November 7, 2007
FREE…All 37 Starbucks Song of the Day Songs
We’re giving away a complete collection of all 37 Starbucks Song of the Day Song codes. To enter, just sign up for our newsletter. We occasionally send out information about cool stuff we’re giving away and notable news and reviews. We will choose the winner from our newsletter subscribers in 37 days on December 14th. Sign up today!
Here is a list of the included artists:
Bob Dylan
KT Tunstall
Joni Mitchell
Keith Urban
Emily King
Mavis Staples
CeU
Band of Horses
Gloria Estefan
A Fine Frenzy
John Legend
John Fogerty
Patti Scialfa
Herbie Hancock
Angie Stone
Annie Lennox
Brandi Carlile
Alice Smith
Rogue Wave
Alice Russell
Dave Mathews and Tim Reynolds
Sonya Kitchell
Bitter:Sweet
Greyboy w/Sharon Jones
Spanish Harlem Orchestra
Rissi Palmer
Raul Midon
Joss Stone
Federico Aubele
Sara Bareilles
Hilary McRae
John Mayer
Galactic
Bebel Gilberto
Suzanne Vega
Sia
Paul McCartney
November 6, 2007
Starbucks Song of the Day Codes – Suzanne Vega
Miss the Starbucks Song of the Day? We’ve got you covered. Here are some previous day’s codes:
Artist: Suzanne Vega
Song: Frank & Ava
Codes: SCGLNHFJSJSJ, SPLRPSZRWLWW, XGHJXFZTPDPT, CXRZZZFCDJWR, BRZSBZZMBMZD
Each code can only be used once, so if you miss today’s offerings, check back for more codes. We’ll be posting every day for the next few weeks.
Want a complete set of Starbucks Song of the Day codes? Sign up for our newsletter (in the right hand margin) and be automatically entered to win an entire set of codes.
November 5, 2007
Taylor Thinline T5 – Hybrid Heaven?

I’ve been playing acoustic guitars for over 25 years, but in the past 8-9 years have come to really love the Taylor line of acoustic guitars. My favorite all around Taylor as been the ever-popular 714 series, particularly with the LR Baggs dual source pickup for live applications. In 2005 Taylor came out with it’s Thinline T5 series – a hybrid guitar intended for both acoustic and electric guitar sound applications. For the past two years I’ve been pretty skeptical that it could do a both job at getting real tones for each one.
For the past week I’ve been playing through a T5 Thinline Standard edition with a natural finish. At first, I couldn’t get or keep the guitar in tune, and was hoping there wasn’t an intonation issue due to setup. Most of the time Taylor guitars are set up great from the local store, or even from private party, but this one was throwing tuning fits. I replaced the strings on the guitar and have had much better success with tuning since…just dead store strings. Once the tuning was taken care of, it was time to work on tone. More on Taylor Thinline T5 – Hybrid Heaven?
November 3, 2007
How Apple Can Improve the iMac
I’ve come across what I think is not only a brilliant idea, but would come in darn handy. The Apple iMacs have beautiful screens. It would be awesome to have a way to use the built in monitor as an external monitor for, say, a laptop or desktop (Mac or PC). This would let you consolidate a multi-system environment saving the space you’d use for a monitor.
What would be even better would be a way to use the keyboard and mouse you have plugged into your iMac on your additional desktop or laptop. A built-in KVM switch of sorts.
I replace my monitors at work and home with iMacs. Extra systems always come in handy.
October 25, 2007
Sun Mountain Speed Cart – Putting the Exercise Back in Golf
"You just push it off the first tee box and meet it down at the 150 yard marker!" So said our Pro the day we picked up a couple of these glorified pull carts. They certainly looked cool, and even a little fast — maybe it would just roll itself around the golf course with me happily walking behind. As it turns out, that’s not the case…you do in fact have to actually push the thing to get it to make it’s way around the course, but it sure is nicer than the old school two-wheelers you rent for a couple bucks with chunks out of the wheels.
The Speed Cart helped get our butts up out of the drive cart, and our legs moving between shots, to burn those extra calories we were eating at the snack shop! More on Sun Mountain Speed Cart – Putting the Exercise Back in Golf
October 24, 2007
SkyCaddie SG4 – Ultimate Golf Geekery
Back in the 17th century, golfers used to smack wooden balls around rough golf courses, walking every step of the way, lugging their crude bamboo clubs from hole to hole in full Sunday dress, and took your best guess as to how far you needed to hit the darn thing. We’ve come a long way baby.
Today not only do we have high-tech clubs and balls, power walk carts and heated drive carts, but if you really want to geek out on the golf course, you can dial up the nearest satelite and get your accurate distance information sent right to you. The SkyCaddie SG4 makes it all possible.
If you are a geek, and you like to golf, you owe it to youself to check this out. More on SkyCaddie SG4 – Ultimate Golf Geekery
October 23, 2007
TaylorMade r7 Draw Irons
TaylorMade’s slogan for their r7 Draw series of irons is “Say Goodbye to the Right Side of the Golf Course.” While I can’t say that I’ve completely broken off my relationship with that half of the course, I can say that these have been some of the best irons I’ve played in a while.
For the past 10-15 years I’ve played some sort of game-improving club or another. My first real set of clubs were Tommy Armour 845s, about 15 years ago. I played those until just a few years ago when I started playing Nike Slingshots. After still having a push or slice that I couldn’t easily correct, I decided to look at some irons that might help with the end goal of keeping it straighter down the fairway, and the r7 Draw Irons ended up being the next clubs in my bag. More on TaylorMade r7 Draw Irons
September 28, 2007
Trek Navigator 200 Comfort Bike

If you are in the market for a new bike but haven’t shopped for one recently, you may be surprised at all the options available these days. When hunting around you’ll find different types of bikes such as touring, road, cyclo-cross, single speed, fixed gear, mountain, hybrid, comfort, cruisers, recumbent, racing, and many more! The choices can be daunting, but if you just need something to get around the neighborhood, around the campground, or even to and from a not-too-long trip to work, a comfort bike may be the right choice for you. The Trek Navigator 200 is a moderately priced comfort bike that is a great option for a general all purpose bike. More on Trek Navigator 200 Comfort Bike
January 30, 2007
SplashCast’s Mix-Media Video and Music Syndication

In case you haven’t found a video or music streaming service that you love yet, SplashCast launched today with some new twists. SplashCast enables anyone to create streaming media ‘channels’ that combine video, music, photos, narration, text and RSS feeds. These user-generated channels can be played and easily syndicated on any web site, blog, or social network page. When channel owners modify their channel, their content is automatically updated across all the web pages ‘tuned’ to that channel. More on SplashCast’s Mix-Media Video and Music Syndication
October 6, 2006
EngadgetHD? – Where Have I Been?

Whoa, apparently Engadget launched an HD channel (no pun intended) of their site, engadgethd.com – focussed entirely on HD products, news and the very handy Listings O’ The Day. As brand new switcher to HD, this will come in very handy.
