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iPod Touch applications
Well, the iPod Touch is much like the iPhone but there are compatibility issues. The best site that covers this seems to be “ipodtouchfans.com”:http://ipodtouchfans.com. The main thing is that there are now repositories all over the web that let the Installer.app put things on the iPod touch and the “list”:http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8180. Overall “ipodtouchfans”:http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/wiki/index.php?title=IPod_touch_Application_Compatibility has a great…
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iPhone 1.1.1 Chinese Input and iPod Touch 1.1.2 Chinese input
Chinese input is not officially supported yet in any release of software for the iPhone or the iPod Touch, here is how to get a bootleg version to work for the latest jailbroken and unlocked iPhone (currently 1.1.1). Thanks to the posts at “iphone.org.hk”:http://www.iphone.org.hk/cgi-bin/ch/topic_show.cgi?id=2962&h=1&bpg=1&age=0 for explaining the 1.1.2 trick and also to “iphone.org.hk”:http://iphone.org.hk for hosting…
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iPod Touch jailbreak
OK, to get the terms straight. Jailbreak means that you can access the whole files system on the iPod Touch or iPhone. This comes from the fact that what actually happens is that you are “chroot jail” in Unix terms. That means that the root, or the top of the file system also called, “/”…
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Converting Sony Hard Disk DCR-SR100 MPGs into MP3s
Tong Family Blog: Any Video or Audio Format Conversion We haven’t used our Sony SR-100 in quite a while. It is a hard disk camcorder that records standard definition into MPG (that is MPEG-2 format files). It is actually quite hard to crack this format, so if you have bought Sony Vegas Movie Studio then…
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All in one printers
Someone asked me, what if you want to just send a fax these days. Well, like most things, the question is complicated. There are the really low end and ugly thermal fax machines, but with all-in-one printers just $180, it is not clear why you’d want one. So the house that has everything really needs…
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Portable GPS for your car
Someone was asking me what they could do about a car that doesn’t have a $3,000 GPS in it and what if they don’t want to buy a car just to get one. Well, TomTom, Garmin and Magellan are in a fight to the death to offer just such a portable unit. They plug into…
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Apple one day sale
Hey Apple is actually offering “discounts”:http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID?nnmm=browse&Email_PageName=HOL2007-114828&Email_OID=175349&cp=5812&cid=CDM-US-HOL2007-C0003865-114828&sr=em&node=campaigns/holiday on the day after Thanksgiving. Small, but makes some difference, the new iPod nano is $138 and $10 off on iLife to $68 from $79. One cool thing is the very sleek Apple Bluetooth headset is now $108 from $129, although I think the uglier Jawbone sounds way better.…
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Legoland
Legoland is something younger kids like. 8 is about the perfect age. The cost of the place is simply amazing at $60 for an adult. Fortunately, “Mousesavers”:http://www.mousesavers.com/legoland.html has some amazing discounts. Right now, you can get $7 off with just a coupon. Or book with “Costco”:http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11206458&whse=BC&topnav=&browse=&lang=en-US&s=1 to get 25% off or if you trust them,…
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Whistler Skiing
Arrgh, this is so complicated. I love the small resorts like “Sun Peaks”:http://sunpeaksresorts.com and who likes the fact that the US dollar is now less than the Canadian dollar, so prices are 30% higher, still the kids friends are all going up there, so I have to follow them. Here are some relative bargains up…
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Playing RMVB on the Mac
Playing different video formats on the Mac is a real pain. “Animemusicvideos.org”:http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/playback/playosx.html has a nie list of, if I need to play a format, here is what I need to do with the short answer that beside Quicktime, the main thing you need is VLC: | Format | Player Needed | | MP4 | VLC…