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Gizmodo Portable Media Reviews
Gizmodo : Portable Media Archives. They seem to be most up on portable gadgets. Heard there are reviews of: * “Apple Flash iPod”:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/15/apple_flash_ipod/. This will be a lower cost and much slimmer version presumably the idea it is cheaper than the iPod Mini which has a hefty $250 price point. So Apple will move down…
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Unsharp Mask
Vivid Light Photography Online. One of the more confusing topics for image fixing is this Unsharp Mask. That has got to be one of the most confusing names for a feature. It actually means sharpening the image by wiggle it. Also confusing are the paramenters. There is percentage (between 100-250% with 100% as a starting…
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Alias Soundtrack
OK, I admit it, I got addicted to this show last year when I blew my knee out. When you watch 3 years of episodes in a week, it does something to your head. The main thing is that soundtrack is just amazing. Maybe it is me, but I thought it wasn’t so much the…
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Jansport Moby
JanSport Moby – eBags. I’ve been using an old rolling backpack for long trips and got a $90 laptop convertible bag from ebags. It is a nice bag if all you want to do is to carry a laptop and books. The problem is that its padding make it impossible to make it a daytripper.…
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PCMCIA Care for Memory Cards
I love the new Sony T-140, the main complaintis that it only has a Memory Stick card reader, so you have to spend $20 to get a PCMCIA adapter that reads other stuff. I already have an adapter for Compact Flash, so the $20 part is the Sandisk PCMCIA Laptop Smartmedia, Sony Memory Stick, MMC…
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Bike lights and bike fitting
My buddy Bert was asking about bike accessories and the best bike light in dark Arc Li-Ion. The light is just incredibly bright and with a lithium ion battery, it is less than a pound. Its about $450 at “Colorado Cyclist”:http://www.coloradocyclist.com/common/products/productdisplay2_v2.cfm?PRRFNBR=30403&CGRFNBR=665&CRPCGNBR=665&CI=1,226,665&TextMode=0 If you are going on epics they have “Arc Li-Ion Ultra”:http://www.bikelights.com/Products/arc_liion_ultra.htm with a truly…
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Fold a Shirt in 3 seconds
Joho the Blog: How to fold a shirt. Hat tip to John on this one. But a great It is an amazing video. Very useful for the geek traveller. I love the Japanese commentary. Basically, you lay it flat and then somehow flip it so it fold perfectly.
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Printfix
PrintFIX profiling review and observations. if you dont use stock paper with a pinter you need a calibration program. Printfix is a scanner with calibrated images so that no matter what paper you use, you’ll get what you paid for. Right now Colorvision charges $400 SRP for Printfix plus the Spyder2PRO.
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Colorvision Spyder2Pro
“Spyder2PRO”:http://www.colorvision.com/profis/profis_view.jsp?id=341 Getting back into scanning 35mm and doing photo editing. The biggest frustration is this color matching problem. The ColorVision Spyder2 is finally out. Its the latest generation of color calibrators that will make sure it really is what you see is what you get with your monitor. Pricey at $300 list, you can get…
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Great PDA
Karen, Kathy and the Chinese School gang were asking their usual questions about cool gadget. Here are the latest recommendations for gadgets to buy: * “Sony T-140PL”:http://techonweb.com. This is $1850 from Techonweb. Its a great model. I’ll post more later as it does have some drawbacks but it pretty near perfect. Three pounds, DVD-CD/RW drive,…
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Riding with Dad
Tandems and Kids. “Steve”:http://scbhooper.com rode with his son when he was eleven. Almost time for Alex to ride 200 miles with Dad. Here’s a great piece on how to do it on a tandem. Here are some good models: * “Co-motion”:http://www.co-motion.com/tandemenu.html. They have a racing aluminum one that looks wonderful called the Roadster * “Precision…
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Synchronizing Files
Beyond Compare – The file compare and directory compare utility from Scooter Software. I don’t understand why file synchronization has to be so complicated. This Beyond Compare thing is nerdy, but it sure is straightforward. Most depressing thing is that the iPod doesn’t expose the files, so you have to use iTunes to synchronize. That…
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Freeware for Nokia 6620
All About Symbian Forums – Good Freeware Applications NOT Warez/Cracks. Here are some good applications including: * Fxplorer. A new file manager.
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With this new Nokia 6620, the move obvious question is what firmware to load: * All About Symbian Forums – To all MP3 player inquirers: The 6600 is not an MP3 player!. Also describes how to load “symbian oggplay”:http://symbianoggplay.sourceforge.net and also “dbpoweramp”:http://www.dbpoweramp.com to convert MP3 or WMA to OGG Its reportedly a good format down…
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Hot phone on CDMA
!{float: left; margin-right: 10px;}http://cellphones.about.com/library/graphics/samsung_a700.jpg!:http://www.sprintpcsinfo.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=334 Many folks think this is the ultimate phone. The geek specs basically say that it support every major codec particularly HE AAC (3GPP compliant). ARM9 CPU 178×220 Pixel 16-Bit Color Main Display MIDP 1.0.3 3GPP, 3GPP2, H.263 & MP4 Support (Streaming Video Codecs) QCELP, AAC & AMR Audio Codec Support Video…
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Psytel AAC
Guide aac psytel – RareWares Knowledge Base. An alternative to the for free Nero AAC encoder. Not clear if it actually does HE AAC (e.g., High Efficiency) or only LC AAC (Low Complexity). I need HE AAC to slam it onto my phone. Turns out that Psytel was acquired by Nero, so all work stopped…
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7 Zip
7-Zip. Most of the file decompressors I know require you to pay. 7 Zip is the only freeware that knows .RAR and other strange formats.
