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Everywhere you look there is a new electronic gadget or gizmo trying to capture your imagination.  Digital501 is a site that takes a look at a few categories of Digital lifestyle toys and gadgets. While not covering the whole gamut of what is available they appear to cover a few topics. There is only 4 topics listed and these are General, Computers, Mobile and Audio/Video.

The Computer section Looked promising at first, but only has a few topics - and most of these were about Macs! A quick look at them and then I skipped off. While a Mac may be a good alternative, I am not in that space and the articles held little personal interest. Mobiles - the next category We looked at  was more about Music and email on the move.  With An article about managing your Podcasts in iTunes and a review of a Blackberry.  The Blackberry article is fairly lengthy and talks about how easy it is to set it up for email on the go and synchronising etc.  I personally don’t have any sort of Blackberry - I prefer to be able to leave my email at home rather than have it with me everywhere I go.

Onto The Audio/Video - which concentrates mainly on TiVo or PVR (Personal Video Recorder). I have heard of a TiVo and Media Centre Computers but have not yet ventured into making a purchase yet.  The TiVo articles are really pretty good - It gives a decent explanation of what a TiVo is.  Well it is simply a recorder - much like a VCR, but it records video to a Hard disk (like what is in your Computer). At the moment, I am not really convinced that it is worth it - why add another box to record TV when I only actually sit down and watch 3 or 4 shows per week? I cannot justify the cost of such a device.  Well the Author of the Focused TV article reacons it is great - and makes it easier to watch what you want.

Finally, the General Section covers other sort of gadgets and High-tech toys - with Things like portable e-book readers and VOIP to name just a couple.  This section has the majority of items.  The site is created with Wordpress and allows user interaction in the way of comments on the Articles.  Some of the Articles have a lot of comments and others only have a few.  Overall the site has a reasonable number of artiticles, frequently updated and all are based around what a typical middle-class family may be interested in.

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Can you remember the last time you moved house? Well I can.  One of the things I needed to do was to pack up some stuff and store it for a couple of months before the move.  I did the usual thing of finding a phone book and looking for a Storage place.  After several phonecalls, I finally found one that suited my needs.

Well, It doesn’t have to be that hard when you are next looking for somewhere to store your stuff.  The Self Storage directory is much easier and far more convenient.  This is a very comprehensive directory that makes finding storage a breeze!  The best part about it is that once you have narrowed down the list you can request a quote directly from the site.  Forget about spending the day on the telephone, just a few clicks and the storage company will contact you with everything you need.

The Directory is organised in such a way that it makes it really easy to find what you want - you can search on City and state, Zip code or even just browse the directory.  Don’t think that the directory is just limited to the US - they even have a heap of International entries as well (great if you are moving overseas).  The site is easy to navigate and easy to use.

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