Archie Sicat
All I ever want to do is write. Of course, I have to worry about the dishes and the laundry like everyone else. That includes taking a bath daily and keeping the house spic and span. A person has to sleep, too and enjoy a good meal. To detach myself from the writing and relax my eyes, I would go to the library to read a few good titles. Or watch an episode of CSI or Law & Order online. And then I'm back! Life is so simple for me.
Ask anyone which two gadgets he or she cannot live without
and you will likely get an honest answer.
Here is for starters.
A Motorola Bluetooth adapter is a tiny tube device you stick in your
notebook’s USB drive so you can transfer data (translation: photos, video,
spreadsheets, documents, etc.) wirelessly between your computer and your
cellular phone or PDA (AKA Blackberry). Price:
$35. Value: priceless!
You just never know when you will use this device. Bluetooth is just so amazing and so easy to
use. It takes literally a second to
transfer a photo or short document (three or four-page Microsoft Word). Let us say you just found a part-time job
picking Blueberries at a farm in far away Aldergrove and you have done your
little research (Google map, the email the employer sent you, tips and photos
about the proper way to pick Blueberries, etc.).
So on your notebook, you cut and paste all this information
in a Microsoft Word document. You right-click
the document and then send it via Bluetooth and bingo, you have all the information
stored in your PDA. Now you are ready to
leave for the job! There is no need to
bring your laptop to the farm.
For the second device, it is the Jetflash 4-gigabyte tube
drive, which again you stick in your USB, so you can easily copy data from your
notebook. Four gigabytes are a lot of
space to cram into a thumb drive, yet that space can only get bigger and bigger
in the Digital Age, and for $20? Is that
a bargain or what?
This thumb drive is so handy, because again, you do not have
to bring your notebook to your friend’s house with you. Just stick the thumb drive in your shirt
pocket, and you can share your movie or movies with your friend over Coke and
popcorn.
The tiny-looking drive can store up to two high definition
movies, which are two-hour long, each.
Now you will not believe this, but there are still 40 megabytes of free
space left on the drive.
Come to think of it, in both scenarios (Bluetooth and thumb
drive), the notebook was unwittingly depicted as the villain for its size--when
in fact it was a fine example of miniaturization decades ago.
Now it is your turn--name two gadgets you find
indispensable!
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