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Continue reading →: Canon Rebates
Canon is really tough to get rebates from. But, you need to follow the instructions at “Canon Rebates”:https://www.web-rebates.com/canon/Main/Default.asp and you can Prequalify on the site which is supposed to save time. Also make sure to really read the instructions about what they want. # Copy of the dated sales receipt…
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Continue reading →: Canon i9900 from Canon Digital Rebel XT Printing with Photo Paper Pro, Adobe Photoshop CS or CS 2 and Red River 68 lb glossy
Tong Family Blog: Canon i9900 ICC Profile Guide. Previously I had done some printing from scans, but now with this Digital Rebel set for AdobeRGB, its’ time to really fine tune the printing. The basic information is in the ICC Profile guide. But, the instructions are way too confusing. Here’s…
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Continue reading →: Y.A.W.N — Yet Another Website on the Net
Is it just me or do there seem to be just so many social and other networking sites arriving on the network. With the amount of venture capital going into consumer web things these days, I can only guess what the explosion will be like. Anyway, continuing the campaign to…
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Continue reading →: Google Spreadsheets and Motorola Q
Google Spreadsheets – Sneak Peek mentioned to me by “John”:http://www.theludwigs.com as good enough spreadsheeting. I’m on the trial. Also Peter mentioned to me the “Motorola Q”:http://reviews.cnet.com/Motorola_Q/4505-6452_7-31473357.html and Dave has told me that Windows Mobile 5 is good. I’m glad I sold my RIM stock 🙂
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Continue reading →: Comparison of Fuji F10 vs. Canon Digital Rebel vs. Sony DSC-H5 vs. Canon PowerShot 500
“Digital Camera Info”:http://digitalcamerainfo.com is the only site that I’ve found that has analytically compared the color, resolution, noise for these widely different cameras. It’s interesting to see how a $2600 Canon 5D with aa $1100 lense compares with a $300 compact. Here are the high points: * Professional DSLR. The…
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Continue reading →: HTPC 2006
I built up a Home Theater PC last year based on the Intel Pentium M, the ATI 9600 with component output and a home theater case with 60GB of memory. I actually got it to boot up in 1080i mode although I needed a dedicated LCD monitor and I also…
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Continue reading →: Comcast DVR is the Motorola DCT6412
broadband » DVR From Comcast FAQ. I’m really just learning how to use this thing. It is way complicated. The main issue is that channel switching and input are just so slow. There are some kind of cool tricks though: h2. Copy to a DVD “Replayguide”:http://replayguide.sourceforge.net/dct6412/. This is a great…
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Continue reading →: Channel Logos
!>http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/images/ls_logo.gif! “Lyngsat Logo”:http://www.lyngsat-logo.com/tvcountry/us.html. An incredibly cool resource. When you are hacking up remote control scripts, I’m always looking for logs. This site has every logo up to date from just about every country. A great service.
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Continue reading →: iPod Video conversion
Well, I haven’t been super serious about this, but “Plastic Bugs”:http://plasticbugs.com/?p=305 has a good guide for Mac users. I use Videora to do the conversion. The worst part is figuring out how to transcode. The short story is that if you have home videos, the H.264 format is the best.…
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Continue reading →: Seattle Senior Activities
It’s complicated to figure out what folks who are 55 years or better should be doing. Here’s a quick list courtesy of google:”Seattle senior citizen”: * Seattle Parks & Recreation: For Seniors. Seattle Parks and Recreation Senior Adult Programs offer a wide range of activities for seniors that change each…
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