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CNET's Natali Del Conte shows off some of the innovative gadgets for the kids heading back to school this year.

I came across the links over at Live Crunch. Personally I paid for the wife's upgrade the day it came out but for those of you that want to save $10 here are a couple of links...

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Go check out Live Crunch if you get the time...

There are some pretty cool additions to the software which includes the app store.

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Anyone that's read more than a few of my entries knows that I am a gadget junkie. I just like cool stuff. I prefer higher-end equipment myself, which is one of the the reasons I was over at LA Police Gear looking at this neat Luminox Navy SEAL Watch. I have a watch or two in my desk drawer that don't work anymore and one that still does. One of the reasons it's in my desk is that on days I work I don't generally wear it. Due to health code laws we are no longer able to wear watches or any other kind of jewelry on our arms or hands at work anymore. It doesn't stop me from coveting a nice piece of equipment though and I still wear them on my off days as well.

Nice watches aren't the only thing you will find at LA Police Gear though. They also carry a range of body armor, footwear, holsters an various other items that you might want to look at. Pretty cool stuff actually.

Being in the restaurant business I have to get stuff printed out constantly. Cards, notices, windows signs, etc. It ends up being quite difficult for me because all three of my restaurants are in fairly small towns and there are no office supply places, much less professional printers. I actually have to drive about 30 miles just for my office supplies.

That's why I love the Internet. Anything I need that I cannot get locally at a decent price I can usually find online. I buy my shoes online and I get quite a bit of my business supplies and printing done online as well. VistaPrint offers great professional printing at a low price. Low enough that I can actually get extras for later. That's one of the other things about having a restaurant. Dirt and grease. Not matter what I hang up and whether it be on the wall, windows or bulletin boards, it gets nasty quick and I like to have extra replacements to hang up as needed.

Besides window signs Vista Print also offers checks and business cards, stamps and announcements and even car magnets. If you work at home or don't have a permanent office car magnets are a great advertising strategy. I also like magnets much more than bumber stickers for obvious reasons. What do you do with the stickers when you want to sell or tradein your car? Magnets are much easier and cleaner.

I used to love camping when I was younger. I still like the idea of camping but I much prefer doing it from inside a hotel room now. One thing the wife and girls love to do is to go to Disney World but staying at their resorts and eating three meals a day inside the parks is quite cost prohibitive. We manage to go once every three years so far and even then it's tight. I think we spent upwards of $6500 this past trip and I am still feeling the pinch, probably will be for quite a while.

One thing Disney does have is a campground at one of it's resorts, the Wilderness Resort, and it's about 10% of the cost of staying at one of the nicer ones. Heck, we could afford to go every year at that price, but the trick is getting the wife and kids to go for it.

There are some pretty cool new camping items that make roughing it much easier, as the video shows...