I am looking for a mobile device for Twitter/IM/Blogging and got really excited today about the new iPhone. That was until I did some math and found the total cost of ownership (2 year w/o taxes) of a new iPhone. The phone, voice, and data cost is almost $2000 ($1,878.76 16GB and $1,978.76 32GB. Includes [...]
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GTA IV made me do it.
So I have a birthday coming up and I don’t have a next-gen console. I own a Dreamcast, PS2, and PSP and my household also has an NES, SNES, and N64. My couple-year-old HDTV is aching for some more HD goodness and I must do what my electronic devices ‘want’. The TV talking to me [...]
R/C Car + camera = fun
Some test video of my new R/C car with a camera taped to the top of it. I am going to get a more permanent camera for it soon. RC CAR video test 001 RC car camera test
Facial Hair: O what time changes
Looking into the mirror after a fresh hair clip and shave today, I couldn’t help but think back (wavy lines) In high-school I was a bit down about my lack of facial hair. Unfortunately, this was one of the few things in life my ‘wishing’ worked. I now have facial hair everywhere on the sphere [...]
Rockbox… umm ROCKS!
I have RockBox setup on my Sansa e250. It adds a few features that are pretty cool. 1. FLAC file playback 2. Audio file bookmarks 3. JPEG image viewing 4. TXT file viewer 5. customizable themes 6. a whole bunch of games. 7. MPEG1/2 video playback 8. preservation of original firmware via bootloader 9. file tree browsing and playback 10. Gameboy Color emulator. 11. DOOM! I didn’t even know about FLAC support when I installed RockBox and it is my favorite feature. So if you have a device that supports RockBox, I would say go for it.
Bought this weird beast I twittered about yesterday.
I’m a sucker for something that is 25% of the original retail. The “iSee 360i iPod Video/Recorder for iPod” It essentially uses an iPod exclusively as a hard drive and has it’s own processor and screen. It records and plays back video. I forgot I had a 4GB iPod mini sitting around that works perfecly, [...]
kick ass: camera RAW format without buying a new camera
Wired has a really cool Wiki explaining how to get some great new features on a Canon camera using free custom software. It even leaves the existing firmware intact. Biggest addition for me is the ability to shoot in camera raw format (CRW). You will need to convert that CRW to a PNG, but that [...]
Why do I have so many MP3 players?
I finally broke down and bought an MP3 player that is smaller than the 3 I already have. I decided, as I am working out almost every day, that I needed a smaller PMP primarily for working out. I wanted something that was: 1. cheap 2. small 3. had a memory card slot so I [...]
portable power
Just bought 2 portable rechargeable battery packs from Woot.com. Made me think about the energy I use and I stumbled on a form that will help you calculate your energy usage.