by Scott on September 3, 2010
- Active noise canceling for cutting out up to 25 dB of ambient noise
- Fold-and-flip design allows for compact storage
- Padded, closed earcups and adjustable headband
- 6-foot, Kevlar-reinforced cord
- Frequency response of 10 Hz – 21 kHz
With all the latest advances in digital music and sound fidelity, should you be using those headphones that came with your portable MP3 or CD player? Here’s a way to get the best possible sound – The Sennheiser Way. The Sennheiser PXC 250 is a closed, dynamic, supra-aural mini stereo headphone with NoiseGard active noise compensation (requires 2 AAA batteries). Due to their active and passive attenuation of ambient noise, they let you enjoy music even in noisy environments. The headphones are foldable and come with a convenient belt pouch, making them an ideal travel companion.
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by Scott on August 26, 2010
There’s a lot to love about the new travel site Hipmonk.com. It leaves you thinking why didn’t I think of that. Putting all of the flight results on a time line. Brilliant. It’s fast, slight forward, and ridiculously easy to figure out. One of the best features in my opinion? Sort by ‘agony’. Awesome.
Why do I think it’s close to the perfect site and not the best search site ever? The only thing it really is missing is an area search feature like Kayaks Buzz. Say you want to go to Europe next spring and are not all that particular where you want to go, it would be cool if you could just type in Europe in the destination link and it would pull the same rankings. It doesn’t even have to be that broad, a search that could include “this OR that” would be helpful. CDG OR LHR for example. If you could enter something like this why would you need to go anywhere else to do your searching/flight bookings?
Seriously, if you haven’t already gone to Hipmonk.com go and check it out!
by Scott on August 24, 2010
- World Travel Adapter Kit
- The Kit is designed to work with iPod, iPhone, Apple MagSafe Power Adapters, Portable Power Adapters, and AirPort Express.
- The AC plugs included in the World Travel Adapter Kit directly support outlets in North America, Japan, China, United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Korea, Australia, and Hong Kong.
The World Travel Adapter Kit includes a USB power adapter, a USB cable, and a set of six AC plugs with prongs that fit different electrical outlets around the world. For world travelers, this is the perfect kit to ensure power connectivity in most countries you may travel to.
The Kit is designed to work with iPod, iPhone, Apple MagSafe Power Adapters, Portable Power Adapters, and AirPort Express.
The AC plugs included in the World Travel Adapter Kit directly support outlets in North America, Japan, China, United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Korea, Australia, and Hong Kong.
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- With the addition of this kit, iPod goes anywhere in the world
- Includes six AC plugs with prongs that fit different electrical outlets around the world
For the traveler, charge your iPod or connect to your AirPort Express Base Station from most electrical outlets around the world with a set of six power adapter AC plugs designed to fit your portable power adapter. Supports all iPods.
The World Travel Adapter Kit includes a set of six AC plugs with prongs that fit different electrical outlets around the world. For world travelers, this is the perfect kit to ensure power connectivity in most countries you may travel to. The Kit is designed to work with (and requires) the white portable power adapter that ships with iPod, iBook, or PowerBook G4. The AC plugs included in the World Travel Adapter Kit directly support outlets in North America, Japan, China, United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Korea, Australia, and Hong Kong.
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by Scott on June 16, 2010
Everyone wants to remember their travels, either through writing, photographs or through video. That’s part of the whole travel experience.
On thing that may put your mind at ease a bit before whipping out your camera in areas you may not be familiar with,, or that do not have the best reputation is to uglify it. Think of it more as “urban camouflage”.
The idea is not to call attention to yourself with a gadget. The message it sends sometimes is ‘hey look at my new expensive tech gear, please take it from me.’
This was featured on Lifehacker a year a ago, but it’s idea still holds true. Jimmie had used his uglified camera in Rio for 5 months without it getting jacked. He was also careful not to be conspicuous while using it, which never hurts. Jimmie was even mugged and they left the camera but took his cell phone.
Since Jimmie has done this smaller digital video recorders, such as the Flip, have come on the market that you could uglify as well. A few minutes with some tape and a grease pen and you have instant tourist junk that is more likely to get overlooked.
My Ugly Camera found via Lifehacker
The iPad will change publishing as we know it
April 5, 2010Mark my words: the iPad will change publishing as you know it. Feel free to quote me on that, even if I’m not the first to say it. And it has nothing to do with Apple really. They’re just the ones that are kicking down the door that the Kindle introduced and ePub cracked open. [...]