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Social networks
a little ludwig goes a long way: Kevin’s comments on LinkedIn et al. Well, these social network things seem like the next hot thing, so I guess I have to start signing up for them. Talked with David Sze over at Greylock and he sure knows them all. So here I go, linkedin, friendster, etc.
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Terabyte in Your Pocket
a little ludwig goes a long way: Carrying around gigabytes. John’s right, there is going to be essentially unlimited storage sitting in your pocket. What would you do with it. Personally, I think the strongest point of these devices is that they are completely passive, so you don’t have to plug a screen in. If…
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Small Form Factor Overview
a little ludwig goes a long way: Small Form Factor Comparisons. I’m on my fourth small form factor PC buy right now. They are certainly the way to go. Small and inexpensive. Will be nice when the big boy decide to build them. This is a good guide, but I still think “Tom’s Hardware”:http://tomshardware.com does…
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Why Platforms succeed
Freedom to Tinker: Painters Buy White Canvases for a Reason. Great points by Ed Felton and hat tip to “John”:http://www.theludwigs.com about why the Internet succeeds as a platform. A great metaphor. Make it a very “stupid” network but make it flexible.
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File Sharing Applications
Hat tip to John, he’s been trolling for personal file sharing applications. Either just for photos or more generally. Here’s a short list of things to try: * a little ludwig goes a long way: Foldershare. This is a personal file sharing system done by the folks who did the Audiogalaxy PTP system. Has a…
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Snow Reports in the Pacific Northwest
It’s been an awesome ski season so far. Amazing how much snow there’s been. Here are the main resorts I look at and go to. Makes it easy to check conditions: * “Ski Washington”:http://skiwashington.com/conditions.php. A great site with an overview of latest snowfalls. A great powder report email that they send too. Subscribe for sure!…
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Dance and Theater in San Francisco
Well, tried to get tickets for Broadway in San Francisco. Arrgh. It is amazing that a site like Ticketmaster can be continously busy. Shows what monopolies are like I think. Does anyone know a way to actually access ticketmaster.com, seems busy day and night. In any case, tickets for Lion King are hard to come…
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Entourage and Exchange: It works sort of
Using Exchange Server with Entourage. I’ve been trying to get a Macintosh to work with our servers. Man, the Macintosh sure has gotten a lot more complicated since the good old days of the Mac Plus. Spent a day trying to get Exchange and Entourage, the new Mac client to cooperate. It sure is mysterious.…
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ebags: more bags
eBags – luggage, handbags, backpacks, bags and travel accessories. Ordered from them two years ago, but haven’t been there since. A nice job on the website particularly in selecting bags. The cool new things are the geek “bags”:http://www.ebags.com/travel_accessories/e_device_pouches/category_search/index.cfm?N=20010810 for holding electronic gadgets and also the “backpacks”:http://www.ebags.com/business_cases/laptop_cases/wheeled_cases/category_search/index.cfm?N=2006694 for laptops that are also wheelies. I use just…
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Fun things in San Francisco
Nothing beats something that is experiential. Now how do you find what’s playing in San Francisco if you live in Seattle. The internet is how: First of all how to figure out what a good broadway show is: * “Playbill”:http://playbill.com, “Broadway.com”:http://broadway.com, and “Internet Theater Database”:http://theaterdb.com. These are the big sites. Playbill is mainly a listing…
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Useful Scanning Tips
Scanning Basics 101 – All about digital images. Some great contrarian tips here. For instance he mentions that if you want to scan a print, 300 dpi is really enough.
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But which Epson scanner
EPSON America, Inc. – Product Information – Scanners. Well, the Epson scanners have gotten great reviews. There is a rebate on the Epson 3200 Photo and the Epson 3200 Pro of $100 right now through the end of the year, but what the heck are the differences between them. Here’s a crib sheet: * Epson…
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Acura MDX Club
I wish I had discovered this user forum before I bought our MDX. Oh well, another example of how there are enthusiasts everywhere. This one is just for Acura MDX owners. There is a similar one for Honda Pilot owners. Here are some good things to know: * ACURA MDX . ORG – Wireless Headphones.…
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New Nikon Scanners
Nikon introduces affordable Nikon COOLSCAN V ED. Nikon introduced a new line of scanners. The Nikon Coolscan 9000, 5000 and V. These replace the 8000, 4500 and IV respectively. The most interesting for me is the Nikon Coolscan V. It is the entry model but now has 4000 dpi, Digital ICE 4, the fancy Nikkor…
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Holiday Gifts: Ashford for Fancy Gifts
Ashford.com. I hadn’t tried this online store before. They have luxury items like watches, jewelry, handbags and so forth at everyday low prices. Certainly beats shopping at least for me. I’ve also heard that Blue Nile is another good place for getting really great diamonds.
