Mounting a Videocam or Camera in your Car

You would be surprised at the number of people that would like to use their camera in the car.  With the introduction of cheap easy to use portable video cameras, everyone can shoot a video quickly and inexpensively.  Why use it in your car?  It’s especially popular for family trips.  Driving in the mountains or peeping leaves?  Shoot a video.  Driving next to the ocean?  Shoot a video.  Well you get the drift.  There is also a growing interest in dash cameras for purposes of documenting what the person in front of you is doing.  Comes in handy for accidents … Read more



Using your Tablet on Your Next United Airlines Flight

So I was sitting on a United Airlines flight to Florida the other day.  I learned that United Airlines is outfitting their entire fleet with wireless access.  I remember reading an article about this a few years ago.  My initial thought was that this is another way for airlines to extract an extra $10 off their passengers that want to do email while in flight.  However I did not think about what United may have been thinking when they first made the announcement.  It turns out that United is rolling out a service called In-flight Wi-Fi and Entertainment.  You can … Read more



Swinging a Golf Club with a GPS on Your Belt

You are on the course with your new golf GPS from Callaway, SkyCaddie, Golflogix or any of the dozen manufacturers that make golf GPS devices.  Swing the club, come around for the perfect shot.  Your club just hit the darn GPS! We couldn’t figure out why some of these manufacturers though the belt clip was a good idea.  In addition to difficulties swinging the club, it’s inconvenient to remove the GPS from your belt whenever you want to check your distance to the pin.  Fortunately many of the latest golf devices abandoned the rear belt clip and acknowledge that putting … Read more