Technolust

Another list of electronic gadgets. Please try to keep the drool from running down your chin while you read this - do you have any idea how hard it is to keep a website clean? The Cellular Squirrel screens your callers using word recognition and voice-stress analysis (as well as Caller ID) to determine whether a call is important enough to warrant your attention. The more urgent the call, the more the squirrel jumps up and down to get your attention. "Earlier embodiments included a parrot and a cute bunny." This is some guy's MIT dissertation project. Ah, to be in college again! The INFILL T3 is an in-car computer made for running Windows XP Media Center Edition (the version meant for controlling your TV, stereo and music library). 1.6Ghz CPU, 40GB hard drive, DVD drive, TV tuner, GPS, voice control, USB, remote (so the back seat can change channels) and an expansion slot. The screen folds forward and slides into the dash, so as not to attract the attention of the nearsighted car thieves, at least. Pop an 802.11 card in the expansion slot, and you can do some actual wardriving. The slim form-factor PS2 (aka PSTwo) looks an awful lot like those portable DVD players that are catching on. Now you can complete the deal with a clip-on 8" flat-panel screen with stereo speakers, remote control and two earphone jacks. It comes with an in-car power adapter, so the kids can stay entertained while Dad is wardriving. Live in fear of Darth Tater and his armies of Spud Troopers. Not sure if I mentioned this one before, but alienware has the most awesome laptops I've seen anywhere. They're definitely in the "gaming" category, but they sure sound like they'd let me work faster, too. Dual-processor, dual DVD drives, dual hard drive (as mirror or a stripe set, no less) and the fastest CPUs you can get. Funny, they don't say anything about battery life, but way more luggable than a high end desktop.