Rich's Tongfamily (Richtong.net add-on)

Well, there are so many large sensor cameras. The Lumix GF-1, Epson EP-2 and now the new Sony NEX-3 and -5 and the Samsung NX-10 with Nikon and Canon rumored to be coming out with theirs. The net is that if you can hold off, I wouldn’t buy one of these things. There is so…

If you have a whole summer free and want to make your NXT robot sing from your Mac, what are your options. If you have Windows and Bootcamp, you can use the free Lego software, otherwise off to open source you go… Mactech

John reminded me that even with my Drobo, I’m still not really safe in terms of data loss. It handles two drive failures, but it still means things can get lost. For a while I was manually backing up to tongfamily.com which is unlimited data on bluehost.com, but it isn’t automatic. So onto reviews. He…

Well iPhone 4 mean dead iPhone in chinese, but what the heck, mine is on order. July 2 baby. My buddy Bruce points out however that if you want maximum flexibility, in the UK and Canada, they are going to sell unlocked iPhones for unsubsidized price of $600 or so. This is great if you…

Ugh. I love the new iPad but there are still quirks. Today it is getting gmail to run properly. The confusing thing is that you should never use the default gmail setup on an iPhone or iPad. That is because when you delete it doesn’t save the deleted mail on the web so you lose…

Well, if you want to backup your Mac, there aren’t very good choices. Time Capsule is wonderful in terms of specs, you can from a network restore from it, but it has an incredible failure rate. I’ve lost 6 of 8 Time Capsules in the last two years with no way to recover data except…

Kurt and his dad are terrific and the rendition of Poker Face is incredible. What lyrics you don’t hear when it is at hip hop speed

Looking at the new reviews of APS-sized compact cameras, there are really four choices. The technology leader is definitely the Sony NEX-5, but it is nearly impossible to use because there are so few buttons. So typical of Sony to have amazing hardware. It is light and small and incredible picture quality up to ISO…

I need to return the Lumix DMC-GF1 I bought. Sony has now shipped their APS-sized compact cameras. Nikon and Canon are right behind. Digital Resource says that the Sony is amazing. The lenses are interchangeable and more importantly in video mode, it actually autofocuses. Something none of the dSLRs do right so it can be…

Calvin’s new camera does panoramas automatically and it reminded me that my digital photography workflow has some real holes in it. Here is an overview: For copying from my Canon 5d Mark ii, I use the bundled EOS Utility. This is because I still like to keep my photos in directories and it is inconvenient…