As I round the web I have tallied a few gadgets that caught my eye:

• The Jawbone: Their site calls it the highest rated Bluetooth headset every. Described as:

Jawbone is the world’s first adaptive Bluetooth headset for mobile phones. Its revolutionary Noise Shield technology combines the latest innovations in acoustics, audio processing and product design to produce a quantum leap in headset performance.

Not only does the Jawbone technology virtually eliminate all background noise from your call, but as your background changes it also seamlessly adjusts the speaker output so you can hear your caller’s voice better. Jawbone’s intelligent system of sensors, software, and ergonomic features allows you to use your mobile phone in any environment without shouting or straining to hear. The result is a clear, uninterrupted, and productive conversation.

Jawbone identifies your speech: A proprietary voice activity sensor identifies precisely when you are speaking, in any noise environment. Unlike other headsets, Jawbone can easily separate your speech from other sound nearby.

Jawbone eliminates noise: Jawbone uses highly directional microphones and powerful signal processing algorithms to remove background noise from your ongoing speech signal. This allows you to be heard clearly in any environment without the need to shout and disturb others around you.

Jawbone automatically enhances incoming audio: The volume and frequency content of the incoming speech is dynamically adjusted to maximize intelligibility in any noise environment. No matter where you are, Jawbone will adapt to your environment.

• The evolution of the SSD cards is very interesting. For boosting a laptop or grabbing a fast, low power drive – this is very interesting technology. I also find the pricing quite interesting – in the sub $400 price range for a monster 32GB.
• The Nvidia 8800 series of video cards is getting rave reviews. Low price, amazing performance. Already ordered (smile).
• The boys are loving Asian Dynasty – Age of Empires III. Amazing game continues to expand.
• Have been playing with Adobe Lightroom which seems to be a nice middle point products between the entry level and professional products. It is amazing what you can do with a picture.
• I have been using the Jabra GN9350 with Office Communicator in my home office. Amazing flexibility and a dramatic impact on my performance. I plug it into my laptop and instantly I have full access to our corporate back end voice network. This is the next big leap in productivity – that is for sure.
• Check out the Mimobot series. Halo, Star Wars memory stick. If nothing else, they made me laugh.