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Continue reading →: Nikon d40x and 18-55 or 18-200 lense
If you have Nikon (unlike me!) then what’s the best choice for a prosumer right now? Probably the d40x based on “DPReview.com”:http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond40x/page14.asp. It is a 10 megapixel camera and streets for just $600. Plus the kit lenses are good. The “18-135”:http://www.bythom.com/18135lens.htm is sharp, but has big problems with vignetting and…
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Continue reading →: Google SketchUp
Calvin told me about this incredible program called “Google SketchUp”:http://sketchup.google.com which lets you do 3D modeling. If you have Google Earth then you can have them in the real world and even share them in something called Google 3D Warehouse. Amazingly cool and fun. Powered by ScribeFire.
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Continue reading →: Mac Book Pro 15″ First Impressions
Well, wandered over to the Apple store. They are an amazing retail experience. I’ve never seen such a crowded store. The people there are amazingly friendly. Ended up buying a Mac Book 15″ with 2.2 GHz and 120GB hard drive. This has the new LED screen that is supposed to…
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Continue reading →: Sony HDR-SR7 and HDR-CX7 not quite there yet
Well, I hope folks waited if you want an high definition hard disk camcorder. Sony just announced the HDR-SR7 that seems to deliver according to “Camcorderinfo.com”:http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-HDR-SR7-First-Impressions-Review-29388.htm. It is an AVCHD camcorder so you need to update your video editing software to the latest version to edit it, but it does…
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Continue reading →: June is a great month for geeks
Hey there are so many cool dates coming for buying gadgets: * June 5. Yesterday the new MacBook Pro’s were available. They have the 15″ in Seattle Apple stores, but not the new 17″ yet. The website was quoting delivering next week for both 15″ and 17″* June 9. Blackberry…
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Continue reading →: MacBook Pro refresh and Back to School Promotion
Hurray, now that the hardware is updated, its time to buy. There are lots of incremental improvements, but the biggest news is the LED-backlight in the 15.4″ and the upgrade to 1920×1200 on the 17″. Drool, drool. Also, you can now get a 250GB hard drive and 4GB of memory,…
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Continue reading →: MacBook Pro refresh
Hurray, now that the hardware is updated, its time to buy. There are lots of incremental improvements, but the biggest news is the LED-backlight in the 15.4″ and the upgrade to 1920×1200 on the 17″. Drool, drool. Also, you can now get a 250GB hard drive and 4GB of memory,…
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Continue reading →: Hard Disk Cloning
When Calvin’s Athlon 64 died, I got a backup Intel Pentium M system up. Now we have all his files and the operating system on a SATA drive, but I have an old IDE drive, so I’d like to use that instead. To do it, I have to clone the…
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Continue reading →: MagicDisc
“MagicDisc”:http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm?=magiciso like Daemon is a program that mounts a CD or DVD image as if it were a real DVD or CD. Very useful for lots of disk images about. If you can believe it there is such a proliferation of file types that this kind of program is really…
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Continue reading →: Ebel Classic Model Ladies Watches
Someone was asking about buying women’s watches. These are mainly fashion items now that you get for $25 at the Target. So someone asked me what you are doing and whether it makes sense to go buy something on the Internet or from a local retailer. So here are some…
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