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Latest on Audio Encoding
Just an update since folks ask me about this all the time. How does Rich Tong actually maintain his library. Well, this is kind of a complex topic and it seems to change every year. So, here is the latest guide: # “Half.com”:http://half.com. I normally actually buy CDs. That sounds strange, but it is because…
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Latest data on mobile
!{float: left; margin-right: 10px;}http://www.phonecontent.com/bm/moxiepix/a547.jpg!:http://www.phonecontent.com/bm/news/samsung/547.shtml “Phonecontent.com”:http://phonecontent.com. A cool site for the latest on the phone business. Interest phone news: * “Motorola goes high-end”:http://www.phonecontent.com/bm/news/motorola/576.shtml. They are launching a $900 (!!!) phone called the Razr that must be amazing given the price point. * “Camera phones to ship 205M in 2005”:http://www.phonecontent.com/bm/news/gnews/575.shtml. Wow these are now the standard phones.…
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Website Decoder Ring
Folks have been asking us about all the weblogs we have running around. Here’s a decoder ring of all the geeks around here: “Geekfishing”:http://Geekfishing.net. Our blog for all the folks at “Ignition”:http://ignitionpartners.com. Maintained by “Rich Tong”:https://richtong.org. The chief geek maintainer of sites. Here are the folks on our Telecom team: * “Adrian Smith”:http://smithstuff.net. My colleague…
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Perfect Gadgets
I never thought I’d say it, but perfection is getting pretty close. I got a whole slew of gadgets over the last week even as I suffered though a week in NYC. I’ve never had such a list of highly recommended products before. This is for “Jeff Merriman-Cohen”:http://www.merrimancapital.com/ and “Jon”:http://ignitionpartners.com/about/jon_a.asp who asked mre for the…
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Connie helps cure cervical cancer
Connie’s group is finding that there is a vaccine that can help prevent Cervical Cancer. They found a protein that assembles itself into viral-like particles that targets the virus that causes the cancer. Technology News: Health : Good Results on Cervical Cancer Vaccine. A good technical explanation. “MSNBC has Connie on TV”:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6463252/. Its a nice…
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Learning Chinese
A funny category, but it is incredibly hard to find PCsoftware to learn Chinese. Here are some links: * Speaking Chinese – Download Speaking Chinese from Education category. This is a $35 shareware package. * “Chinese Software Superstore”:http://chinesesoftware.com. Well it certainly has the right URL.
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Seattle Busview
Busview Project Overview. An amazing application, it takes the real time location information from Seattle Buses, you can launch this Java application and actually see where the buses are and pick them up. Another example of how key technologies like location and then wireless are going to make everything easier. Also another hint how companies…
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Scott English asks…
Hearst Corporate Site. Had a great meeting with Scott English who I got ot meet at “Alan Patricof’s”:http://apax.com Digital Media conference. We talked quite a bit about the future of audio and video. Some interesting sites to look at are: * “Azureus”:http://azureus.com. An incredibly geeky but powerful client for Bit Torrent. * “ISOHunt”:http://isohunt.com. IMHO, the…
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Martin Puris asks..
Had a chance to meet with “Martin Puris”:http://ntmnet.com today. He’s a god amongst advertising gods having run Ammirati Puris before selling to Interpublic. You might know the Ultimate Driving Machine or the original Volkswagon ads. Anyway, it was terrific to meet him and have him ask questions about marketing particularly blog style. BTW, Martin, here…
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MT 3.1 and IE 6,0 Comment Bug
Deep Green Crystals: MT 3.1 and IE comment work-around. There’s a pretty terrible bug with IE 6.0 and this blog running MT 3.1. Basically, it doesn’t like the way cookies are being used. In order to fix, either flip to “Firefox”:http://firefox.com or you need to change the IE 6.0 default configuration so that in Tools/Internet…
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Handtops
OQO, FlipStart, Sony U50, FlyBook, Tiqit, Antelope. Here’s a new class of device called a handtop. These are smaller than notebooks, but bigger than PDAs. Most run full Windows via a Transmeta chipset. Our buddies at “Azure”:http://azurecap.com have funded “OQO”:http://oqo.com and I’ve ordered one to try it. In looking at the device though, I’m not…
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When will nForce4 Motherboards arrive
Tom’s Hardware Guide Motherboards & RAM: NVIDIA Rushes Into PCI Express With nForce4 – SLI To Come!. A good early review of the new nForce4s. It is a tweak of the NForce3 that uses PCI Express for video cards. Actually, given that today’s graphics card don’t even push AGP at 8x, its not clear why,…
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Shackleton Quote Is Not
Advert Proof Wanted. _I’m so depressed, it turns out that no one can find the actual source of the ad that Ernest Shackleton is said to have submitted to the London Times in 1913 for the Endurance. May have been for the Nimrod or it could be urgan legend, in any case, the quote is…