We're off on the road to Las Vegas for the 2010 edition of the Consumer Electronic Show, or as it's known around here, nerdstock. I haven't been to CES since 2004 and I'm sure looking forward to it. This is the premiere technology event of the year with 100,000 visitors, thousands of exhibitors, and dozens …
Gadgets from Bill Handel’s Show today
Here's a quick post to give you the links for the products I mentioned on Bill's show on KFI this morning! 1. Kodak Zi8 Pocket Video $150 2. Logitech MX Anywhere Mouse $60 3. Roku Player $79-129 4. Firefly Mobile for Kids $50 5. Sonos ZonePlayer S5 $399 per room More details to come! Posted …
2008 in 40 seconds
2008 was a difficult, contentious, exciting, and ultimately momentous year, but while the affairs of men boil away, life and nature serenely continue on. This beautiful time lapse movie from Erik Sondheim really captures the eternal heartbeat of life. It's worth the trip to Erik's site to see how he did it and watch the …
ChannelFlip Treatment
Wil Harris was out at the cottage a couple of weeks ago and taped this interview for Channelflip. http://p.castfire.com/lgGzk/video/26095/26095_2008-09-26-082953.flv
KGO Live
I'll be speaking at a free event in San Francisco: Saturday, May 3 at 3p, at the Concourse Exhibition Center, 8th & Brannan. My San Francisco radio affiliate, KGO Newstalk 810, does this every year. KGO Live is an all day event, 11a-4p, featuring Dr. Dean Edell, Ronn Owens, Gil Gross, Len Tillem, Joanie Greggains, …
Speak Softly And Carry A Big Camera Bag
I'm leaving tonight for Australia on the Adobe Lightroom/Photoshop Adventure 2008: Tasmania! My good friend Mikkel Aaland, author of O'Reilly's Lightroom Adventure is leading another photo expedition; this time it's to Tasmania with a bunch of the world's top photographers for the next edition of his book and he invited me to come. I couldn't …
Funny and Cranky Geeks
I'll be a guest on Dvorak's Cranky Geeks Wednesday. Watch it live at 12:30p Pacific at crankygeeks.com or download it later. Thursday I'm going to be on the syndicated Bob and Tom radio show from 9a until they toss me off. I'll post notes, if there are any, here.
Jawbone Audition on Handel
July 1, Californians will join many other states and countries in requiring drivers to use handsfree devices when talking on their cell phones. I called Bill using the Jawbone today. Listen to the audio here. I currently use the BlueAnt Supertooth Light in my car. It has its own speaker and mic and attaches to …
Guest Appearance on KGO Today
I'll be a guest on the Ronn Owens Show on KGO AM 810 in San Francisco this morning at 10am Pacific. Show notes will follow here.
The Craptastic Electronics Show
I'm back to work on my usual weekly appearances on The Bill Handel Show on KFI Los Angeles (Fridays at 7:50a) and The John Donabie Show on CFRB Toronto (Saturdays at 7:50a). This week the big topics are, of course CES and MacWorld Expo. CES, The Consumer Electronics Show, is wrapping up today in Las …
This Week’s Top Tech Stories
My regular segment on the John Donabie Show, Saturday mornings on CFRB is coming up. These are the top stories I'll talk about this week: It's not all iPhone, Blackberry sales doubled this quarter. Black Friday (the day after US Thanksgiving) was the best day in RIM history. After three years in court, Apple rumor …
Last Minute Gift Ideas
Today at 7:45a Pacific on the Bill Handel Show on KFI Los Angeles, I'm going to offer some last minute gift ideas. It's not to late to shop Amazon.com. They're offering $3.99 overnight shipping as late as 11a Pacific on Sunday to guarantee delivery by Christmas Eve. They'll gift wrap, too. But many items are …