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iPhone Video Conversion
The Complete Guide to iPod, Apple TV and iPhone Video Formats | iLounge So what are the different resolutions and formats supported by Apple’s video playback devices? The table below provides an outline of the maximum resolutions supported, as well as the output quality of the device itself: !http://www.ilounge.com/assets/images/features_videoguide/table1.jpg! The new iPhone has an amazing…
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Home NAS
I’ve had remarkably good luck with the Buffalo Linkstation Pro 500GB. It’s a 500GB network attached drive. It supports 1GB ethernet and seems reasonably fast and most important very compatible. Works super well with Windows XP and even with Mac OS X which is amazing. The main issue is that 500GB fills up pretty fast…
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Mac DVD Backup
I normally use DVD Decrypter and then DVD Shrink on the PC to backup the kid’s DVDs which are constantly getting trashed. For Mac OS X, the solutions seem to be “Mac The Ripper”:http://mactheripper.org and then to burn the copy, you can use the included iDVD to get a dual layer onto a single layer…
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Dim Sum in Seattle (??????)
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iPhone Games
With the iPhone out, you get pretty board of the stuff there. Apple only allows web applications right now to run on it, so you have to find web game portals according to “Joystiq”:http://www.joystiq.com/2007/07/03/web-based-iphone-games-begin-to-appear/ like “MacMost”:http://macmost.com/iphonegames/, “iGiki”:http://igiki.com/i/Arcade_Gikis_.html or “fun4phone”:http://mynumo.com/iphone/fun4iphone.htm The best thing to do is to find sites liek “iPhoneHacks.com”:http://iphonehacks.com that will unlock things like…
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Green Car Co
“Green Car Co.”:http://www.thegreencarco.com/product_info/ is for those of us who really want to save some energy. Now that the Scion xB is an overweight monster, beside the Prius, what can someone who cars buy? # “Plug Prius”:http://www.thegreencarco.com/product_info/universal_piprius_kit/ For just $10K more, you can buy a plug hybrid. (Wow that’s expensive), but it gives you a 16…
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iPhone first look
The iPhone is amazing. Like the iPod, the kids learned to use it in three minutes and the most incredible part is that activation is actually wonderful. A reminder that carriers should stick with high quality networks and not try to be consumer companies. I am sure that no one but Apple could have made…
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Top Firefox Chinese Translators
I’ve tried most of them and they seem amazingly buggy. What I really need is something that translates from Chinese ot Pinyin and English and ideally where it goes into a sidebar and also hovering so you can read it. The main issue is that most of these are pretty buggy, so caveat emptor. “Filination”:http://www.filination.com/blog/2006/10/11/top-firefox-extensions-to-help-you-read-chinese-online/…
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NTFS-3G
Now you can read and write NTFS volumes. Mac OSx only allows reading with “NTFS-3G”:http://www.ntgs-3g.or Here are some miore notes: MacCast Forum [Powered by Invision Power Board] The first step is made possible by Google. They created a program called MacFUSE which allows for (oversimplification warning) new file systems to be accessed by a user-space…
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Swedish SummeRun
“Swedish SummeRun”:http://www.swedish.org/body.cfm?id=1680 is a great event that helps raise money for ovarian cancer research. You’ll see us there! Powered by ScribeFire.
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United 500 Mile Upgrade and Global Service Tracking
If you are Global Services, you can extend the conversion of Mileage Plus 500-Mile upgrades to bonus miles. They stopped doing this, so losing these upgrades is a pure loss, so go to loss.http://www.united.com/promoreg?title=Expired+500-Mile+Upgrade:%3Cbr%3EConversion+Registration&pcode=MPP697 Also, there is a new thing to keep track of at “http://united.com/gstracking”:http://united.com/gstracking in addition to EQM (the elite qualifying mileage) and…
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Kids Games
Here are some that the kids are asking about: * “Sid Meier’s Civilization IV”:http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r25732.htm is the next step in a great franchise. Getting older now since it was released late 2005, but a nice game. There are two expansion packs now and it goes for about $37 at “Go Gamer”:http://gogamer.com * “Nancy Drew The White…
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iPhone Activation Hack
So sue me » Blog Archive » iPhone Independence Day Magic iTunes 7.3.0.54 numbers: Offset 2048912: 33C0C3Offset 257074: 28Offset 257013: 33C9B1 Add “127.0.0.1 albert.apple.com” to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts Download “Phone Activation Server v1.0”:http://nanocr.eu/wp-content/PhoneActSrv-v1.0.zip to activate your iPhone for iPod+WiFi use. Note that this application will not do anything unless you understand the magic numbers as well as…
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iPhone mania
!>http://www.isuppli.com/images/iphone_shipment.png! Wow, these things are popular. I ordered mine online 5 minutes after the Apple store opened online so here’s a compendium of mostly good, but with three bad things (activations are taking a very long time, AT&T won’t unlock the phone for a new SIM for you, and the headphone port isn’t very standard…
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Kids Games
Here are some that the kids are asking about: * “Sid Meier’s Civilization IV”:http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r25732.htm is the next step in a great franchise. Getting older now since it was released late 2005, but a nice game. * “Nancy Drew The White Wolf of Icicle Creek”:http://www.cinemablend.com/games/PC-Review-Nancy-Drew-The-White-Wolf-Of-Icicle-Creek-4827.html. These are done for pre-teen and teen girls from “Her Interactive”:http://herinteractive.com.…
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Yahoo Finance
This is an awesome tool, particularly the section called key statistics. I’ve never been able to figure out what all the measures mean, but “Yahoo”:http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/finance/tools/research-12.html actually defines them: Enterprise Value Formula: Market Cap + Total Debt – Total Cash & Short Term Investments EV is a measure of theoretical takeover price, and is useful in…
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Blackberry Curve 8300 Chinese Input
Blackberry finally has the Chinese input for the new Curve. “CSL”:https://www.blackberry.com/Downloads/entry.do?code=EEFC9E10EBDC4A2333B42B2DBB8F27B6 has the download. As a reminder, you install this and then you go to # c:\program files\common files\research in motion\apploader # delete vendor.xml # run the desktop manager and then select the application loader Powered by ScribeFire.
