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Continue reading →: Google Sets and Alexaholic
When we are working on companies, it is often times useful to see what’s related to what, here are the tools that I use: * “Google Sets”:http://labs.google.com/sets. This lets you type in a bunch of related ideas and see from the web, what else is related, so if you type…
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Continue reading →: Blinklist
Since I’ve been traveling, I’ve been way off of my goal of logging onto 10 Web 2.0 sites a day. Sorry! but here are the latest: !http://www.blinklist.com:8080/Theme/Graphic/Blinklist.gif!:http://blinklist.com/richt This looks like a delicious clone, but it has been getting impressive increase in traffic according to “Alexa”:http://www.alexa.com/data/details/main?q=&url=www.blinklist.com and is now 4000 after…
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Continue reading →: Paradise Garden
This is right next to the Jinmao and I’d agree, it is a great place for a fancy lunch. The dim sum is very good and they have a very open feeling. By foreign standards it isn’t too expensive and the decor is very, very nice. Pudong Restaurants – Reviews,…
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Continue reading →: Another Wireless Setup issue
I someday wish that someone would solve this, but fresh on leaving work, I got to spend an evening fixing another network here in China. This time I had a good education in Chinese user interfaces and thanks to “dltool”:http://dltool.sourceforge.net, it was easy to figure out the interface and learn…
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Continue reading →: Wifi Debugging
Well, the network at Qiming doesn’t seem to work that well, we have a low end all Linksys system with two access points and a LAN router, so how to diagnose it. “Tech-faq.com”:http://www.tech-faq.com/wi-fi-software-tools.shtml has a very good list of tools and at the top is my old favorite “Netstumbler”:http://www.stumbler.net/ this…
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Continue reading →: Wireless Routers
This category has been pretty stagnent for a year now. The 802.11n standard is not yet out and it won’t get ratified until March 2007. So we are right now at 802.11g with some improvements that are mainly about tweaking TCP/IP and other parameters. There are some nonstandard protocols as…
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Continue reading →: Webcam
Cowboy Frank”. Here are his current best products: * “Logitech Quickcam Fusion”: $99 list. His choice for the best overall camera. This uses USB 2.0 and has a 1.3 megapixel imager.* “Logitech Quickcam for NOtebooks Pro. $99 list. His choice for best notebook. It is very compact with just a…
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Continue reading →: Eagle Creek 0-50W Transformer
!http://a1472.g.akamaitech.net/f/1472/124/4h/img.ebags.com/is/image/im5/50645_1_1?&op_sharpen=1&qlt=80,1&hei=249&wid=249!:http://www.ebags.com/eagle_creek/0_50_transformer/product_detail/index.cfm?modelid=50645. I wish I had this right now. It is a very small transformer that takes 220 and makes it 110V. Everything I own *except* for my Philips Ultrasonic toothbrush is 120-220V. Philips, get a clue. Otherwise, get this $15 thing. If you buy two from eBags, you even get…
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