There have been many times I am on vacation somewhere and my phone is running low, I need to power it up, but I got nothing. What you need We were up in Seattle in 2015 and my wife’s phone was running low and we didn’t have one of these […]
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I was watching some YouTube videos and I saw something that come up and well it made me look twice. I needed to get one of those things. What was it It was this thing from PGYTECH and it is called the Mantispod Vlogging thing. It doesn’t have the word […]
You only have two hands, wouldn’t it be nice to have something valuable to put a camera on? Tripods What are tripods? Well, they are three-legged stands (Tripod means three legs) that can stabilize something like a camera for taking photos or a telescope. Tripods are also used to hold […]
It was only a matter of time before I got a new backpack for all of my tech. Don’t get me wrong—I loved my old backpack. What did I get? Time for a new one My wife hated the old backpack; I packed a lot of stuff into it. You […]
I have a whole bunch of tech stuff that I take with me on my trips to document my travel for my blogs. Yes, it is just a backpack that I used for school to carry my laptop. My wife says it is just too big to carry. Got this […]
When I was able to travel I needed something to carry the tech I needed to get the videos I needed. Needed a smaller bag. Didn’t want to carry my big backpack. Caribbean When I was in the Caribbean in Feb. of 2020, before the world shut down. I wanted […]
When November rolls around, you start thinking of hanging up Christmas lights. I know that is what I do. Getting old I am getting old and I will be the first one to admit it because I am getting old. Besides, ladders and high places don’t mix with me at […]
My wife picked up a small camera for me since I like tech. It is called a cop cam. What is it? Well, let’s find out. What is it It is a small camera that can be mounted about anywhere. It is motion detected. Yea, that is it. That is […]
My wife came and talked to me one night and she found a really cool thing on Facebook. She said it would be really nice to have when we travel. Travel We started to travel more often and my wife saw something called a bed cleaner, It is a small […]
What is it? Well, I have been trying to figure it out. Their website really doesn’t help. What is it. This is what the Pivo looks like You can say this is a device to help your creative way. Kickstarter This came up on Kickstarter back in 2018, I thought […]
I have always wanted a GoPro, it was small and could record some pretty good videos. They were just way too expensive for my budget. Video I was looking to improve my videos by getting something smaller to take videos of some of the places on my trips. Wanted a […]
You need good audio when you are doing videos. Now I don’t do a lot of videos on this channel, but I do have a YouTube channel that I need to get a good way to capture your audio. Different Kinds There are a lot of different kinds of mics […]
2021 was a hard year for me, I am thinking that it was the same for everyone. It was just a continuance of 2020 and that well just sucked. 2021 Was an up and down year for this website/blog where the posts were sporadic at that and the writing wasn’t […]
This year on iamgadgetguy.com has been sporadic at best. 2021 Out with a few posts, and then I came back in May and then came back in force in Aug and remained consistent in posting content. Now I am finishing out 2021 with hardly posing in December. What happened Is […]
What does Christmas mean to you? Christmas We have reached December 25, 2021, and that means that Christmas is upon us and we are hopefully spending time with family this year. I know I am. No matter Where you are at in the world, or where you are spending Christmas […]
We have reached Christmas Eve of 2021 and I have to wonder where the year has gone. Day before I know I have thought about this day often and what it means to me. Growing up meant that I would have to be going to bed early so Santa would […]
Now that the month of December is upon us, this means that Christmas will soon be here. Does it matter? Taking time I will be taking the month of December off from Blogging. What do I mean? I am just taking the next few weeks off. It is a busy […]
Over the last few posts we have talked about going paperless and the gadgets I have picked up to help me out. What does this mean? Paperless Does one ever become paperless? There is paper everywhere. I mean there are receipts from stores and stuff like that. If they offer […]
I wasn’t done looking at something that could help me in my quest to go paperless. The search never ends. Found and looking I found a good scanner that I can use while on the go. That was in the previous post check it out. Now, I needed to get […]
This takes place the Monday after Thanksgiving and this is when a lot of money is spent online. Black Friday Before the dot com era and cyber Monday, there was a thing called Black Friday. This was when people went crazy about sales on items for Christmas. There were pushing, […]
It has been another year and Thanksgiving is upon us again. This is the time of year I look forward to. I am not sure if it is the cooler weather, snow, or what. But, I just like this time of year. Growing up Thanksgiving was a great time for […]
I am always looking for something new and that just drives my wife crazy and she says I spend too much money on technology and gadgets. Nope, I don’t spend that much. Doxie Since my quest was to find something that can scan on its own without the need of […]
I was on the lookout for a new scanner for my mobile office so I can scan documents in my quest to become paperless. Epson I was in Best Buy and I saw a scanner I wanted. I was trying to find a picture I took, but that was so […]
I have a scanner on my printer, which is an HP office jet 8600 and my printer at work could scan papers and put these in a PDF file. But, I needed to get something mobile. I thought that would help me out. Paper everywhere You have paper everywhere and […]
What is the up with all the paper that we use? I mean there are paper bills, paper notebooks, and such things. What are your thoughts about going paperless? Started to think In the age of smartphones, laptops, tablets, and good audio recording devices. Why do we have so much […]
But anyway I placed this order on Sept. 10, 2019, for a total of $747.23 and they said that the estimated shipping date was September of 2019. Well, that came and went, then it was changed to Feb of 2020, then March 2020. Then it was delayed due to COVID-19 […]
By reading the title you are like what in the heck is he talking about. A self Flying Photographer, has he hit his head a little too much? I might have but bear with me. Found it Yea I found it but, there is no way in the heck my […]
My desire to have a good drone started with a standard drone to practice with. It didn’t have what I was looking for. So I found something that I might like. Looking I was looking on Amazon, I know not a good site to look at, I spend way too […]
I was walking in Kohls, it was around Christmas time, and I found a drone and my wife just said to buy it. She gave me permission. I got it wrapped up and stuck it under the tree. Wanted one Since they came out I wanted to get one since […]
I had a very active imagination when I was younger. I would write stories about little tiny aircraft that would rise out of the ground in my backyard and fly away on a mission. My aircraft I could control them from my secret bunker (hideout) and they could go invisible […]
On Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, there was an outage on the internet. Did it matter? Let’s find out Outage The following social media websites and apps were down: Facebook Instagram Whatsapp All owned by one company did it really matter. Maybe you got some more work done. Maybe you spent […]
With all the options out there about security cameras. I looked at two of them to get. Arlo and Ring. So which one did I go with? Let continue reading Which one After much looking and researching I decided to go with Ring. Yes, I went with Ring. You might […]
We talked about Arlo in the last post now we are going to talk about Ring. No not that type of Ring. But the ring camera system. What is it This is a security system program and was developed by a caring husband. Well, that is what the commercials say. […]