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Magazine Subscriptions for the Holidays
NetMagazines.com: Low Price Guarantee with 1033 Titles!. We’ll see if this works, but I used netmagazine.com last year with good success. This year, they have something called PackageMaker. If you order more than one magazine they juggle things to get you a group buying discount. Saved more than 50% off their subscription prices. Wow. Now…
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Converting MPEG-1 to XVID and Ogg
Supposed you have a bunch of really fat MPEG-1 files around. How can you get them into a modern format. I have one that is 600MB and I was curious to see what it could compress to. It’s not clear from the web how to do all this, but the piece parts are there. Here…
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XP Boot
305595 – HOW TO: Create a Boot Disk for an NTFS or FAT Partition in Windows XP. Still trying to get my dead laptop without a CD-ROM Drive to boot, but it has an NT image on the hard disk. Here’s the way to get an XP boot loader
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Remote Controls
RC: Philips Pronto NG TSU3000 Remote Control Review (1). I love the Pronto’s. Here’s the next generation of them coming now. The TSU3000 is monochrome and the TSU6000 is color. The best thing is that they are completely programmable with ProntoEdit.
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Remote Controls
RC: Philips Pronto NG TSU3000 Remote Control Review (1). I love the Pronto’s. Here’s the next generation of them coming now. The TSU3000 is monochrome and the TSU6000 is color. The best thing is that they are completely programmable with ProntoEdit.
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Best LCD Monitors
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Yet another ripping guide
Copy your DVD to XviD with AC3 surround sound. This one tells you more closely what is really going on.
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Comcast HDTV PVR Coming
a little ludwig goes a long way: Comcast HDTV PVR. Like me, John now has HD Comcast. Not much to watch although InHD and INHD2 are pretty good and ESPN sometimes can be. Bigger deal is the upcoming PVR box that Comcast has. There is someone locally who is on the beta list. Supposed to…
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Best Point and Shoot
Stylus Epic. With the Yashica T4 Waterproof now dead and gone, you can only buy it on ebay for about $200 (!!!). So the next one that is great is the Olympus Stylus Epic. Great review in Popular Photography. The main thing is that it has a tack sharp F2.8 lenses whereas most of the…
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Nikon D75 vs. Canon Digital Rebel
Popular Photography Magazine. The first really great sub-$1000 digital SLRs are coming out. First Canon announced the Digital Rebel with an incredible lense. Now Nikon announced their D70 at the same pricing range. This is great as it means that really high quality is coming down super fast in price. Still a ways to go…
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Christmas Guide: LC
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Tent Cleaning
Scouting Resources – Camping – Tents. So, what if someone has an accident in your tent. What do you do? Well, apparently, you can wash these, just make sure to use a non-detergent soap. You can get this as Nikwax Techwash which is non-detergent and won’t destroy the waterproofing. Now what do you do about…
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Ski Sizing
Downhill Ski Sizing. A good rule of thumb for sizing and also on fitting. Best short guide I’ve seen. Puts me in a 175cm ski.
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Harpoon Geekfest
OK I’m fully addicted again, playing Harpoon and I’ve forgotten all my old tricks. Here are some site to look at: * Submarine games and sims – SUBSIM Review. EVerything you ever wanted to iknow about submarine simulations if you can believe that. * “JC Press on Harpoon”:http://www.jcpress.com/tailhook/basic.htm. Some good strategies. There was an old…
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What is Fascism?
What is Fasicm?. OK, I admit it, I never did take a political science class. Was too busy doing the engineering thing. The other day, someone mentioned that sounds Fascist. I had always though Fascism was about being in Nazi Germany or Mussolino’s Italy. It has a broader definition though (of course scholars can’t agree).…