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Griffin iFill
For $20, “Griffin iFill”:http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/ifill/ will fill up your ipod when you recharge it overnight with any of a set of FM stations. A pretty good idea, it makes some sense as a usage scenario, but seems like you’d rather get news when it happens rather than overnight. Probably good for music though. I wonder how…
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Rockbox
Rockbox – Open Source Jukebox Firmware. Wow how cool. This is an open source firmware replacement for iPods as well as certain models of iRiver (H100 and H300), iAudio X5 and Archos. Kind of amazing folks have done this. “Cnet”:http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6450_7-6513844-1.html?tag=cnetfd.sd says that it isn’t flashy, but has lots of features that nerds like me will…
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Hard time to buy…
“Anandtech”:http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=2753 does another Buyer’s Guide. As he says, it is a hard time to recommend buying a desktop because both AMD and Intel are changing things so quickly. In a few weeks, AMD launches their AM2 platform. It isn’t any faster, but uses much cheaper DDR2 memory, so you should wait for that. On the…
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Cable economics
Interesting to see how these niche sports folks are doing in terms of viewership on cable: * “OLN and TdF”:http://www.tdfblog.com/2005/07/sunday_tour_cov.html. They got 1.7M viewers or 418K households which was a 2.09 household rating. So its about 1M viewers for household rating.* “NBA and NHL”:http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6329685.html. The NHL got a 0.3 household rating while ESPN’s NBA got…
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Listening to Windows Media formats with Creative Zen MicroPhoto and Vision:M
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Samsung T509
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Blackberry 7130
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AGEIA PhysX Card
“Anandtech”:http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2751 reviews a physics acceleration card. This takes the physics modeling in games, (you know, shoot a bullet, hit a guy and how does he fall?) and puts a dedicated processor in to do that. It’s for the ultimate gaming geeks and requires specialized games to take advantage. The just shipping Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter…
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Intel Core Duo on Desktops
Well, as noted before, the hotest processor right now is the Intel Core Duo and the motherboard folks are adapting their desktop designs to put it on the desktop. The true desktop Core Duos don’t ship until later this year, so it’s interesting to get the performance Intel is seeing on the iMac on Windows…
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Camry Hybrid and other 5-passenger fuel-efficient cars
So I need a commuter car that can squeeze all five of us in a pinch. Here are the choices stack ranked thanks to among other things a “Road & Track”:http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=31&article_id=3430 shoot out between the Civic Hybrid and the Camry Hybrid. # 2007 Camry Hybrid. Expensive at $25,900 MSRP, but it is large and has…
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Compact EVF and Ultracompact Digital Cameras
With so many low end cameras coming out post PMA 2006, the choices are really changing. For many folks, a good EVF at $500 or a ultracompact is all that you’ll ever need. Here are some recommendations but stay tuned as these new cameras get reviewed. By the way “Imaging Resource”:http://www.imaging-resource.com/WB/WB.HTM?view=dp_enth probably has the best…
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Salt Spring Island
We are thinking about going there. Went to Salt Spring Island. There are a lot of slow ways to get there, but “Kenmore Air”:http://www.kenmoreair.com/content.php?content_id=74 flies daily at 2PM out to Ganges on Salt Spring Salt Spring Marine Car Rental. 250-537-5464 or 250-537-3122 or email jaysmall@telus.net Don’t call Budget. The web has “Budget Rental Car”:http://victoria.foundlocally.com/Business/ViewCorp.asp?CorpID=73318. This…
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Picture and Video Search and Feeds
I’m going through the whole Web 2.0 list, so here is a quick list. Man, the list of new stuff is just daunting. The first one I’ll do is picture and video search: * “Google Image”:http://images.google.com. They say they are still getting the most hits * Roo TV – On-Demand Video Portal. An on demand…
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Could the best PC be an iMac?
