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Portable Speakers
Need one of these portable speakers for presentations. Got an el cheapo Radio Shack thing for $40, but it is incredibly heavy and you have to bring two speakers. That’s because it uses 4C batteries each and is very bulky. The reviews for portable speakers absolutely stink from the mainstream sites, but “Ipod lounge”:http://www.ipodlounge.com/reviews_more.php?id=5016_0_6_0_C seems…
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Coolest Bluetooth Headset
Since we are getting all kinds of new phone stuff, might as well try Bluetooth headsets. I’ve never liked them because they are so gigantic, but a little trolling shows this Bluespoon to be pretty amazing. Just 10 grams and not expensive. There is a big brother that has a DSP in it that costs…
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Need MMC for Nokia 6620
MMC vs. SD and “Flashcards.co.nz”:http://www.flashcards.co.nz/knowlege-base/mmc-card-vs-sd-card.html. We are getting Nokia 6620 for various demonstrations and need a big memory card. It takes MMC, but I’ve never understood the difference with SD until now. Basically SD is newer and has a higher transfer rate, but has some mysterious copy protection scheme. They are the same shape, so…
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Hosting Your Blog
Hey if you are thinking of getting a blog, go hang out with Mark over at “tqbloghosting”:http://www.tqbloghosting.com/. I’ve been working with him for two years now and he’s great. We have about a dozen blogs all running on his servers.
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Trek 5900 Headset Fix
_David Diamond wrote me pointing out that the 5900s from 2000-2003 had a problem where the headset was not loctited down so they are sticky. Its a little complicated to fix, but he has the procedure. Trek will fix under warranty too apparently. Here are his fix-it notes or maybe take it to your local…
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More on the NSLU2 Delayed Write Problem
_More on the delayed write problem from Erik who is struglling like me to get the thing to work_ I bugged tech support at Linksys and they suggested turning off write caching on the local disc of the machine doing the writing to the NSLU2, disable all software firewalls, and if that doesnt work try…
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WMV on DVDs and Photo on a DVD
_Great questions from my buddy Dan about how to get formats back and forth_ Say Rich, what’s the best way to: # Burn .WMV files onto a DVD in DVD format? # Produce a photo slide show video? Well, there is the best way and there is the easiest way. So, easiest way answers are…
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Marketing Playbook is born
Hey for those of you who don’t know, our book, the “Marketing Playbook”:http://marketingplaybook.com was officially released. Hit #199 on the Amazon list and in the top 25 for business books on Amazon, so it is in the top 1% of all Amazon books! Wow. Kind of neat. Some good reviews at “Marketing Playbook”:http://marketingplaybook.com/praise.php and also…
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Low-cost Hotel Rooms and Travel
Great ways to get low cost hotels: h4. Airfares Use “Fare Chase”:http://farechase.com, this is a meta search engine. As an example, tomorrow I’m flying back to Seattle. Rack rate on Alaska is $451, it is $251 on Jet Blue and $165 on Delta. That’s quite a spread! There are a couple of tricks. First, always…
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Audio Books on the Road
Well, not exactly music, but the kids and I love to listen to books on tape or CD these days. They are really in an inconvenient format since a typical book takes 5 CDs because the encoding used on regular CDs is tuned for music. Even with MP3 or OGG encoding, a book takes 700MBs…