to set up a partnership and thus unable to use ActiveSync through Bluetooth.

Sometimes the Bluetooth software manager would ask [...]

XM Service Issues 5/21/2007

Thu Tu Koelling — Tue, 22 May 2007 15:09:35 +0000

On Monday 5/21, I was driving home and noticed that the XM satellite signal kept fading in and out along certain parts of the route. I take a different route in the morning and I knew for sure there was one or two flaky spots. I just wasn’t sure that there were so many in [...]

Eliza with Sprint PCS “Help Chat”?

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 09 May 2007 06:13:13 +0000

Recently, my mobile phone battery hasn’t been holding the charge for more than a couple of days or so. I used to be able to go for days without having to charge it. Now I have to worry about not being able to finish a call because I am already getting a low battery warning [...]

Clean those air vents to keep laptop cool

Thu Tu Koelling — Thu, 03 May 2007 23:56:12 +0000

The past few months, my laptop has been running really hot, as well as very noisily with the fan at full force. At one point, it even shut down spontaneously from being too hot. I visually inspected the fans and they seemed fine. Ideally, I should have opened up the laptop to inspect the fans [...]

How to Enable 30 Second Skip on Logitech Harmony 720 Remote

Thu Tu Koelling — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 06:47:43 +0000

If you have your Tivo remote control programmed to enable 30 second skip, it might be a cause for concern to switch to using the Harmony 720 Remote… will it support it? Yes, it does. It’s not so straightforward, though, because it is not in the commands database.

I’ll describe the steps to program the [...]