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Apple iPhone mobs
Jon tells me that he is in the AT&T Wireless store and they are already sold out of 8GB iPhones. They are only letting 2 people in at a time. The “Apple Store”:http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=browse&mco=556F9FCD&node=home/iphone/iphone now has it, but it is on a 2-4 week delivery. They are $500 for a 4GB and $600 for the 8GB.…
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Finally a decent Chinese translator
I’ve been looking for something works pretty interactively. Right now I use “xuezhongwen.net”:http://xuezhongwen.net for printed translations and also for doing things on mobile. Chinup seems to be the best extension for firefox. Uses tooltips to show the pinyin and the english and chinese. Most of the tools don’t show pinyin. Powered by ScribeFire.
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Blackberry Curve
Just got one. It is much smaller than the 8700 and very light. It even has decent MP3 playing although no where as nice as the iPod. Main thing is that it is small and the sound quality is good. What it lacks is really decent navigation of songs, but it does play correctly in…
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Authentic Military Watches
For a long time, I had an authentic military issue watch, but then lost it somehow. Getting a Eco-drive reminded me how much I liked that old wathc. “Military-Watches.net”:http://www.military-watches.net/ is a great source for authentic military timepieces. “Marathon”:http://marathonwatch.com makes the el cheapo watches that the US Army gives out. It is high impact plastic and…
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New York City with kids to sail, go to the amusement park, bike
!>http://www.centralparknyc.org/media/image/ConservatoryWater.jpg! So what if you want to take an afternoon and have some outdoor, not touring a museum fun. Here are some alternatives. I tried to pick somethings that are a little off the beaten track and not trekking through the streets: h3. Sailing This is something that Mike suggested to me, get out there…
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Mac playback of WMV and ASF
These are Microsoft formats. There are actually free playback from Quicktime on Mac OS X with “Windows Media Components for QuickTime”:http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx Powered by ScribeFire.
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Blackberry for Mac
If you have a Blackberry, you know about the dreaded Desktop Manager, so what can you do for the Mac. turns out there is a freeware utility called “PocketMac”:http://www.pocketmac.net that lets you sync the Mac to Entourage, the Mac Address book, the Mac mail program and also lets you sync to iCal. The most important…
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Blackberry Curve MicroSD and Bluetooth Headset
Ok, the biggest problem with these new phones is that they don’t come with the accessories you really need (something I’m sure the iPhone will do right). So what do you need with the curve, check the “8300 forum”:http://www.blackberryforums.com/general-8300-series-discussion/ for great information: * 4GB MicroSD card. The manual says they can only handle 2GB, but…
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iPhone good and bad
I think these things are going to fly off the shelves. Both AT&T and Apple stores are bracing themselves, but “appleinsider”:http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/06/18/iphone_battery_life_virtual_keyboard_concern_early_testers.html does give a list of the issues. The two main ones are short battery life. More like 5 hours of talk time. Not clear if that is in addition to video battery life (that…
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Camera Cleaning
Well, my camera is dirty on the _inside_. The internal sensor is dirty. “Bob”:http://bobsplanet.com says that you need some special tools from I’d recommend getting the wipes, the fluid, and the wand for serious cleaning from “Micro-Tools.com”:http://micro-tools.com that will cost you about $25 overall: * “SensorWand 14mm for Cleaning 1.5x & 1.6x Sensors”://https://www.micro-tools.com/store/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=SW1. This is…
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League Tables
In my previous life, the “League Tables”:http://www.thomson.com/solutions/financial/investbank/leaguetable_home/ that showed who had done the most transactions in investment banking was so important. Its interesting to see how the names haven’t changed that much. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan continue to be very big in underwriting globally. Thomson Financial seems to keep this and other…
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Travel Bag Recommendations
Shelley was asking me about travel bag recommendations. To reiterate, I’ve been using “Eagle Creek”:http://eaglecreek.com for a while. The best one seems to be the “Tarmac ES-20”:http://eaglecreek.com/bags_luggage/wheeled_luggage/Tarmac-ES-20-20158/ because it is wheeled and has lots of flaps. Also the handle is nice and curved which works better if you are taller. At 7.5 pound, it is…
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Print Servers
I actually tried a print server about five years ago and it worked terribly, but now I’m willing to give it another shot as I really want our Canon i9900 to work on network. If you can believe it, here is actually an entire web site that covers just Printer servers called “Print-server-reviews.com”:http://print-servers-reviews.com. The main…