• Minolta 5400

    NEWS! – Minolta announces DiMAGE Scan Elite 5400 film scanner. No availability or pricing, but here are specifications. “Imaging Resources”:http://www.imaging-resource.com/SCAN1.HTM also has reviews of scanners too.

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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…

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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…

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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…

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  • 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…

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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…

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