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I got myself these nice speakers from Koss at boxing day they where cheap and i was looking for a nice way to play my music from my iPod nano 3g
These Speakers from Koss do the trick. They offer a docking option for all Ipods and there is even and Aux in Cable so that you can connect any other MP3 player or anything else with a headset port like a portable cd player.
The KSiP2806-1 are the lower end of the line and that means that you get a great product but the volume is not that high. But i guess you can’t expect to much for less the 20 dollars that i payed for them.
Koss delivers a great looking and complete package including remote and aux cable. The docking of my Ipod go’s easy but i have to remove the protecting cover of my ipod first 
All with all the speakers from Koss to there job more then well. It is easy to control your ipod with the included remote and it even offers video out (didn’t test that). And that all said i would say just wanting some speakers for you ipod the look at these Koss once if you want a little bit more look for a model up still good priced but with a bit more of everything.
Written by George on January 9th, 2008 with 6 comments.
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I am very happy with my Ipod Nano and my Jeep but they didn’t realy like to work together. OK my carradio has an aux but still my Ipod doesn’t get charged and is just lying around.
So when i got my hands on the Canadian Tire flyer this week I saw the sollution and Ipod Navigator. It’s an holder, Charger and FM transmitter all in one and it was priced at just under 10 dollars.
The Navigator fits snug in the cigarette lighter and that makes it strong so that it can’t move to much. The Ipod Holder is a bit big for my Nano (3rd generation) but you can adjust the sides so that it doesn’t go any where but there is a lot of space on the top (for bigger Ipod’s i guess). On the side of the holder there is a switch to select the fm transmitters frequency. And then of course there is a little cable coming out of the bottom to connect to the Ipod.
The clue is to get a frequency that is free and doesn’t get to much interfere with different signals. I tried two the first one was not the right one but the second one was clear and strong.
It is nice to see that they really thought about the product. For instance it sets it’s own volume level and that way your personal settings are save.
My conclusion is that this product is great it works like it should and it fits great in my Jeep so now no loose ipods and cables any more and my ipod gets charged to. Great buy for my Great Ipod Nano 
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Written by George on December 9th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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I normally really like the Dollarama stores because you get great value for you money. But now i bought this little Train Set for around our little Christmas tree. And on the box it says it’s battery operated but someone forgot to put the engine in.
And of course that makes me feel cheated even if it is just for 1 buck.
If you stated multiple times on the box that it is Battery operated and that it needs an AA battery that is not included that i expect a train that drives on it’s nice track all by it selves instead of me needing to push it around.
And Dollarama always stated that you can’t get a refund so i don’t expect that they will do anything about it if i would go complain. But anyways going there to complain will cost me more in gasoline the the train is worth.
My advice if you want this train to go on it own then check before you buy one. I expect it is easy to test by turning the back wheels of the locomotive if they turn more difficult then the front wheels then there will be mostlikly an engine in it.
Dollarama also sells an High speed version of this set so be careful with that one to!
Written by George on December 6th, 2007 with no comments.
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With winter knocking on our doors i thought it was time to see if i could do some extra insulation.
My office where i type my little stories it gets pretty cold and because i don’t want to put the heating higher just for one room i decided to give a window film a try.
A window film is basically a piece of plastic that you secure with double sided tape to keep it in place. The Kit i got comes with two pieces of film (64″ x 42″) so enough for two windows. First you apply the tape and on that you stick the plastic with a couple of cm overhang. Then when that is secure you get the hairdryer out and start attacking the creases if you do this slowly and from side to side you really see them disappear and after a couple of minutes you get a fairly smooth surface and you can hardly see that there is a film in front of the window. And because there is air between your window and the foil your room should get warmer and that means you will save energy to heat it.
My first impression is that it feels warmer and it looks great. I didn’t get all the surface as smooth as glass but it takes a trained eye to notice that the film is there.
I would say give this product a try if you want an simple and easy way insulate your window.
Written by George on December 5th, 2007 with no comments.
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If you are like me online a lot then you know that leaving you email address somewhere means lots and lots of extra emails your don’t really want and that means that they are SPAM.
A long long time ago I found Spam.la and that helps me once in a while.
What spam.la does is it offers you a email address you can use and even see the mail for but still you can forget about it.
It works as follows, you come to a site and they want you email address for another registration that you don’t want or need so instead of giving them a real email address you give them an address like ihatespam@spam.la and instead of getting some more emails in you inbox now it is send to spam.la and like most registrations these days you need to reconfirm you email address so now you just go to www.spam.la and there is your email available to everybody.
The nice thing is that you can filter so that you only see the email send to ihatspam
For me this tool really helps me out some times think about it next time you need a quick email address 
Written by George on November 16th, 2007 with no comments.
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Our local Sobeys offers Michelinas pizza for just 1 dollar so i decided to try them.
I tried the Magherita one and the Greek Recipe chicken pizza and I have to say they both are pretty good.
For the preparation of the pizza you should really follow the instructions on the box because if you don’t then it will give you a completely different and not so nice result.
The backing of this pizza is very well thought through and it will make a nice and crunchy pizza.
One thing that it noticed is that the content of each pizza can be different some have lots and lots of cheese while others just have a little bit.
My advice if you are looking for a good tasting microwave pizza look at the Michelinas they they taste much much better then the once I tried before and you can even compare this to a “real” pizza.
Written by George on November 15th, 2007 with no comments.
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I got a new laptop and this time i made the switch to a Mac. And the Mac is great i am real happy with it but unfortunately i can’t run everything on it yet so i was looking how to run the two programs that i still need. I ran in to the open source program called Q Emulator and what they promise is that you can run a lot of operating systems in your Max OSx environment.
