Gadget Travel

Editing your vacation videos

byjamesderuvo@yahoo.com (by James DeRuvo) — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:21:00 -0700

What you need to use and how to get started.
MP3 here.

Video Podcast Test

byjamesderuvo@yahoo.com (by James DeRuvo) — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:49:00 -0700

COOPER COOLER - COOLEST GADGET THIS SPRING

byjamesderuvo@yahoo.com (by James DeRuvo) — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 14:49:00 -0700

I got a Cooper Cooler this week. This is a cooler which promises to chill a full bottle of wine in 6 minutes, a can of soda or beer in 3 minutes. Honestly, I, didn't believe that it would work as well as it did until I stuck a bottle of wine in it and 6 minutes later, it was not only chilled, it was cold to the touch!

I know it isn't the ideal gadget for travel (even though the "Tailgater" version comes with both a 12V car lighter plug), I can tell you this, I'm be a Cooper Cooler fan forever!

Amoung the other reviews coming down the pike - The Philips GoGear Audio Jukebox and the Creative Zen Vision:M mp3 players, the Seagate 120GB Portable External Hard Drive, and the Kodak Easy Share One Digital camera.

Listen for Gadget Travel soon on Sirius Channel 119 during Traveling, with Paul Lasley and Elizabeth Harryman.

GT: Solar Powered Camera Gear

byjamesderuvo@yahoo.com (by James DeRuvo) — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 14:29:00 -0800

This week, we discussed Eclipse Solar Gear, Pocket Dish, technology enabled clothing via Scott E Vest, and it's impact on traveling - particularly through airports.

Is being a luddite a good thing? Sometimes.

Here's the mp3.

Gadget Travel: Bond Edition, Traveling on Discovery Channel Radio

byjamesderuvo@yahoo.com (by James DeRuvo) — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 11:35:00 -0800

Gadget Travel on "Traveling with Paul Lasley & Elizabeth Harryman", Discovery Channel Radio Sirius Channel 119. This segment, GadgetTravel talks about three cool spystyle gadgets. The Docupen RC800 portable scanner, the Plustek Optislim M12 PlusMobile Sheetfed Color Scanner, and the Canon BJC-80 Portable Printer. We also chatted about wireless broadband.

The Docupen RC800 portable scanner:

The RC800 scanner is the size of a fat ballpoint pen and is capable of storing 100's of pages into memory and it takes just seconds to scan a page. Three scanning modes: black and white, standard color or high 24bit color, with resolution from 100 to 400 dpi. Scans a FULL PAGE including text and graphics in as little as 4 seconds.

The Plustek Optislim M12 Plus Mobile Sheetfed Color Scanner:

The Plustek Optislim M12 Plus can scan up to 600 dpi in five scanning modes (2 color, 3 grayscale/b&w) and can scan up to 3 pages per minute that are as large as legal size. It's about the size of a "fat ruler" and runs right off your Laptops USB connection. Downside is it scans in USB 1.1.

Canon 's BJC-80 Portable Printer:

At only 3 pounds, the Canon BLC-80 is for those who need mobility a printer. It has a 30-sheet input tray, can print at either 4.5 ppm for black or 2 ppm for color, at 720 x 360 dpi resolution. It can use either parallel or infrared interfaces.

MP3 coming soon.

Gadget Travel spot on Discovery Channel Radio Sirius 119

byjamesderuvo@yahoo.com (by James DeRuvo) — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:38:00 -0800

Here's the first Gadget Travel on "Traveling with Paul Lasley and Elizabeth Harryman" this week.

Topics covered:
Carrying an AC Adapter for every gadget when traveling and how you can replace them with just one: The iGo Everywhere 130 Power Adapter.

Here's the mp3.

Gadget Travel goes Satellite with Discovery Channel Radio!

byjamesderuvo@yahoo.com (by James DeRuvo) — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 09:57:00 -0800

Like Howard, I've made the move to Satellite radio! I am now a part of Discovery Channel Radio's "Traveling with Paul Lasley and Elizabeth Harryman," doing segments on the latest in mobile technology to make the traveler's tech life easier.

Traveling with Paul Lasley and Elizabeth Harryman, a daily one-hour program packed with information and entertaining content about the world of travel, is now on Discovery Channel Radio. From exploring exotic vacation destinations to booking efficient business travel, award-winning travel journalists Paul Lasley and Elizabeth Harryman share practical tips and personal experiences to provide unique insights that go beyond the guidebook.

Traveling with Paul Lasley and Elizabeth Harryman can be heard on Channel 119 on the Sirius Satellite Radio Network. It runs daily at 11am and 7pm pacific time.

Alternative mobile energy ... Manual Power

byjamesderuvo@yahoo.com (by James DeRuvo) — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:12:00 -0800

Here's an interesting item for charging your cellphone. MANUAL POWER uses the gyroscopic principles of centrifigal force to generate electricity that can not only charge your cellphone, but give you excercise as well.

Rotating for 3 minutes, will provide 5 minutes of charge. And you can use your cellphone while it's still charging.

KABC: Gadget Travel, CES/MacWorld Edition

byjamesderuvo@yahoo.com (by James DeRuvo) — Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:04:00 -0800

I'll be on-air with the KABC Travel Show to talk about the latest mobile gadgets previewed at the 2006 the Consumer Electronics Show.

Gadgets included: Pocket Dish AV700E by Dish Network, MobiTV 2, Modeo Live Streaming TV for your Cellphone, ESPN Mobile (wireless ESPN cellphones by Sanyo), Canary Wireless Hotspot Finder, Neuros MPEG 4 TV Recoder, and more. We also talk about the MacBook Pro recently unveiled at MacWorld.

Here's the MP3.

KABC Travel Show - Last Minute Holiday Gifts (December Show)

byjamesderuvo@yahoo.com (by James DeRuvo) — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:46:00 -0800

I was a guest on the KABC Travel Show today talking about Last Minute Tech Gifts for the holidays. Here's what we covered:

Kodak EasyShareOne Digital Camera - world's first wifi capable digital camera $599.95 - http://www.kodak.com, iGo Power Adapters - bring one ac adapter for all your gadgets - http://www.igo.com, Apple's Ipod and Ipod Shuffle, great for travel, new video version lets you watch movies and TV shows, music, downloadble from itunes for about .99-1.99. $399 for 30GB version, Playaway - Digital Audio Books in a selfcontained mp3 player. About $26.99. http://www.playawaydigital.com or purchase at Barnes & Noble, Office Max, and Borders. Great stocking stuffer! Canary Digital Hotspotter $60. Find your nearest hostspot. Make sure you don't break local wardriving laws.

You can listen to the mp3 here. (7.5MB)

KABC Travel Show: Holiday Gifts (November Show)

byjamesderuvo@yahoo.com (by James DeRuvo) — Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:42:00 -0800

I was a guest on the KABC Travel Show to talk about Hi-Tech Travel Gadgets for the Holidays and how on demand television will change the way we are entertained while on the road.

Notes: I give a lukewarm review of the video iPod, mostly because of a lost opportunity to redesign it for a widescreen look. And it's too expensive. But I applauds the effort. The Sony PSP - great looking. downside - proprietary formats. The Picture Porter, by Digital Foci, great for offloading digital photographs from your camera cards. It also comes with an mp3 player and two stereo headphone jacks. Memorex Mega Travel Drive, 4gb thumdrive/flashdrive for those who travel and need a lot of storage for documents, etc.

Here's the mp3.