NexStar 2.5″ External Hard Drive Enclosure

The enclosure came with a USB cable and its own little faux leather case.

I needed to replace the old 320G drive in my MacBook Pro with a larger drive, at least 500G. I ordered a new drive, and it arrived a few days later. As always it was a cinch to install in the MacBook. But now I had a perfectly good 320G…»
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Pelican i1015 Waterproof iPhone Case

The i1015 waterproof iPhone case from Pelican

I like to take my iPhone with me when out kayaking, sailing, or running around the harbor in our Boston Whaler. A cell phone doesn’t take the place of a VHF radio for marine emergencies, and I always bring my handheld VHF radio, too. But the…»
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I Can See My Clock At Night!

When they say large display, they mean large display!

My old alarm clock fell off the nightstand and bounced off the windowsill a few too many times. The outer case had cracked open, and the buttons to set the time and alarm were sticking and inoperable. My favorite thing about my old alarm…»
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22-Inch Acer Widescreen LCD Monitor

My 22" flat-panel monitor from Acer gives me lots of screen real estate

I’ve been using dual monitors for many years — since around 1990 or so. My need for screen real estate has continually increased, to the point that I recently went to a dual 22″ system. I have two 22″ Acer widescreen monitors on my desktop…»
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS15 Digital Camera

Panasonic's Lumix FS15 compact digital camera takes high-quality photos and is easy to use.

When the zoom feature on my old digital camera started malfunctioning, I decided to buy myself a new one. On my previous camera, I had an optical zoom up to 7x, but because the lens needs to be bigger for that amount of zoom, the camera was on…»
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