Recommendations

Things I like

Mobile Phone
Samsung i600 with SmartPhone 2003
PowerTasks - tasks synch with Outlook is brain dead, PowerTasks makes SmartPhone tasks useful. You can edit, complete, change, delete tasks and synch with Outlook. This is a must-have.
SmartNotes - supports synch with Outlook notes, this is a must have.

Mobile Phone tools
Boxwave synch cable, 115V and car adapter. Wonderful device. The synch cable let's me synch at client sites, the adapters make certain my phone won't die while I'm on the road.

Home Entertainment

DirecTVio - Tivo is OK, DirecTVio is awesome. What is the difference? Tivo has a separate subscription and the resolution is about the same as a VCR. DirecTiVo subscription is covered in the DirecTV monthly subscription and the resolution is the same as your DirecTV image. Wonderful.
TiVo Hacks - 120 Gig drive upgrade. Yah! This is wonderful. Our TiVo crapped out the first week of the Olympics. I'm an Olympics junkie, so we went out and bought a replacement TiVo.


PC Hardware

Keyboard - Microsoft Natural Keyboard - just about any model
Mouse - Microsoft Explorer optical mouse
Scanner - Epson 1670
B&W laser printer - Brother 5140 - best bang for the buck. I networked with an old HP JetDirect I got off eBay


PC Software

Document Management - PaperPort 9.0 Deluxe. Its a great document management solution. It will OCR and index all your docs so you can find them again. This application has been a lifesaver.

Image Editor - Adobe Acrobat Elements 2.0. Baby brother of PhotoShop. I had an earlier version of PhotoShop and it takes a graphics arts degree to use the bugger. Elements 2.0 has a nice balance of manual features, wizards and 'recipes' that are very, very useful for home users. The price is a sweet spot as well.

Image Management - Adobe Photoshop Album - great org tool for digital images. Album includes editing and publishing tools (web, cd), and links to Elements for more sophisticated editing requirements.