Gadgets Galore – - Latest Must Have Trends for Car Owners

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Aug 10

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Cars are status symbols – there’s no getting away from it. People keep on saying about them being a means of getting from A to B but very few of us want to drive around in a car we don’t feel proud of.

While most of us want a car that’s on the “A” list, that doesn’t mean we necessarily want a car that looks just like everybody else’s. It’s a matter of combining accepted style with individual creativity.

That’s where gadgets come ‘into-their-own’. With so many of them on the market, we can pick and choose to our heart’s delight, and “design” a car that’ll reflect individual personality and style.

Exterior

Have you ever watched a stranger walk over to a parked car and give it the onceor even twiceover?

What is that makes the stranger choose that particular car to look at rather than the one in front or behind it, even though they may be the same make and model? Yes, it’s the way the exterior has been personalized.

Exterior car accessories are now a days running the gamut, from traditional chrome trim to exotic custom paint jobs, neon lighting trim and the ever-popular personalized license plates.

The most obvious exterior characteristic is the vehicle’s styling. For some time now, manufacturers have been streamlining their vehicles to reflect more attention to aerodynamics, as well as enhancing the fuel efficiency of their products. The end result is a sleek, lithe (dare one say sexy?) and highly attractive car.

Next is the endless variety of paint jobs now available. Why settle for factory green when you can mix a personalized colour you can name after yourself? For the truly conceited, you might even throw your own face on the bonnet/hood! Warning – this may elicit more laughs than accolades.

The availability of custom body garages that will do virtually anything you want to personalize your car has become nearly as commonplace as any regular mechanic. The sky literally seems the limit on what can be accomplished with some imagination and the corresponding access to seemingly limitless funds.

Interior

Once the exterior of a car has been accepted as cool, that same stranger that admired the exterior will bend down and take a look through the window. What’s it like inside?

If all he sees is dull grey seat covers, run-of-the-mill floor mats, and a standard steering wheel, he’s unlikely to be impressed.

If you want a car that looks good, the interior has to match the exterior.

Trends that are popular right now include the use of: Non-traditional materials such as real wood or aluminium, or perhaps traditional materials used in non-traditional ways (custom moulding and trim).

Mood lighting and the use of vibrant colours such as neon lime and orange are also popular.

Custom upholstery, faux animal prints, leather or even suede.

Electronic accessories like stereo and speaker systems, DVD or mp3 players, video games and security systems, give a car a degree of individuality that others will enjoy too.

The most popular accessory is currently chrome. Once confined to the exterior as merely trim, it’s now being used extensively as interior ornamentation for those who want to be seen as the baddest dog on the block. Word to ‘Yo Momma’!
Mervyn Rees – The author of, ‘The Secrets of Biodiesel‘. http://www.whybiodiesel.com An active young 72 year old with a lifespan of experience to share, being a Fellow of the Institute Motoring Industry, built his own Dragonfly Roadsters before retiring as a Motor Vehicle Manufacturer. Having tried retiring twice and given up, he has now created an additional website MervTech to share his many interests with other companionable people.
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Google Gadgets Primer 101 – Learn the Basics of Using Google Gadgets

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Aug 9

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It is very easy to get started with Google gadgets. Follow the instructions here and you will easily be able to get customised content on your google page.

1. Sign up for a google account (it’s free and easy!).

You can use google dot com or your local google (such as the UK google).

Do you have a google account?

If so, please sign in and skip ahead to number 2.

If not you can sign up for a free account by clicking on the sign in link in the top right hand corner. This will take you to a page titled Personalize Your Homepage. On the right are two boxes. The top one is for signing in – but you are not a member yet. You need the lower box, which says, Not using Google Mail or other Google Account services? Click on Create an account now. You will have to enter your email address and a password. Make sure your password is secure as the system will not accept an insecure one. By this I mean, make sure you mix some letters and numbers into the password. You also have to tell your country, and type in some hard-to-read characters – this is to make sure that you are human and not a machine. Click on create my account.

Google will now send you an email, to make sure that your email address was correct. Check your emails and read the one from google. Click on the confirmation link in the email. You will be taken back to the google site which will tell you:

Email Address Verified

Thank you for verifying your Google account. Your account is now activated.

Well Done!

Now click on Click here to continue. You are now signed in and will see your email address at the top of the page. You’ve done the hard bit!

2. Start adding content

At last we can add the content and personalise your page! In the top left hand corner of the google page is a link saying Add content ». Click on this. You can now start clicking on any item and adding content. Just click on add it now underneath something that interests you and it will be added to your page!

Simple!

3. More personal content

Around the web you can find google modules that are useful. These have to be added by URL. To do this first find a google module that you want to use on the net – for example, there is an amazon search box located at http://www.concepttshirts.co.uk/googlegadgets/amazonussearch.xml

Using this as an example, copy the address above and go back to your main google page. In the top left hand corner of the google page is the link saying Add content ». Click on this as you did before. The page now has a google logo, a search box, a button marked Search homepage content and a smaller link to the right of the big button that says Add by URL. Click on this. You will now be prompted for a webaddress starting with http://

3. Paste the URL into the box.

Paste the URL into the box on the google page that starts with http:// .Make sure you don’t have two lots of http:// by mistake. Either delete the one in the box, or do not paste it in.

4. Almost there!

Click Add. Google will then start the process of making your personal homepage. It will ask you: You are about to add a feature that was not created by google… Just click on OK.

5. See it in action!

Now click on Back to homepage in the top left hand corner, and you will return to your google homepage, personalised for you!

6. More.

You can repeat this process as often as you want. Enjoy!

The author of this article is a member of www.conceptTshirts.co.uk and a web expert. Visit google gadgets for more gadgets and online-business help. You may reprint this article as long as a working link to conceptTshirts.com or conceptTshirts.co.uk is kept.
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