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SDHC Cards
The Nikon d40x uses the high speed SDHC flash card. You can now get 4GB versions of these things. Canon uses the bigger CompactFlash card. “Sandisk”:http://www.dpreview.com/news/0607/06071701sandisk4gbsdhc.asp for instance has one that is 2MBps or Class 2. As an aside an SD card is 2GB or less, an SDHC card is next generation that is 4GB…
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Mac Bit Torrent
“Utorrent”:http://utorrent.com seems like the nicest client for Windows, but what about the Mac? “Mac-P2P.com”:http://www.mac-p2p.com seems like a good overview site for good Mac clients, but “TorrentFreak.com”:http://torrentfreek.com/mac-bt-clients has a good list of BitTorrent clients on the Mac. The net is that Azureus is popular and so is “Transmission”:http://transmission.m0k.org/. As an aside Handbrake is a good DVD…
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WaterField Designs MacBook Pro Bag
I just love the “WaterField”:http://www.sfbags.com/products/sleevecases/sizingpages/15-2.htm bags for our Sony’s, they have a similar sleeve option for MacBook Pro 15″ call their 15-2 line. Powered by ScribeFire.
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Mac OS X Codecs
The Macbook Pro comes with quicktime, I normally use Zoom Player and the open source FFDShow for playing on Windows, so what do I do on the Mac. Well, first “Quicktime”:http://www.apple.com/quicktime/resources/components.html does have a bunch of components like that from “Divx”:http://www.divxmovies.com/codec/ and there is a shim to play “Xvid”: Alternatively, you can use the Xvid…
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Nikon d40x and 18-55 or 18-200 lense
If you have Nikon (unlike me!) then what’s the best choice for a prosumer right now? Probably the d40x based on “DPReview.com”:http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikond40x/page14.asp. It is a 10 megapixel camera and streets for just $600. Plus the kit lenses are good. The “18-135”:http://www.bythom.com/18135lens.htm is sharp, but has big problems with vignetting and with chromatic aberration plus distortion.…
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Google SketchUp
Calvin told me about this incredible program called “Google SketchUp”:http://sketchup.google.com which lets you do 3D modeling. If you have Google Earth then you can have them in the real world and even share them in something called Google 3D Warehouse. Amazingly cool and fun. Powered by ScribeFire.
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Mac Book Pro 15″ First Impressions
Well, wandered over to the Apple store. They are an amazing retail experience. I’ve never seen such a crowded store. The people there are amazingly friendly. Ended up buying a Mac Book 15″ with 2.2 GHz and 120GB hard drive. This has the new LED screen that is supposed to be very color accurate. Lots…
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Sony HDR-SR7 and HDR-CX7 not quite there yet
Well, I hope folks waited if you want an high definition hard disk camcorder. Sony just announced the HDR-SR7 that seems to deliver according to “Camcorderinfo.com”:http://www.camcorderinfo.com/content/Sony-HDR-SR7-First-Impressions-Review-29388.htm. It is an AVCHD camcorder so you need to update your video editing software to the latest version to edit it, but it does have a 60GB hard drive.…
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June is a great month for geeks
Hey there are so many cool dates coming for buying gadgets: * June 5. Yesterday the new MacBook Pro’s were available. They have the 15″ in Seattle Apple stores, but not the new 17″ yet. The website was quoting delivering next week for both 15″ and 17″* June 9. Blackberry Curve on AT&T launches. A…
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MacBook Pro refresh and Back to School Promotion
Hurray, now that the hardware is updated, its time to buy. There are lots of incremental improvements, but the biggest news is the LED-backlight in the 15.4″ and the upgrade to 1920×1200 on the 17″. Drool, drool. Also, you can now get a 250GB hard drive and 4GB of memory, so they are getting closer…