So many gadgets with so many plugs, adapters and wires will soon be a mess when you’re in a hurry to recharge your out of juice gadget where everything seem like living wires and start hugging and twisting each other and turn into a spaghetti.. unlike the real spaghetti, these are wires you just can’t cut them like that and because you’re little bit frustrated you started to force pulling them out which make it worse.

Anyway, a new device called the Chargepod which has a 6-way charging plug that is able to connect to and charge many of your electronic gadgets at once without having multiple cords running from your power strip for each item. The Chargepod comes with interchangeable power adapters for different types (brands) of devices and also equip with a voltage regulator as safety to make sure that your gadget is getting the right power charge.

Look at the photo, isn’t that neat?

Via Gizmodo

I purchase another generic GPS receiver for my other laptop computer and of course it really works pretty well aside from being cheap. Since this gadget doesn’t have brand it has a product code… the UT-41. It is a USB based NMEA-0183 compatible GPS receiver is a compact all-in-one GPS. I bought this gadget from Ebay for $36+S&H which I think is pretty good deal.

This generic GPS receiver (UT-41) features 12 parallel channels and 4100 time/frequency search bins provide short start-up time and fast signal acquisition. Having fast time-to-first-fix and enhanced sensitivity, the UT-41 offers good navigation performance even in urban canyons. The satellite-based augmentation systems, such as WAAS and EGNOS, are supported to yield improved accuracy… that’s according to the description which I think fits pretty well.

We live in a suburbs with lots of trees and terrains and when I got this little gadget I tested it right away.. inside our home.. what? does GPS supposed to be used in an open sky area..yeh but it is brutal cold outside.. so it this thing works inside no question it should work outside and it did… I got 6/12 satellite signals using my Microsoft streets.

Here’s some of the features:

• USB interface
• 12 channel GPS receiver
• Standard NMEA-0183 V3.01 GPS protocol
• Onboard patch antenna
• 4100 simultaneous time-frequency search bins
• SBAS (WAAS, EGNOS) support
• -140dBm acquisition sensitivity
• -150dBm tracking sensitivity
• <10 second hot start
• <50 second cold start
• 5m CEP accuracy
• Low power consumption: 90mA
• 6-foot USB cord

Well I guess I don’t need a mobile GPS for now, I just need my computer and this receiver to do the job.. And, oh by the way if you’re using your laptop as your GPS.. don’t forget to purchase a DC power adapter to keep a steady supply of power juice while driving.

Online security is getting overwhelming and frustrating sometimes. For the last few months I’ve signed up to a couple of forums and blogs to scour information on about everything and it come to a point of having problem remembering what user id and password I’ve used. Aside from that we moved all our bills and credit card payments and banking online so it is frustrating when you forgot you login ID and password. Although you can memorize as many as you can combinations, some online services, specially financial only allows you up to 3 tries lock up you ID if you keep trying with invalid credentials.

One possible solution to this is to use a secure ID storage to track and retrieve those critical piece of information. ID Vault is a USB-based device that includes a SmartCard microcontroller to store sensitive data in encrypted format. It has PIN-based logon access that keeps a collection of secure bookmarks, integrated with your web browser and websites, and sends credentials directly to the site secure logon page. This gadget is good to avoid keyloggers and shoulder/side watchers for the price of $50.

This GPS receiver tested to work with iNavTeq, Delorme Street Atlas, Rand McNally Streets, Microsoft Streets and Trips and many other navigation software that support the standard NMEA-0183 GPS protocol.

MS-GM-03 GPS receiver features 16 parallel channels and 4800 time/frequency search bins provide short start-up time and fast signal acquisition.

With built-in rechargeable Li-ion battery backup to support the Fast Time-to-First-Fix (TTFF) memory and internal clock and enhanced sensitivity, the MS-GM-03 offers good navigation performance even in urban canyons.

The satellite-based augmentation systems, such as WAAS and EGNOS, are supported to yield improved accuracy.

What all this means is that if you have software that can take a GPS unit, but no GPS, then this is the answer you’ve been looking for.

Main Features:

• Standard NMEA-0183 V3.01 GPS protocol


• USB interface (usually using Comm Port 5)


• 16 channel GPS receiver


• Onboard low-noise and high-gain active antenna


• 4800 simultaneous time-frequency Dearch Bins


• SBAS (WAAS, EGNOS) support


• Low power consumption


• 6-foot USB cord


• Waterproof design for all weather


• Magnetic Base


• Li-on backup battery for fast Time-to-First-Fix (TTFF)