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ThinkGeek has me wishin’…and hopin’…and thinkin’…and prayin’…plannin’…and dreamin’…

Yea!  My ThinkGeek catalog has come in the mail…look at some of the neat stuff I found.

On page 5:  Star Wars Rebel Pilot headphones

On page 10:  Slide Rules…RULE!!!

On page 12:  IngenuiTEA teapot (“short and stout”…get it?)

On page 13:  Whiskey Stones (Brilliant!)

Mimo USB monitors

And on page 53:  “Loading…Please Wait” maternity shirt for mommy

Now, don’t say you don’t have some great ideas for gifts.  And, feel free to use these suggestions for gifts for others…as well as me.  (I made this list…you can check it twice.)

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How to change titles of operating systems in the boot menu

I had an extra 2.5-inch hard drive, and have an Alienware Area 51 M9750 notebook computer that has two hard drive bays.  A 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows Vista is installed…so…

After installing the drive, I decided to install a 64-bit version of Vista onto the second hard drive.  After doing so, at the boot menu, to my surprise I found identical entries!  I am not happy…

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Keep your contacts in the Contact Keeper notebooks and planners

Being the self confessed “readaholic” I am, I learned of the Contact Keeper and became curious…

In January, we plan on again going to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.  When we go to conventions and (trade) shows we meet a lot of people, trade a lot of information, and collect a lot of business cards.  OK…I’m interested…

I contacted them to get more information.  Days later, their products arrived.

The LARGE Contact Keeper (10″ x 12½”) portfolio was designed to be used in meetings.  Thirty letter-sized contact pages are included…

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The MEDIUM Contact Keeper (6¼” x 7½”) is intended to be used during short meetings, and when walking through trade shows.  It includes thirty contact pages…

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The SMALL Contact Keeper (2½” x 4″) is carried in a pocket to hold business cards for distribution, and to allow for the collection of them.  Each note pad has thirty adhesive pages that are the size of business cards (so you can make notes and place them on the card).

The LARGE and MEDIUM Contact Keepers have slots on the outside so you can quickly and easily collect business cards.

Refill kits are available. And Contact Keepers can be customized with a business or event logo.

I plan on taking them with us to CES, and putting them to good use…

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Philips and O’Neill “Stretch” headphones

A brown, plain box was delivered and then was handed to me.  Sometimes, you never know:  it could be a good thing, or…

It was the Philips | O’Neill Stretch SHO9561 headphones.  And they are a great thing.
Of their new line-up (see below), these are the toughest:  they’re impact, and stress/crack, resistant. “The headband is constructed with TR55 superstretch polymer…ensuring these headphones are extremely tough and flexible.”

Really?  I thought they were making it up.  Until I found:
Klegecell TR 55 High-performance Expanded Polymer Foam Core Material

OK.  It’s for real.  Durability:  “check”…

The Stretch headphones have an open acoustic system with 40 millimeters dynamic drivers to provide clear audio, and very deep bass.  The frequency response is 12 – 24 000 Hz.
The cord connected to the headphones is about 2 inches (50.8 mm) long.  It’s very convenient for when you need/want to disconnect from the source of the audio and move away for an extended distance:  you don’t need to take the headphones off, and take a long cable/cord with you.  A 4 foot (1.2 m) fabric cable is provided.

“Inspired by the latest in ski technology the cable quickly disconnects from the headband whenever the cable is caught”…the 3.5 mm stereo connectors on the cables are reinforced to prevent breakage.

The Stretch headphones have an auto-fit, stretchable, cushioned inner band.  The ear cushions are very soft, and isolate sound so noises outside of the headphones won’t interfere with what you’re trying to listen to.  I wore them for hours, and have no complaints.  I even wore them to dampen the noises that others were making around me…and in the hope that they would see the headphones and not try to talk to me (I wanted to ignore them, and for them to ignore me…it worked).

They are available in “Black Bordeauh” and “Powder White”.

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The Snug model doesn’t have the suspension-type, cushioned, inner band.  And could be a better choice for some who tend to wear their hair in a very large “afro” style as I often do (see pictures on our website:  http://TechtalkRadio.com).

The Covert is an in-ear model with controls for iPhones, and The Specked has tough cords.

Before you go to their website, turn down the volume on your computer speakers.