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Audio Editing
What is Audacity?. VideoFactory doesn’t come with an audio editor and I need one to take the DV Camcorder audio and stick it onto a CD. Here’s an open source one. One of the highest hits from Google. The other was GoldWave. It uses Lame Encoder to create MPEG files. So, it should well with…
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Overview of Video Editting
Video Production. A great web site that explains what products you need to author. I tend to agree with him that VideoFactory is probably the easiest product to edit. I have tried the Ken Burns effects (it’s not that discoverable ;-), but will try them. Has nice “tips and tricks”;http://users.rcn.com/rofrano/Video/Vegas_Tips/vegas_tips.html for Vegas that apply pretty…
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Buying a Polar S720
Polar S720 on ebay. Hoops has been on me to get him a new bike computer. The S720 is about $330 from excelsports.com, so I’ve also been looking on ebay. The query above is one way to find it. You have to subtract out items because folks list the S720 as S-720, S 720 and…
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Video Explosion
Video Explosion. Been using this product to create a movie. Wow, is it complicated, but the results are great. This editor got a 9/10 from C|Net and it is definitely easier to understand that Ulead. It is licensed actually from “Sonic Foundry”:http://sonicfoundry.com and seems to be a copy of their VideoFactory. This is in turn…
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Minolta 5400
NEWS! – Minolta announces DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 film scanner. No availability or pricing, but here are specifications. “Imaging Resources”:http://www.imaging-resource.com/SCAN1.HTM also has reviews of scanners too.
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Scanners
What a dilemma on scanners (with printers, it is easy, if splurging and if you want archival quality, then it’s on to the Epson 2200, if it is everyday stuff, the cheaper Canon i950). For scanners, it’s a different story. First there is the question of flatbed vs. dedicated film scanner. For flatbeds, the two…
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Printer Reviews
Well, the printer market keeps changing, now it’s time to look for a great photo-printer. Here is what I’ve learned: Hardware Reviews – CNET.com. C|Net unfortunately, doesn’t throw old reviews away. For the reviews that are less than a year old, the winners are: * “Epson 2200”:http://computers.cnet.com/hardware/0-2375165-404-9782487.html?tag=pdtl-list. Lots of folks like this one. 84% positive…
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Campy Only
Campy Only!. If you are a Campagnolo Bike part junkie, there is actually an entire web site just for you. Now that is narrow casting.
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Geocoding
Some cool work happening on location-awareness and blogs. Amazing what a little XML can do. Here are some things to look at: * blogosphere. This let’s you see a globe, spin it and then click on various blogs. * “Blogosphere Usage”:http://blogosphere.headmap.com/docs/bg-mt.htm. This thing requires two plug-ins. One called “GeoURL”:http://www.geourl.org/mt.html let’s you add latitude and longitude…
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Interesting Wifi Companies
Some interesting companies according to Rob: * w o w – c o m : Wireless NewsLine. Mehru Networks is doing some interesting work * “VOIP Telephone”:http://www.tmcnet.com/it/0303/0303po.htm. * “Intel Wireless investments”:http://www.intel.com/capital/portfolio/broadband.htm. Pretty much the who’s who of wireless right now. * “Ecutel”:http://appzone.intel.com/pcadn/company.asp?vendorID=872. Ecutel was doing enterprise wifi access.
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Gameboy's a cool
Satoshi’s Wireless Weblog: User Interface is an Art: Bluetooth for GameBoy. An interesting and cool product. Gameboys are really a cool product.
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Search, Search, Search
Search Engine Ratings And Reviews. We’ve been spending time learning about search engines and opportunities there. Here are some places to look. Notes we’ve found: * “Neilson Netratings”:http://www.searchenginewatch.com/reports/article.php/2156451. 29.5% Google, 28% Yahoo, 28% MSN, 18% AOL * “Comscore”:http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2197801. Interesting analysis of the various search engine positions. It’s interesting to note what works well and does…
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blog portals
Ludwig told me about places where there are blog portals. A quick web search revealed these sites: * International Blog Meetup Day. There is actually someone coordinating meetings of blog folks. * a little ludwig goes a long way: Seattle Weblog Portal This points to “Seattle”:http://seablogs.hellbent.org/.
