Ryobi Tek4 Digital Camera

Ryobi Tek4 4V 8MP Digital Camera

I was in one of those Home Warehouse Barns today, avoiding the work that needed to be done around the house, when I came across this  Ryobi Tek4 4V 8MP Digital Camera

Not only did it look cool enough, I thought, to be a fashion accessory, it also seemed to have the goods in terms of picture quality 8 mega pixels, battery life, using the TEK 4 rechargablbe battery and charger  (included, and rechargable up to 2000 times!), digital storage (boasts 800 high quality pictures, comes with 1MB SD, but upgradable to 4MB), size (it fit in my palm fine) and really durable feeing construction (rubber pads, clear switches, feels like a metal case, see product overview link below) and...big bonus... it's klutz proof being, obviously built sturdy like a power tool, it's impact proof, dust resistant, and water resistant. Water proof would be better since a klutz on land is a klutz on sea.

Buying into this line of proprietary technology gadgets seems a safer bet than going with AT&T just to use an iPhone (Have you seen the negative tweets about AT&T last few days? time for some heavy corporate brand maintenance) Besides the Tek4 series seems to have a bunch of related gadgets that share the fancy litheum ion battery 

Now that's what I call urban macho chic!

While it came with a USB cable and could shoot video, no one at the store (not one "expert") could tell me if I could hook it up to my computer and use it as a fancy webcam (so I would have an excuse to look at it on my desk). If you know if this is possible let me know. Or better still if you're reading this Ryobi, send me a review sample and I'll hook it up and work it out myself. :)

Retail this little beauty comes in at $199. It should be much cheaper by Christmas - note to number 1 son - the ungrateful one.

PS: I'm about to start a series on this blog of Cool Travel Souvenirs of the World if you've got any ideas, pics, tips, links, please feel free to contact me via any contact email / social network

Godspeed on all your home improvements avoding shopping trips, Cvetko Ostroznik

Related Links

Tek4 Product Cataloge Mini-website at RyobiTools.com http://www.ryobitools.com/tek4/#/home with a fancy digital video presentation and lovely music. You'll find the camera included here: http://www.ryobitools.com/tek4/#/durashot-8-mp-digital-camera With product specs.

PIC: Tek 4 Camera Overview:  Click for product official web - page.

 

Spring Gift Idea: Garden Clipper Ratchet Pruner

I got back to my hotel after a very nice day of discovering New Orleans just in time to watch "The Fashion Show" on Bravo TV. Within minutes I was struck with the need to think and my thoughts gracefully miandered in 2 directions. Firstly I wondered if you could toast a bagle on the hotel room's coffee maker hot plate. Second, I wondered if spring had finally sprung in my garden back home.

If it did then I was gonna have to do the cool new spring garden tools thing at the supply store and one of the gardening things I'd been promising myself all winter, apart from giving the slacker kid next door 10 bucks to clear my grass of doggy do,  was a couple of days in the warm sunshine clipping up the bushes and hedges around the house.

When you travel as much as I do, standing still is a dream!

A quick look online found me this gorgeous object, a Corona Garden Clipper Ratchet Pruner (pictured) , and for under $20.00 US! I found it at Ace Hardware online and they seemed to have loads of different ones. The perfect accessory for the Bionic Heavy Duty Garden Gloves I blogged about last July.

I'm not one for buying online because I like to touch feel and try things before I buy, but its a start. And if I find anything fancier or more appealing, I'll add a note to the blog. 

But how's that for a spring gift surprise gift for the lazy ass in the family? Make em work earn the bigger gifts and get those sprouting bushes pruned at the same time. Or perhaps a little treat for the consciencious green thumb in you?  There can be no shame in a small gift that can deliver such therapy.

I can think of a few reality competition show contestants (and judges) that could do with some calming down.

Godspeed on all your travel and gardening adventures, Cvetko Ostroznik

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