(Reprinted from my Epinion. Note that there are several different types of gel coolers on the market, such as Thermaltake, Targus, et al.)

I’ve owned several fan-based laptop coolers. After going on the third one because the fans are cheap and die after several months, I decided to look for something different.

I had read a review on a computer news site and was intrigued about cooling without fans. After looking around at several others sites, I decided to give this cooling pad a shot. Being cheaper than most other fan-based coolers, it wasn’t like I had anything to lose. > more <

In case you haven’t noticed, I added two new widgets to this site’s sidebar. I finally realized that I can add regular RSS feeds to the sidebar, so I’m testing to see if these widgets actually work. They’re acting finicky so I don’t know if I’ll keep them up. The feeds don’t seem to be updating like they’re supposed to.

If it does work, now you can see all my latest Epinion.com reviews. It only lists the most recent 10 reviews but you can always visit my profile at Epinions to see the rest. This is nothing special; just thought it might be interesting for some people, especially those who aren’t aware of the Epinions site.

The second widget is for interesting articles I find via my Google Reader RSS feeds. Some are weird, some are funny, but they are all interesting to me, though they may not warrant enough mention for me to post an article about them.