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Sony HDR-SR7 and HDR-CX7 not quite there yet
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Continue reading â: Sony HDR-SR7 and HDR-CX7 not quite there yetWell, 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…
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Continue reading â: 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…
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MacBook Pro refresh and Back to School Promotion
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Continue reading â: MacBook Pro refresh and Back to School PromotionHurray, 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,…
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MacBook Pro refresh
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Continue reading â: MacBook Pro refreshHurray, 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,…
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Hard Disk Cloning
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Continue reading â: Hard Disk CloningWhen Calvin’s Athlon 64 died, I got a backup Intel Pentium M system up. Now we have all his files and the operating system on a SATA drive, but I have an old IDE drive, so I’d like to use that instead. To do it, I have to clone the…
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MagicDisc
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Continue reading â: MagicDisc“MagicDisc”:http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-magicdisc-overview.htm?=magiciso like Daemon is a program that mounts a CD or DVD image as if it were a real DVD or CD. Very useful for lots of disk images about. If you can believe it there is such a proliferation of file types that this kind of program is really…
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Ebel Classic Model Ladies Watches
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Continue reading â: Ebel Classic Model Ladies WatchesSomeone was asking about buying women’s watches. These are mainly fashion items now that you get for $25 at the Target. So someone asked me what you are doing and whether it makes sense to go buy something on the Internet or from a local retailer. So here are some…
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Tamron 18-250 superzoom for Canon
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Continue reading â: Tamron 18-250 superzoom for CanonWell Nikon (the “Nikon 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G DX VR AF”:http://www.popphoto.com/cameralenses/2763/lens-test-nikon-18-200mm-f35-56g-dx-vr-af-s.html makes are nice superzoom that is a good reference standard for superzoom. Iisn’t fast and does have optical distortion (0.73% barrel at 18mm so you’ll want to use DxO, vignetting everywhere below f/6.3 and it is good for 8×10 from 18-100,…
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Free Wifi
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Continue reading â: Free WifiSeems like I’m always out and about and with all the traffic these days, I either plop down at Starbucks and spent $3 on a coffee and $10 on wifi or I look for somewhere with free wifi. There are zillion places that have that now. Here are some listings:…
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Citizen Watch Bands
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Continue reading â: Citizen Watch BandsI finally got my Citizen Eco-Drive watch. I have to say the Amazon reviews were quite accurate. It is a really nice watch. Not too expensive. But you do need to get the band fixed by a Citizen “Retailer”:http://direct.where2getit.com/cwc/apps/w2gi.php?sid=46632d07ee3b5&client=citizenus&template=locator2005&postalcode=98004&Submit=Submit, but they are easy to find. JC Penney for instance or…
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