Well, with this news about the Intel Core Duo out, Peter mentioned to me that he had just bought not one, but two of new iMacs. In looking at these bad boys, I can see why. For about $1600, you get a 20″ LCD, the very fast Intel Core Duo, 512MB DDR2 memory, DVD read/write,…
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Intel Core vs. AMD Athlon 64
Intel vs. AMD Redux. With the new Intel Core Solo and Duo out, its really interesting to see how they perform compared with the Athlon 64. To use the geek terms: Core is a blend of P-M techniques and NetBurst architecture. However, Core is clearly a descendant of the Pentium Pro, or the P6 architecture.…
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Travel clothes galore
Hey, great question, we went on a three week trip through Europe in July/August (boy did that define hot) and through China in October which was also warm. Here are some brands to try: 1. If you don’t mind toting lots of stuff, then Tommy Bahamas http://www.tommybahama.com/index.jsp really makes nice stuff. It is cotton and…
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Honda Accessories
Genuine Honda Accessories, News, and Information from College Hills Honda. Here’s a good online place to get Honda accessories.
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Honda Apple Link
nuxx.net – Honda Music Link iPod Adapter Review. But don’t get the Honda Music Link. It has software that is supposed to allow voice recognition and selection from the stereo, but as this user notes, it doesn’t work. Instead, I’d recommend getting a Tendeck flexible thingy that plugs into the cigarette lighter and then using…
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Honda Fit Hybrid
Hybrid Cars – Honda Fit Hybrid. More details on this rumored car. The high points: * Will probably be about $3K more than the $16K list. * Target is 60 mpg (!!!) * Will use a 90 hp engine with Honda inline electric motor (20 hp) * They will probalby allow the electric motor only…
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Honda Fit
Consumer Guide, Edmunds review Honda Fit – Autoblog. The Honda Fit just got the top rating from Car and Driver this month. It is a subcompact that is the size of the original Civic (if you remember that car, we had a 79 Civic called the rollerskate). It is the best selling car in Japan.…
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Putt Putt in Seattle
“Putt Putt Golf”:http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/Athletics/golfcrse.htm#green. There are two municipal places. Interbay has putt putt, but Green Lake has pitch and putt.
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King County Library System NetLibrary
King County Library System. It’s impossible to figure out how to do this, but King County has a bunch of relationships. On the main page are links to Overdrive, to get to Netlibrary, you have to find this magic page, type in your library number and these audio books re available to you.
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SD Card Guide
The new Panasonic DVD-D300 needs an SD card for still photos. It is only 3Mp resolution, but OK for snap shots. So what to get. Well, the main issue is read/write speed. The benchmark is 20MBps or 133x as the standard interface was once 133 times less thatn 20MBps. A 1GB card has probably the…
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DVD Media Reviews
There are lots of reviews on the web on DVD writers, but very little on the media itself. The right kind of media can make a big difference. I’ve used the Verbatim Data Life Plus line for CDs for a long time with great results, but with the plethora of DVDs out, what’s the right…
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Costco Auto and Discounts
Costco Costco Auto Buying Program. Well I always knew that Costco had a program for buying cars. I didn’t realize how online it is. Now you can contact dealers online. Also if you are an executive member and you go to a participating dealer, you get 15% off of service, parts and accessories. That alone…
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Mini DVD Consumables
If you buy a DVD camcorder, then you are going to need lots of: * Verbatim Mini DVD-R 1.4GB 4X DigitalMov (Verbatim-95089) – PriceGrabber.com. This is a 5 pack and Verbatim has been reliable for me in the past. They are about $13, so about $3.50 each from buy.com * “Sony 3 Pack DVD-RW”:http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=1597832/sort_type=bottomline. These…
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Mini DVD Media
Mini DVD (DVD-R) Mini DVD (DVD-RW) Camcorder Video Media – PriceGrabber.com. If we are going to get a mini DVD Camcorder, you need special 8cm media to put in there. Here is Pricegrabbers list. The choices are essentially * DVD-R which is write once and stores 20 minutes worth of video. They are about $5…
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Web 2.0 Companies
From Istanbul To Sand Hill Road: Web 2.0 Companies. _I’ve been starting to use del.icoi.us a bunch so it is fun to randomly go through links that others are using. Kind of like the days before I could really look through all the blogs on the Internet. Anyway, here’s a list of Web 2.0 companies.…
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Digital Videos from your library
King County Library System – eCollection – Home. How amazingly cool. King County now has a deal where you can download IMAX and other films onto your PC. Check them out and watch them. They also do classical music and books-on-tape as well. These do use Windows encryption so they won’t work on your iPod…