Wednesday, July 8, 2015


Got this super cool FAVI Mini-Bluetooth Keyboard ... !!! Works great with my Galaxy Note 3. Easy to type. Has a left and right Shift Key, very strong and bright Red Laser, which will shine about 150-200 feet away, and also has a small track pad. Lots of different key functions. Fits in a shirt pocket. Battery life is very good. Has an 800mAh removable battery and a wireless adaptor.










Another practical feature the FAVI has is an 800mAh removable battery, which is plenty of juice to keep you typing for awhile. Notice the WiFi Adaptor to the right of the battery.

Saturday, July 4, 2015


One of my more expensive gadgets, my iBook G4, purchased June, 2004. Still gets online, although slow. These two images show one of my favorite and most useful Mac apps > Drop Drawers. You will notice many Drop Drawers on the top, bottom, and both sides of the screen. When I click on a drawer, it opens up like a folder. I can have links, articles, books, music files, apps, in each drawer. Helps to keep my desktop clean, neat looking, and organized.

Friday, June 26, 2015

Gear S Smartphone (Samsung Galaxy) > Compare Casio Watch


Compare my Gear S smartwatch with my old Casio 1189 DW-290 T digital watch (around 2008), which still works like new. Features include: Stopwatch with Split function, Alarm, 12h/24h Time, Day, Date, and Backlight. You can clearly see just how massive the Gear S is, with a 2-inch screen, compared to the tiny screen on the Casio watch. Found another cool game for my Gear S, the Sliding Puzzle. I completed the second level (4x4) in only 80 seconds. I use a stylus with my Gear S, which works very well.

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Sharp EL-515 Solar-Powered Pocket Calculator (1980)


My first calculator, purchased around 1980, for my Electronics class. Has more functions than I ever learned to use. Still works like new, after 35 years !!! Paid around $40.00 (US) for this solar powered pocket calculator around 1980.

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Microscopes - Loupes .....


One of my favorite gadgets, and cost less than $10. This is a tiny, yet powerful 60x (that's 60x magnification !), and focuses clearly. Great for inspecting coins, rocks, minerals, crystals, bugs, flowers, dirt, fingerprints, hair, small electronics, circuit boards, etc. .....

Jim's Headphones .....


Rockin' with my Bludios ......

Early Personal Computers .....


This was my first brand new computer! Paid around $2500.00 (US) in 1990, for this Macintosh SE/SuperDrive. This is not the SE/30, which I also have. This SE SuperDrive came stock with 1MB of RAM and a huge 20MB Hard Drive. I upgraded to 4MB of RAM (cost me $300 !!!), and a 360MB Hard Drive for an additonal $300. I never did fill that hard drive. I mostly used System 6.0.8, sometimes 7.1.