Pioneer Press website<\/a>.<\/p>\nWarning:<\/font> This site can be a real time waster.<\/p>\nNow that you have been warned, click through to image #6 and you will see a USB turntable for your old vinyl LPs so you can digitize them for your MP3 player. Talk about “classic contemporary.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In what can only be called a sign of the times, “Cyber Monday” has arrived today. If you are not aware of its meaning, it is the first Monday after Thanksgiving. Apparently, today is a significant online retail day as many people look for bargains in cyberspace as they head back to work. In light of Cyber Monday, I offer up a real distraction for techno geeks like myself – Popular Science’s What’s New for gadgets this Christmas season. I ended up on their site after reading a short article from the Pioneer Press website. Warning: This site can be a real time waster. 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