Word: gadget
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These guys are pros. They arrived armed with moisture meters, bottled smoke (to check air flow) and a gadget right out of Ghostbusters that reads temperature, humidity and carbon-dioxide and carbon-monoxide levels. But like any good examiner, they started by asking us questions. No, we don't live near chemical plants or landfill, which was the first thing Shaughnessy and Brennan looked for when they arrived this morning. There is traffic a couple of blocks away, which picks up during rush hours. That could mean higher levels of lead and other toxic metals in the soil, which...
...always been something of a gadget hound. The microwave. The cordless phone. The CD boom box. The Clapper. She was a consumer-electronics maven before it was fashionable. Radio Shack should have put her on its board of directors. So when she came to visit and started eyeing my handheld computer, I knew what was coming. "I've been thinking about getting one of those," she said pointedly. Perhaps it was a coincidence that her birthday was on the horizon...
...your m100 to your computer, download programs and Web pages and all the rest. But it's not as elegant. Also, while the m100's black-and-white screen is crisp and readable, it is somewhat smaller than the one on my Vx. Still, it ought to keep my gadget-hound mom happy. For a while, anyway...
...miniaturization and techno-chic, weighing in at just 3 oz. And I was intrigued by the notion of browsing the Web and sending e-mail on something smaller than a Twinkie. But I've always thought carrying a cell phone everywhere you went was silly--just another must-have gadget designed to keep boredom at bay. Factor in the $400 list price from Sprint PCS (or $500 from Verizon Wireless), and this bauble struck me as something I could live without...
...sleeker, more sophisticated Elizabeth. My new standard-issue GTE Visa bought me a tastefully simple Gap wardrobe to replace the brighter colors of my more attention-getting high school garb. And I brought absolutely everything I owned to school. Every item of clothing, every photograph, every handy gadget, every poster and wall sign, because the truth is that I was terrified I wouldn't fit in. I had to have with me every possible option available so I could craft the Elizabeth I'd present to the Harvard world...