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Scanners
What a dilemma on scanners (with printers, it is easy, if splurging and if you want archival quality, then it’s on to the Epson 2200, if it is everyday stuff, the cheaper Canon i950). For scanners, it’s a different story. First there is the question of flatbed vs. dedicated film scanner. For flatbeds, the two…
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Printer Reviews
Well, the printer market keeps changing, now it’s time to look for a great photo-printer. Here is what I’ve learned: Hardware Reviews – CNET.com. C|Net unfortunately, doesn’t throw old reviews away. For the reviews that are less than a year old, the winners are: * “Epson 2200”:http://computers.cnet.com/hardware/0-2375165-404-9782487.html?tag=pdtl-list. Lots of folks like this one. 84% positive…
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Campy Only
Campy Only!. If you are a Campagnolo Bike part junkie, there is actually an entire web site just for you. Now that is narrow casting.
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Geocoding
Some cool work happening on location-awareness and blogs. Amazing what a little XML can do. Here are some things to look at: * blogosphere. This let’s you see a globe, spin it and then click on various blogs. * “Blogosphere Usage”:http://blogosphere.headmap.com/docs/bg-mt.htm. This thing requires two plug-ins. One called “GeoURL”:http://www.geourl.org/mt.html let’s you add latitude and longitude…
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Interesting Wifi Companies
Some interesting companies according to Rob: * w o w – c o m : Wireless NewsLine. Mehru Networks is doing some interesting work * “VOIP Telephone”:http://www.tmcnet.com/it/0303/0303po.htm. * “Intel Wireless investments”:http://www.intel.com/capital/portfolio/broadband.htm. Pretty much the who’s who of wireless right now. * “Ecutel”:http://appzone.intel.com/pcadn/company.asp?vendorID=872. Ecutel was doing enterprise wifi access.
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Gameboy's a cool
Satoshi’s Wireless Weblog: User Interface is an Art: Bluetooth for GameBoy. An interesting and cool product. Gameboys are really a cool product.
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Search, Search, Search
Search Engine Ratings And Reviews. We’ve been spending time learning about search engines and opportunities there. Here are some places to look. Notes we’ve found: * “Neilson Netratings”:http://www.searchenginewatch.com/reports/article.php/2156451. 29.5% Google, 28% Yahoo, 28% MSN, 18% AOL * “Comscore”:http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2197801. Interesting analysis of the various search engine positions. It’s interesting to note what works well and does…
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blog portals
Ludwig told me about places where there are blog portals. A quick web search revealed these sites: * International Blog Meetup Day. There is actually someone coordinating meetings of blog folks. * a little ludwig goes a long way: Seattle Weblog Portal This points to “Seattle”:http://seablogs.hellbent.org/.
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Polar all in one
Polar S720 Heart Rate Monitor. Wow, it is amazing what a heart rate monitor can do. This one combines a cycling computer with an incredibly sophisticated heart rate monitor. I have a Campagnolo Ergobrain and a Suunto Advizor, but this is both of them. Only issue is that the Ergobrain is integrated into the bike…
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Kevin in Trouble with Home Theater Hookup…
Kevin’s Comment on Home Theater Recommendations. A little wierd, but I’m creating a new entry that refers to a comment on my own website, so that it gets indexed properly. Basically, poor Kevin is like just about everyone else. Trying to hook things up properly and it is complicated. Main advice is to subscribe to…