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Continue reading →: Power Adapters in China
“Electricity around the world”:http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/electricity.htm. Just got back from China and figuring out what power adapter to take is incredibly confusing. China essentially has three standards for electrical plugs and if you are lucky to be in an international hotel, they will even take American plugs. So, have a good kit…
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Continue reading →: Katrina Images
In this new world of images, everything is online. A quick search for Katrina shows just the most incredible analysis of what happened. One case where google is just amazing in finding interesting sites when looking for google:”katrina images”: * “Digital Globe”:http://www.digitalglobe.com/katrina_gallery.html. Many of googles images come from there, their…
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Continue reading →: Airplane Power
“Mobility Electronics”:http://www.mobilityelectronics.com/Many of these overseas planes now have airplane power which for some bizarre reason don’t use standard connectors, so you need to buy some strange monster connector that connects to 12VDC in a car, in a plane etc. “iGo Everywhere Power”:http://www.the-gadgeteer.com/review/igo_everywherepower_3500_series_adapter_review seems to be the common one. There are…
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Continue reading →: Windows on 64 bit processors
My buddy Brad built his first computer in six years. Said the hardware was easy, the software was confusing. I don’t blame him. You’d think that if you bought a 64-bit processor you’d want 64-bit Windows, well in fact, for most folks, you actually run the 32-bit Windows XP on…
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Continue reading →: HP L2335 Monitor
The folks at “Anandtech”:http://www.anandtech.com/displays/showdoc.aspx?i=2467&p=9. They really liked the image quality and said although more expensive than the comparable Dell 2405FPW which has a street of $800 while this has a street more like “$1100”:http://www.pricegrabber.com/p__HP_Hewlett_Packard_L2335_Silver_23_LCD_Monitor,__8222432/sort_type=bottomline. The panel in HP is the L.G. Philips SIPS while Dell uses the Samsung PVA panel.…
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Continue reading →: Shanghai
Ok, so if you want the ultimate in a good experience while traveling to Shanghai, my buddy Gary filled me in: Pudong Shangri-la. This hotel is right on the new side of town, the Pudong (literally East River) side, great views, and a incredible rooms. Beside the rooms, it has…
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Continue reading →: OMG Hitachi 7K500
Hitachi’s Deskstar 7K500 hard drive – The Tech Report – Page 1. My newegg order got bounced but I’m sure glad. I had ordered a 300MB Maxtor, but now with the 500GB coming out, you really have to wonder. It is incredibly fast and alarge. A pair of these is…
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Continue reading →: MilesAway
United Airlines – MilesAway! Redeem your miles for these exciting destinations.. Smart idea on United’s part, they now have a dedicated page that will tell you where there are current Award travel seats, so you don’t have to figure out. For instance, in the Pacific, New York to Tokyo
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Continue reading →: Speakeasy
Speakeasy – Speed Test. Speakeasy is a great ISP that is dedicated to power users and small business. Reminds me a lot of the early Dell model where the point was to get 2nd users of PCs to get the right computer. Dell has of course come far from there…
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