A bunch of inspirational 4Runner photos collected off the web.

Time for a new laptop bag. What I plan to get and a review of my last bag.

My old Microsoft bag.

I got this bag in 2009 and it has held up reasonably well for those 5 years I've abused it. I use it literally everyday, so it gets tossed around quite often. It does have some battle scars though. A tear in the bottom left, some stitching in the top right, and a couple busted zippers I had to fix with some lube to get them zipping again. I really liked this bag, It's hard to find a bag that fits a 17.3" laptop (MSI GS70) and my old MacbookPro. I am going to stick with Microsoft for the new bag also since this one is perfect. There is a place for everything and everything in its place.

Here is the new bag

You can see its pretty much the same bag as before. This one comes in blue rather than red and seems to be built a little better with the leather and metal clasps for the strap. It's a Microsoft 17-Inch MT Laptop Messenger Bag (39009) I paid something like $65 for my old one and this one is actually cheaper at $43 on Amazon. I high recommend this bag if you are tough on your stuff and bring it everywhere.

Turn any TV into a Smart TV with this Android Dongle HDMI micro computer.

After doing research to find what dongle to go with I ended up with this UG007B Android 4.2 Google TV Dongle mini PC, Quad Core RK3188 1.6GHz CPU; 2GB DDR3 RAM, 8GB Nand Flash Internal Memory
Spec wise it is very impressive and for price you can't go wrong. All you do is plug it to the HDMI input and power it with the supplied USB cord and now you have a Smart TV!

You can watch Netflix, check your email, and play games.

Basically do everything you can do on an android tablet / phone.

Its a computer you can carry in your pocket! or on a keychain and always have entertainment or the option to do work. Paired with my micro wireless keyboard trackpad (That normally sells for $65, I got for $15 here) You can type fast and reliably while laying in bed or something.

I think its a great little gadget. Use it to play movies you download to it for when you don't have the internet. Use it while traveling, writing out emails is way better on a huge tv than a small smart phone. Download your photos to make a slide show and play them for your friends on the big screen.

People are even installing the NES emulators on it and pairing a wireless game controller so that they can play any game they want on the big screen. Imagine playing any game in the app store with a controller and on the big screen.

Bought an MSI GS70, Couldn't be happier.

MSI GS70 STEALTH
Current home gaming setup. GS70 is sitting on a Cooler Master Laptop Cooling Pad with 2 Movable Fans It really keeps the temps down. Amazon has open box ones right now, get em while they are there.

Work setup ^

This computer is an absolute beast, period. I sold my old 2009 Macbook Pro and picked up this new GS70. It plays all my games on ultra settings without skipping a beat. PC gaming is great, download Steam and you have a huge library of games to play with the click of a button. I would have liked to build a desktop but since I use this computer for work, school, and general travel, a laptop just makes more sense.

Boasting rights the GS70 has is that it is the worlds thinnest & lightest 17" laptop in the world!

How they can cram all this power in something less than an inch thick is beyond me.

Here are some tips for you guys if you have one. The factory drivers for the track pad suck. Go download the ASUS Smart Gesture drivers. They make it so much better, responsive and when you two finger click it acts as a right click. Download Speedfan to watch the temps. At home while doing a long gaming session you should really have it on a cooler. If you are used to Expose on apple download "BetterDesktop tool" and you have show desktop and show all windows options just like on your mac.

I bought an opened boxed Galaxy Gear watch. I love it.

Here is where I bought it, Samsung Galaxy Gear Smartwatch If you buy the orange one it is only $200!

That's $100 off retail!

It's a great little gadget with plenty of potential. If you miss place either your phone or watch, all you have to do is launch the Find My Gear app and it will make the whatever you are looking for ring. Another great feature is the Auto lock. If you forget your phone somewhere the watch will ring and vibrate letting you know that you are leaving the phones Bluetooth reception. Then once that message is received and you continue to leave the Bluetooths range, the phone will lock and require a code to log in. If the watch is in Bluetooth range the phone will unlock without a code.

Modding. You can also flash a new ROM on it with Odin and take the watch to the next level. One of the most popular ROMS for it is called NULL. but there doesn't seem to be a thing it's lacking. You can type on a keyboard or talk into Google search. Install Google wallet, so you can check your balance from your wrist. How cool is that!

4Runner Fanboy.

I love 4Runners, Always have. My mom had a 1996 that I fell in love with and eventually became mine. Now I have a 4th gen, 2004 V6. It has great power and pickup but I want to make it more aggressive.

what you see above is something I would go for. So here are a few picture of nice 4Runners I've found around the web.