Tong Family (richtong.org sync)

Using the Sony TRV900. This is probably the most popular prosumer camcorder. Has 3 CCDs but is in a small form factor.

dvspot review: Canon Optura 100MC. Another good review of the 100M. Less gushing. He didn’t like the small form factor much.

Pro-Am SPS – Traffic Safety : Safety Vests. Didn’t get these, but here is a good site if I think I need even more visibility stuff.

OEM Computer Gear. They seem to have every IDE Raid card in the sun. I finally got a Promise.

Home Cinema Choice Online Reviews. Lookes at this in reviews to see what to get Dad. Finally got him an Outlaw

Progressive Scan & Progressive Shutter Video. A good piece explaining how current camcorders are at 60 frames interlaced, but some can do 30 frames progressive.

Canon Optura 100MC Camcorder Review. They sure seemed to like this camcorder. It competes with the Sony DCR-PC100 and seems like a good choice plus it has progressive scan.

Electronics Reviews – CNET.com. The best place to see reviews, but it looks like they’ve stopped doing reviews since August 2001.

A complete guide to digital cameras, digital photography, and digital video. A good education site digital cameras.

Sony DCR-TRV900 Camcorder Review. This camera seems like the top end, sine it has 3 CCDs and is therefore professional. About to be replaces by the DCR-TRV950 apparently.

Camcorderinfo.com – camcorder reviews, digital video, video production. Top of the list for Camcorder reviews.

Mud Sweat & Gears – Accessories – Pumps $29 Silca Black from Mud Sweat and Gears

Silca Pista Foot Pump. Need to get a floor pump for work

PBS Kids: Arthur: The World’s Most Famous Aardvark. The most favorite online games for the kids.

Interactive, educational activities for children 5 -14.. A site for grace

Puzzles at All-Star Puzzles

CRpuzzles Picture Scramble Puzzles Index. MOre fun PUzzles. Makes a great way to create a priize

Directory: On this site : Games. Alex loves Harry Potter and so does Calvin. Here are some online games

Brain Teasers. A greatplace for math puzzles.

The Home Theater SPot!: Dish or DirecTV A good update on the Dish vs. DirecTV HD wars. The net is that nothing much has changed. With Dish, get a 6000 and you see HD HBO and SHO. With DirecTV get a Zenith and you see HD HBO and this new HDNet. Personally I think I’d…

The Home Theater SPot!: D-VHS in 1080i reviewed at widescreen review For those Mits owners out there. Your Mitsubishi HDTV is upgradable with the Promise Module. The Promise Module will add an internal HDTV OTA turner, IEEE1394(i.Link, DTVLink) ports and digital audio output. The release data for the Promise Module will be made during Mits…

The Home Theater SPot!: HD DirecTV OTA HD = can this be done? Zenith DTV1080 seems like the best choice plus you need a three LNB antenna. THey say $1000 should take care of it. So, this looks like what I’ll be getting. NOw if only I can find that phased array antenna 🙂

HDNet Home Page. Another new site.

HDNut. Wow a whole site for high definition power users

AltaVista – World / Translate. Babelfish seems like the best translator around. Great for reading those Italian bicycle sites!

Quantex Zone – Vortex Control Panel XP. Someone who is writing drivers for a dead sound card. I love him!

Vortex of Sound. When Aureal went bankrupt, there was no place to get drivers, or so I thought. Here is a place!

Rage Underground -=- ATI Graphics Drivers and Support, from Rage 128 to Radeon. My server has an old Rage 128 GL card. Amazing that there is actually an entire website just on that chipset!

ASUS Software | Motherboard Sofeware download menu. For downloading the latest ASUS motherboard BIOS

FastTrak100 TX2 Downloads. Been having trouble losing stuff on my mirrored system. Upgrading now to the latest BIOS to see if this helps.