Some really good GPS units from Garmin:
For $119 shipped:
Garmin 205 basic
For $134.99 shipped: (this one has spoken street name features)
Garmin 260 (spoken street names)
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Starter Guitar
This is the best guitar for the price for someone who wants to start learning.
Rogue Starter Acoustic Guitar, Black - $36 + $11 s&hFender 351 Shape Pickpack (12Pk) Shell, Med - $2.99
Definitely get the guitar picks. Using picks instead of your thumb will give you more control over the volume at which you can play (much louder).
Photography Gear - Ethusiast/Hobbyist
I've eyed the D90 for atleast a year now. I am probably going to byte the bullet and hit the trigger very soon. I'd also like to list the stuff I will buy:
Body + Lens (kit) - $1149
Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Camera with 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VR DX Nikkor Zoom Lens50mm "prime" f/1.8 AF lens - $133
Nikon 50mm f/1.8D AF Nikkor Lens for Nikon Digital SLR CamerasSB-600 flash unit - $224
Nikon SB-600 Speedlight Flash for Nikon Digital SLR CamerasAnd don't forget the 8GB SD card to hold your pictures. - $17.99
Don't forget amazon prime membership too:
get the trial here
get the trial here
Monday, March 26, 2012
Hackintosh Project
So, It's time for a new computer. I am not a big fan of Windows. Linux is very appealing but not very wife-friendly. Enter... Macintosh. However a decent expandable Mac (PowerMac), starts at $2600 !!!. This being a bargain blog, let me show you how to create your own Hackintosh by using the parts I describe.
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L
Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L, P45, ATX, 45NMCORE2QUAD CORE2DUO Pentium D/4, PCI-E X16, PCIX2, PCIEX4, MAX8GB, DIMM4XDCPU: Intel Core2Duo E7400 (2.8ghz)
Intel BX80571E7400 Core 2 Duo E7400 ProcessorVideo card: Nvidia 9800 GT
EVGA 512-P3-N973-TR 512MB GeForce 9800 GT DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics CardFor non gamers, there's a cheaper video card Geforce 7600 GS.
You can pick up any case, and a power supply (recommend at least 450Watts). Any DDR2 memory will work. Any SATA hard drive / DVD drive will work with setup.
Coming soon: A picture guide to installing leopard on this computer.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
High quality studio microphone (USB)
The snowball from the *blue* company is a great microphone for podcasting or just general high quality recording. It comes in at $79.99 (I've seen mic's costing 10 times that amount for the same sound quality).
As a bonus, because it connects via USB, you don't need any additional recording hardware on your computer.
If you want a good mic with a good camera they just released "eyeball". It comes in at $99.99
As a bonus, because it connects via USB, you don't need any additional recording hardware on your computer.
If you want a good mic with a good camera they just released "eyeball". It comes in at $99.99
Monday, January 23, 2012
Netbooks that run Mac OS X
Short answer: Get either MSI Wind or Dell Mini 9. Both have hardware drivers available for the mac os x to run without a hitch.
The MSI Wind is available on amazon at a pretty good price (I would recommend the 160 version because it comes with a beefier battery)
$429 - MS Wind (160GB, with 6-cell battery)
$349 - MS Wind (120GB, with 3-cell battery)
The MSI Wind is available on amazon at a pretty good price (I would recommend the 160 version because it comes with a beefier battery)
$429 - MS Wind (160GB, with 6-cell battery)
$349 - MS Wind (120GB, with 3-cell battery)
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
ooma - VoIP without any monthly fees.
So you already have the well established VoIP providers like Vonage, Comcast, Sunrocket etc... These usually cost around $20-$40/month depeneding on the options you have.
ooma Core VoIP Phone System with No Monthly Phone Service Bills ($229)
You can learn more on the ooma website.
Buy it from the amazon link above, its almost $20 cheaper that way.
- Pro: Very realiable. Features exactly the same as landline.
- Pro: Almost no startup fee.
- Con: VERY expensive monthly cost.
- Pro: Very cheap, while keeping all the features of landline.
- Con: You generally need a computer or an expensive phone like the Linksys CIT400 ($175 used) to make calls like you would from a regular phone.
ooma Core VoIP Phone System with No Monthly Phone Service Bills ($229)
You can learn more on the ooma website.
Buy it from the amazon link above, its almost $20 cheaper that way.
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