http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20061204/lacies-huby/ Playing with cool gadgets in the ongoing search for the Coolest Gadget Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:02:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20061204/lacies-huby/comment-page-1/#comment-303345 Ajay Jindal Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:59:38 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20061204/lacies-huby/#comment-303345 I received one recently and was attracted by its cool design but hub has a major design flaw, as soon as you plug the power cord to the base, it topple the base. It is just like a ball all over your desk. So, if you are going to use it as a decorative piece on your desktop to show off, it is pefect for you, otherise save your money. I received one recently and was attracted by its cool design but hub has a major design flaw, as soon as you plug the power cord to the base, it topple the base. It is just like a ball all over your desk. So, if you are going to use it as a decorative piece on your desktop to show off, it is pefect for you, otherise save your money.

]]> http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20061204/lacies-huby/comment-page-1/#comment-82102 Apple’s new Airport Extreme Router » Coolest Gadgets Sun, 14 Jan 2007 15:49:43 +0000 http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20061204/lacies-huby/#comment-82102 [...] What makes this so cool is the USB port on the back of it. Sure, this isn’t something new on routers, but it’s implemented extremely well. With your AirPort, you also get the AirPort Disk Utility which will take any of hard drive you’ve connected to your AirPort and make it a network drive on either your Mac, and yep, even your PC. Maybe you don’t want to share a hard drive though, then you can share your printer for wireless printing. Now, maybe you’re a real nerd and want to do both, but don’t want to go out and buy two. You’re in luck, you can just hook a USB hub up and put a few hard drives and a printer or two in. After that, the AirPort is just a standard router with 3 ethernet ports and a small footprint. [...] [...] What makes this so cool is the USB port on the back of it. Sure, this isn’t something new on routers, but it’s implemented extremely well. With your AirPort, you also get the AirPort Disk Utility which will take any of hard drive you’ve connected to your AirPort and make it a network drive on either your Mac, and yep, even your PC. Maybe you don’t want to share a hard drive though, then you can share your printer for wireless printing. Now, maybe you’re a real nerd and want to do both, but don’t want to go out and buy two. You’re in luck, you can just hook a USB hub up and put a few hard drives and a printer or two in. After that, the AirPort is just a standard router with 3 ethernet ports and a small footprint. [...]

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