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Recommend me a good digital compass + travel clock device

parttimeninja — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:06:49 -0800

I'm looking for a digital compass + travel clock device for my oversea trip next year. Do you guys have any recommendation? Ideally, it should be small and has good battery life (and not outrageously priced :).

Idiot-proof hand-held Sewing machine=fact or rubbish?

lois1950 — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:11:53 -0800

Good gift/Bad gift? So I thought that this year I'd get this same item for my son, my daughter, my adult niece and a couple of neighbourhood strays too. I know for a fact that that they'll be tickled that it's not another flashlight or safety kit... The item? A handheld battery operated sewing machine. (I can't seem to link it to the product) These recipients are not handy people but I think that we can, all of us, use this from time to time to fix stuff around the house? 1: in theory, do you think it's a good idea? 2:do these things actually work? It almost has to work on it's own. Idiot-proof. Very simple for us to use - did I mention that we are not handy people? (though not a weighty topic, I searched unsuccessfully to see if these machines had ever been discussed here) Thanks!

Please, please save my treo.

Ash3000 — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 18:34:23 -0800

I've got a treo emergency. Ever since the charger that I used for my treo 600 came apart, I've been using an iGo wall-charger with the A26 power-tip to charge it up. Today, however, the tip bent as I was removing it, lodging a little piece of the tip within the power supply connector. How the heck do I remove it without damaging the phone? There's no way for me to charge it with that inside, and the phone is already dead for the moment. Is there a way to do it soon? (I really don't have time to see a professional unless there's absolutely no other way.) Has this happened to anyone else?