Gotta Have Gadget

For those who waited in line tonight, there is nothing is better than getting the boys together to play some Madden NFL 10 or NCAA Football 10 by EA SPORTS on the Xbox 360.  If you are going to a Big 10 college or your local state college, one cool thing about NCAA Football 10 is you can create your own team and put it in the game with NCAA Football 10 TeamBuilder.  Lets face it, my Fitchburg State College Eagles football team would never make it into an EA SPORTS game until now.  I went online to http://teambuilder.easports.com and created my team, customizing the players, strategy, colors, field and everything you can think of to make a custom team.  Read the rest of this entry »

NASCAR Fans, start your engine and hear Dale Earnhardt Jr. say, You drive, Ill ride shotgun!  The RightWay Spotter GPS Navigator, Dale Jr. Edition features Dale Earnhardt Jr.s voice which will navigate you through every turn you make.  Dale Jr. gave you the steering wheel and became your personal spotter to guide you turn by turn to your destination.  Dale Jr. also added some of his personal favorite destinations as points of interest (note to Dale Jr. you have to come up to New Hampshire more often!) so you can easily find NASCAR destinations or Dale Jrs favorite hang-outs.  Once the novelty of hearing Dale Jr. wears off, the RightWay Spotter is a very good beginner GPS.  This is the perfect GPS for someone to start with as there arent a lot of complicated features to overwhelm you.  There are some GPS units that require constant downloads, or yearly subscriptions that you need to be a rocket scientist to learn how to operate.  The RightWay Spotter is very easy to set-up, and Dale Jr. will be guiding you in no time.  I was very impressed with the recalculation should you miss a turn.  My previous GPS would tell me to make a legal u-turn for several minutes before it would recalculate.  The RightWay Spotter, Dale Jr. edition GPS quickly re-calculated the new route putting me back on track.  You can easily change if you want the GPS to calculate the shortest distance by time or mileage.  No offense to Dale Jr. fans, but he only lasted about a month as my spotter before I went to one of the other voices in the system.  Overall the RightWay Spotter GPS Navigator, Dale Jr. Edition was a step up from my older GPS unit and is a nice unit for any NASCAR fan looking for a way to get to the track.  The best feature is Dale Jr. will actually tell you to take a right turn instead of all left turns!  For more information on the RightWay Spotter GPS Navigator, Dale Jr. Edition visit them at www.rightwaygps.com.

This time last year, I wrote a column entitled, How to get your lawn golf course green.  Since then, I have received several e-mails asking for a good, solid mower for smaller lawns.  Well, I have found that mower!  The Cub Cadet Series 1000 Lawn Tractors was perfect for my one acre lawn.  Some of the features that set apart the Cub Cadet Series 1000 Lawn Tractors from their competitors include the unique cutting deck with overlapping blades.  This is a key feature as the blades overlap to give a clean, level cut.  Coupled with the twelve inch turning radius, the Cub Cadet Series 1000 tractors can go places most mowers in this price range simply cant.  Read the rest of this entry »