Hasta La Gadget!

This week on the Gadget Lab Podcast: The gang talks about the brand spankin’ new iPhone 4S and checks out a powerful laser from Wicked Lasers, some great gear for fun at the park, and a funky 10-inch Android tablet called the Grid 10.

Our show opens with reviews editor Michael Calore and Gadget Lab editor Jon Phillips talking about all the excitement surrounding the iPhone 4S, which officially launched today. Jon can’t wait to check out Siri and start dictating his text messages.

The duo then break out to a wicked ant-killing, plastic-melting device called the Krypton Laser. The 1-watt laser is so powerful it can shoot its beam up to 85 miles away, and can light a match on fire. Careful not to burn yourself, or, you know… blind someone.

Then we take a trip out to the park where Wired product reviews contributor Billy Brown demos a few products that will make your outdoor experience far more enjoyable: the ENO DoubleNest Hammock and the Stanley Nineteen13 Carbonated Drink Bottle. Finally: a way to relax and drink a beer without worrying about spilling it everywhere.

We finish off the episode with Michael and staff writer Christina Bonnington taking a look at Fusion Garage’s Grid 10 tablet, which will be getting a final software update in the coming weeks. It’s got an interesting grid-based user-interface that’s not quite as intuitive as those of other tablets, but the price point can’t be beat for a tablet that size.

Like the show? You can also get the Gadget Lab video podcast via iTunes, or if you don’t want to be distracted by our unholy on-camera talent, check out the Gadget Lab audio podcast. Prefer RSS? You can subscribe to the Gadget Lab video or audio podcast feeds.

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You’ve got the yoke, you’ve got the ridiculously over-priced gaming chair, so now all you need is Barco’s 360-degree display dome. It uses 13 separate projectors to create a hi-def simulacrum of paradise inside a 3.4-meter acrylic sphere. The pilot sits in the middle, suddenly remembers why he took up aviation, and then connects with up to seven other bubbles to practice complicated squadron missions. More desperately inviting pics after the break.

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This article was written on October 04, 2007 by CyberNet.

A few days ago we put together a list of the best application launchers, and as it turns out there were some that were mentioned by commenters which we had never heard of. FMsaziri mentioned one in particular, called Executor, that really caught my eye when I checked it out.

The main thing that I was really impressed with was the Keyword creation utility (screenshots are below). You can setup a keyword to do things like restart your computer, launch a program, open a website, or even have a single keyword perform multiple tasks (such as opening several sites and/or programs). Vista users will also like the fact that you can designate a keyword to always run a program as an administrator.

–Installation–

The download site has two different versions of executor available. One will install Executor onto your computer just like many other programs, but there is also a version available that doesn’t require any installation. I wanted to point out that this might appear to be a portable version at first glance, but it’s actually not. Your settings are stored in the Windows Profile, so your configuration will not carry over from one computer to another without copying the profile.

–Features–

• Fully skinnable
• Keywords have properties like shortcuts, and you can for example drag-drop a shortcut/file/folder/favorite to add it as a keyword
• Auto-completion for keywords, file system and history
• Enter URLs directly (for example, www.google.com)
• Keywords support parameters (for example, “google [SEARCH PHRASE]“)
• Executor can dynamically add matching start-menu items and control panel items to the drop-down/list
• Keyword “find [TEXT]” for using Windows Instant Search (Vista) feature or Windows Desktop Search (WDS for XP)
• Each keyword can be assigned a hotkey, so Executor can also perform like many popular hotkey managers
• One keyword or text input can start multiple keywords, urls, programs, documents, and files (for example, one keyword opens three websites and/or programs)
• All file-paths can be auto-completed
• Option to override windows run hotkey (Win-R)

–Settings–

There are a ton of different options that you can configure in the application. At first the number of settings might be overwhelming, but just take a deep breathe and you’ll be okay.

The keyword configuration screen (pictured on the left) is extremely powerful. You should pay a visit to the Executor help site for more information on making the most of the keywords.

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In the past year I’ve become a pretty big Evernote user, and have even gone as far as to purchase a premium account. Last week the Evernote team expanded their service even more with Evernote Trunk, which is a centralized area to find third-party hardware and software that works with Evernote. When I saw that I realized that I have never written about the Twitter integration that has already been around for awhile.

Why is this useful? Well, if you’re on-the-go you can quickly send yourself a reminder to your Evernote account with a simple text message. After you follow the steps below you can send a text message in the format of “d myEN [your note]” to 40404 (that’s the U.S. number). The note will then appear directly in your Evernote account inside of your default notebook.

What does it take to link your two accounts? It’s actually pretty simple…

If you have a public (non-protected) Twitter account, then do the following:

1. Follow myEN on Twitter (you will need a Twitter account)
2. myEN will follow you back, and send you a DM with a link (this took about 24-hours for me)
3. Click the link, sign into Evernote, and connect your Evernote and Twitter accounts

If you have a protected Twitter account, then do the following:

1. Follow myEN on Twitter (you will need a Twitter account)
2. Accept myEN’s follow request
3. Send a DM to myEN
4. myEN will send you a DM with a link
5. Click the link, sign into Evernote, and connect your Evernote and Twitter accounts.

Once you have your Evernote and Twitter accounts linked you can move on to the testing phase. To test this out you either need to include @myEN in a tweet, or send @myEN a direct message.

If you used the direct message method you should find that the message appears in your Evernote account almost immediately.

Enjoy posting to your Evernote account using Twitter!

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