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Polar all in one
Polar S720 Heart Rate Monitor. Wow, it is amazing what a heart rate monitor can do. This one combines a cycling computer with an incredibly sophisticated heart rate monitor. I have a Campagnolo Ergobrain and a Suunto Advizor, but this is both of them. Only issue is that the Ergobrain is integrated into the bike…
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Kevin in Trouble with Home Theater Hookup…
Kevin’s Comment on Home Theater Recommendations. A little wierd, but I’m creating a new entry that refers to a comment on my own website, so that it gets indexed properly. Basically, poor Kevin is like just about everyone else. Trying to hook things up properly and it is complicated. Main advice is to subscribe to…
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Bike Log Entry
OK, I’m going to start recording my biking mileage and training here. Boring stuff, but I have to have somewhere to keep it… May 5. EM36 x 2. This is round trip to from work. May 6. EM36 x 2. May 7. Traveling. Missed it May 8. EM60. On a stationary bike. Yuck. Up at…
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Northwest Cycling News
Two sources for Northwest cycling news: * “Cascade Bicycle Club”:http://cascade.org. The group that puts on the STP and other great events. * Bicycle Paper. A pretty good read.
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Let's Go Out to the Ballgame
Going to take the kids out to see the Mariners a few times this summer. Amazing the resources on the Internet to buy tickets and things. Here are some: * SeatData – Seattle Mariners – Safeco Field. The all important seating chart. I love the idea that when you click on a section, you get…
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Suunto Advizor
Suuonto Advizor. Thanks to Brad Silverberg and John Zagula for getting me this a few years ago. It is the most complicated watch in the world. It is two years and I’m still learning how to use it. BTW, I’ve mirrored the Advizor Manual in case they decide to get rid of it later.
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Polar Watch Servicing
Polar USA. Eventually everything needs a new battery. My Polar watch should be sent back to those folks for a new battery. They don’t encourage you to just get a new battery from a jeweler. Wonder if that is revenue protection or if you can really damage the waterproofing. In any case, both the watch…
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Calvin's Project: Aztecs and Mayans
Calvin’s project this year are Aztecs and Mayans. He started with some basic questions he made up himself including: # How many gods do they believe in? # Where did they worship? Here are some of the places he looked: * Google Search: mayan temple. Some fantastic pictures of Mayan temples * “Aztec Temples”:http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=aztec+temple&sa=N&tab=wi. Same…
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On to 250GB
Tom’s Hardware Guide Mass Storage: Decision at 250 GB: Maxtor MaXLine Plus II vs. Western Digital WD2500JB – Conclusion: All-Around Talent vs. Business Type. Well it had to happen, now you can get 250GB in a single drive. So a terabyte in a home with a couple of PCs is very likely.
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Wireless need to know
Toms’ Hardware has some great guide. Here are two I thought were very interesting for those with wireless networks: * Tom’s Hardware Guide Networking: Wireless Bridging Need-To-Know – Introduction. A good introduction to bridging multiple wireless networks together. You can daisy chain wireless networks all around the house if you are careful. * “Wifi Performance”:http://www17.tomshardware.com/network/20030502/index.html.…
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Venture Capital Returns
U of M VC Returns. Interesting report from silicon valley on Venture Capital Returns. Read’m and weep.
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It's Coming! The Matrix Reloaded
Seattle Cinerama. The matrix is nearly here. Tickets from “MovieTickets.com”:http://www.movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=5881. The 12:45PM show looks good. There is also 7AM on May 15-17 if you can believe that! I’m go for the week after the Thursday it opens. That makes it May 23 I think. Thanks to the amazing “Digital Remastering”:http://www.killermovies.com/m/thematrixreloaded/articles/2995.html technology that IMAX has. Then…
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Training Right
Train Right with Carmichael Training Systems. So, I finally decided to try this and get more systematic. I’m going to start recording my times and what I do in this blog. Blogs are such a good place to store things as Zagula points out. Here is what I did today: * 72 minutes in zone…
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Guavamundo
guavamundo. Our latest project is at Guavamundo. Not much there yet, but watch this space!
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Star Wars: Is there hope
Zagula spells trouble: Coming from Genndy Tartakovsky and More. There is hope for Star Wars. For me at least Star Wars II was unwatchable. What a fall from grace. Anyway, John says some real geniuses are doing the final version. For me anyway, part of the problem is that there is zero suspense. It is…
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Satoshi’s Wireless Weblog: User Interface is an Art: Two BREW apps in the market. Satoshi is a long time friend and business partner. It is cool that his applications are now available in the market. Kudos to you.
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User Interface is an Art, but Trackbacks are not…
Satoshi’s Wireless Weblog: User Interface is an Art but Trackbacks are not. Satoshi is absolutely right that Trackbacks are way too hard to understand and differentiate from comments. Interesting to think about the mobile analog to trackback and how that should work. Seems like, when I update, I should get a ping and then see…