Entries from May 2007

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Twinbird Waterproof MP3 Player

Sounds perfect, isn’t it? A MP3 player thats 100% waterproof. It could be any camper’s dream to have one of these MP3 players which is as rugged as his left sock. Twinbird has come out with a 128MB waterproof MP3 player. Unfortunately the product page is in Japanese; we are unable to give you any [...]

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Cellphones for Fishermen

I have repeatedly talked about cellphones transforming into different devices that serve a better purpose than a phone. While the cellphone acts as a GPS gadget, it can also morph itself into a city guide giving information on different places and gas stations.
Asians have a sense of innovation that Westerners usually don’t. In 2004, [...]

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Bear Resistant Food Bags

Wiki’s characteristics of bear - Common characteristics of bears include a short tail, acute senses of smell and hearing, a snubbed nose, five non-retractable claws per paw, and long, dense, shaggy fur. Its strength of smell detection is one of the best in the animal kingdom. Many campers often feel deprived of their food stash, [...]

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

Flickr Uploader for Geeks

Flickr is one of the most popular photo sharing website. Many travelers around the globe use flickr to store all their photos. Many would even dump it on flickr on a daily basis. All you need is a computer connected to the internet. There are several tools that lets you upload photos onto the flickr [...]

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

Yahoo! Travel is Personalized Now

Remember when I echoed Srmana Mitra’s views on non personalization of Yahoo! travel being one of the biggest drawbacks for a star travel website. It looks like the stakeholders in Yahoo! Travel read reviews and learn from them quickly. The website was heavy on content and low on personalization before but Yahoo has upped the [...]