I installed Q and that went smooth and then i just followed the installation instructions for XP that i found on their website. It all went smooth although i took a long while. The minutes that Microsoft tells you that it will take are not accurate at all any more it will take a lot longer!
After the installation is done you can install a little driver that makes a share on you mac so that you can copy files between your Mac os and your Windows XP. It works fine and that makes the file transfers easy.
XP runs a lot slower then i wanted it to run. even after i gave it almost halve of my system memory (max that you are allowed to use) and get the sound driver out it still was slow but for me that was not the main reason why to stop using it.
The problems that i found was that my ftp communications where so slow that my files never got to the place they needed to go. And that was the main reason why i was using Q.
Also i found that often XP would not see cd’s that i put in the drive while the mac didn’t have problems with that.
I like Q but it just doesn’t allow me to do what i want it to do so for now i think i have to wait till i get my leopard cd from Apple and then see if i can get xp working fast next to os x.
Check out Q if you want to install another operating system in your mac environment.
You can find the Free version of Q at www.kju-app.org
Written by George on November 9th, 2007 with no comments.
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I was at one of those outdoor stores and saw this nice looking Camelbak Bottle. The nice thing i though was the bite and sip top that you can flip away and doesn’t drip. The other nice thing about this bottle is that there is a straw attached to it so now you don’t have to flip the bottle if you want to drink. Just bite the top and start drinking.
There is one flaw in this bottle. It is not major but still a bit strange if you ask me. Ok you wonder what is it ok the Straw is to short and that means that about a 1/2 inch of your drink will stay in the bottle. I really wonder why they didn’t make the straw just a little bit longer.
The size of this bottle is nice BUT it will not fit in all cup holders in your car. It fits in the top part of our cars but if you want to make sure it fits maybe you should go with the smaller version of this bottle.
Camelbak made a great product for a good price and they even have spare parts in case you need them. The bottle is dishwasher save (didn’t try) and is leak proof.
A real nice bottle to add to your collection.
update:
As you may have heard by now most of those nice looking plastic water bottles are not very safe for you to use.
This Camel bottles we talked about is one of those. It is made from plastic nr 7 and that seems to be not that healthy.
You can read more about the plastics in this article at The Mess We Made!
Written by George on October 25th, 2007 with 1 comment.
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I like to know how Hot / Cold it is outside and that made my buy this Inside/Outside Thermometer last year.
The La Crosse 9117 comes with a receiver unit (see picture) and a little transmitter that one can put outside. The installation is simple just place the transmitter outside, away from rain and direct sunlight. And place the indoor unit whereever you would like to check the temperature. Then just set the time (12 or 24 hours) and degrees F or C .
Then the units will start communicating and soon you can see how cold it is inside and outside. It also has a minimum and maximum setting so that you can see how cold it got last night.
Of course there is a little downside to these gadgets and in this case of course it is the batteries. In the year that i have this unit i changed the outside batteries once (just last week) and for the inside unit I changed the batteries twice. It is not to bad i think but still it would be great if the batteries would last a bit longer.
Conclusion:
The La Crosse Technology Wireless Thermometer WS9117U is a great way to keep track of the temperature. I like to see how cold it is outside before I go running so that i know what to wear and for that purpose alone i have to say it is a great unit to have. I would say if you are in the market for a device like this then have a look at it. It gives good value for your money.
update:
Today here in Calgary the temperature dropped a lot and I noticed that the La Crosse WS9117U doesn’t show a temperature when it’s get below -30c after that it will show “- -” when the temperature rises again it will come back to the normal outside temperature.
Written by George on October 22nd, 2007 with 2 comments.
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London Stansted Airport maybe a big airport for the Low Cost airlines like Ryanair and Easyjet but that doesn’t make it and easy to reach place from London.
In this review I will talk about the Shuttle bus we took from London Stansted to Victoria station (downtown London).
Finding the shuttle bus is easy but be smart and book your ticket online because that way you don’t have to wait in line twice (first for a ticket and then at the bus).
Just follow the signs that point to the buses and you will get there in a short walk. In our case we where early we booked the bus for 6 pm but we got there a bus earlier but that was not a problem they just let us take the earlier one. Luggage you but in the baggage hold under the buss and you can try to hold on to your hand luggage but you have very little space on the bus for it.
The bus i just a normal touring car and that means that they don’t offer much space for luggage or even you legs. The Terravision bus we took was almost full.
We took the bus on a Saturday so the highways where not that busy so our ride went fairly quick. They say that the trip will take around 75 minutes but that of course is depending on the traffic. And from my experience the drivers change routes some times so i guess they are aware where it’s busy and where not. If you are lucky the ride will pase some of the typical London tourist attractions.
Arriving at the Victoria Coach Station (just next to the Victoria Train / Underground Station) was less fun. Everybody on the buss seem to be in a rush and that means that they like to push you out. The the luggage, everybody just is diving for there belongings maybe some one from Terravision could try to lead this process a bit better.
My Conclusion:
Taking the Terravision bus is a good and easy way to travel to this part of London. In the past i also used the Stansted Express train but that brings you all the way to the other side of London and most times far from where you want to be.
The bus is cheaper then the train and that also means that it gets more crowded so be prepared for that.
My advice take the bus if you want to get to this side of London. And book your Terravision Coach ticket online so that you don’t have to wait in the ticket line and it is even a little bit cheaper.
Written by George on October 16th, 2007 with 2 comments.
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