My girlfriend recently got me one of those digital picture frames with the LCD display. It’s the 9 inch model and the display on it is very bright and crystal clear. I never really wanted to spend the money on myself and get a digital picture frame, but now that I see the quality, I wish i would have picked one up a long time ago. Everyone that comes over notices it sitting in our living room. Right now we have the memory stick from our digital camera in it with a bunch of pictures of our last family reunion. My girlfriend really enjoys taking pictures and that sort of thing, so I think she got the digital frame for me, just so that she could use it. Shes kind of clever like that. Anyway, I really enjoy the digital picture frame and I’m actually thinking about buying one for my brother in-law for his birthday.

I came across a new website that offers a very unique service. It’s called QlipBoard by Qlip Media. It allows you to upload pictures and record over them, to create slideshows, video blogs and much more. You can upload pictures of that new car you just purchased or that new puppy you got and tell people about it rather than typing and having them read about it. It’s a pretty interesting service and right now it’s still in beta mode so you can try it for free. I actually think it’s quite entertaining. You can even use the “mouse pen” to draw on the images if you want to point out certain things. Check it out at www.QlipMedia.com.

I’ve been using a service called “iDrive” from iDrive.com. They offer free encrypted online storage for up to 2gb, unlimited storage for a small fee of only $4.95 a month, or even cheaper at only $49.95 if you choose to pay per year. You can get their system to automatically backup data from your computer so that if your computer crashes or you cant access the data for some other reason, you have it safe and secure on your iDrive online backup. It’s actually a great service and comes in very handy. Check out their website at www.iDrive.com for more information.

Are you interested in winning a free iPhone? Who wouldn’t be! BuzzPatrol.com is holding a little contest that will give you the opportunity to win a free iPhone and it’s very easy to enter. All you have to do is go to BuzzPatrol.com/contests and they list a few different ways to enter.

One of the ways to enter the contest is to post a review on your blog about their website. The review has to be 250 words or more with one link to the main website (BuzzPatrol.com) and an additional link using a variety of different keywords that are listed in the contest information. Another way to enter is to post a comment on some of their blog posts. They will allow up to 10 comment entries, giving you an even better shot at winning the contest. An even easier way to enter is to simply subscribe to their RSS feed and tell them what it says at the bottom of the feed, to verify that you subscribed. You can also add them to your Technorati (Technorati.com) favorites to enter the contest.

Spend two minutes to enter the contest and get the chance to win an iPhone. However you choose to enter the contest, It’s worth it.

Aside from the contests, they also have alot of interesting Entertainment News and articles on their website.

Check them out at www.BuzzPatrol.com and enter the contest.

Today I overheard some guys at work talking about something called a plasma cutter. I wasn’t sure what they were talking about until I came home and looked it up. Apperantly construction companies use plasma cutters to fabricate large beams and auto shops and car factories use them as well, to fabricate and design chasis and other custom parts. I guess you really do learn something new everyday.

Someone in my office sent me a link to this new product called “TrafficGauge” (www.TrafficGauge.com). It’s a very interesting little device, I must admit. It gives you a real-time traffic report for major freeways and it updates every 4 minutes to show you which roads are jammed up, to save you time and gas. It’s about the size of a PDA and costs right under $80 dollars. It’s currently available for Seattle traffic, San Francisco Bay Area traffic, and Southern California traffic in Orange County and Los Angeles.

TrafficGauge device offers real-time traffic anytime, anywhere with the TrafficGauge handheld, TrafficGauge for Cell, TrafficGauge for PC, TrafficGauge for Widget Suite and TrafficGauge for iPhone. Each product or service offers simple to use and easy to read traffic maps. These maps are the best in the industry. The device is an award winning, customer-loving favorite for navigating traffic in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. The cell phone and PC/Mac software is free and works in most major metropolitan markets.

I went to my girlfriends brothers birthday get together over the weekend and had a pretty good time. My girlfriend and I got him a new LCD monitor from Buy.com for his computer. We got a pretty good deal on the monitor and the quality and durability of the monitor is great. It feels very solid, not cheap like some other LCD monitors ive personally seen.

Check out Buy.com if youre looking for a good deal on a new monitor, they have quite a few to choose from.

These days, technology plays a very vital role in our everyday lives. The same fact is true for our business as well. One very important technological tool for business is Telecom Consulting. Nobody understands that better than Network Mapping Associates. They specialize in telecom consulting and telecom auditing.

If youre concerned with what your business is spending on telecommunication, you might want to visit their website at www.NMAMaps.com to view the services they offer.

I came across another web hosting company I had previously never heard of. It’s called SuperWebhost - Web Hosting, Domain Registrations and Ecommerce. They offer Web hosting, domain registration, ecommerce, dedicated servers and more.

I have read several reviews and testimonials regarding their services and they seem to be keeping all of their customers happy.

Check them out at www.SuperWebhost.com to view the packages and services they offer.

I tried this new iPod DVD converter software the other day and it really seems to work great. I personally use a DVR similar to Tivo to record tv shows and such, then I burn them to dvd and watch them later so I can watch a few episodes at a time, one after another.

This software makes it handy to convert those shows that I record so that I can put them on my iPod and watch them on the go.

The software is called “PQ DVD to iPod Video Converter Suite” and it’s available on PQDVD.com. You can try the software for free or purchase the entire package which consists of two different programs for only $39.95.

Check it out if youre looking for an easy and affordable way to save your favorite videos, TV shows and DVD movies onto your iPod without paying monthly or individual fee’s to use services like iTunes.