Operation Gadget
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Lance Armstrong, Blackberry User
Reading Time: 2 minutesI watched the second episode of The Lance Chronicles on the Outdoor Life Network this afternoon. There is more about people and less about technology in this episode. But, it’s not without highlights for the gadget freak. Chris Carmichael, Lance’s training consultant, gets a lot of camera time in this episode. At…
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Excellent Digital Photo Gallery Howto Published by MacDevCenter
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMacDevCenter has published an excellent automated digital photo gallery creation howto written by Mike Schienle of Custom Visuals, LLC. This is Mike’s first article for the O’Reilly Network, but in my opinion, it’s similar in quality to Phillip Torreone’s How-To Friday articles that have been published recently on Engadget. Mike’s article…
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“Friends” Finale Schedule Designed to Extract Revenue, Not Mess Up TiVos
Reading Time: < 1 minuteComments in response to the PVRblog article NBC Tries to Outsmart TiVo indicate that maximizing advertising revenue is most likely the reason for schedule changes that added time to the beginning and the end of final Friends episode. Late last week, I reported that the accuracy of NBC’s schedule for May…
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Building a New Email Server from Components
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI spent most of the late morning and afternoon yesterday building my first AMD Athlon-based server from individually bought parts. Here are the pieces that I assembled: ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard, Western Digital WD Caviar WD1600JD 160GB Serial ATA (quantity 2), AMD Athlon XP 2500+ 1.83GHz 333FSB 512KB cache, and Corsair…
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Semacode, “URL Barcode” Software, Debuts as an Access Tool for the Mobile Web
Reading Time: 2 minutesMobileWhack pointed out Semacode, a system for encoding URLs into two-dimensional bar codes. The idea behind it is that camera phone users who are looking for detailed information about an item at hand can take a picture of a semacode bar code and automatically have their mobile phone’s browser bring up a…
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Selected PalmOS PDAs on Sale at Amazon.com Through May 9
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmazon.com is running a sale on selected PalmOS PDAs through May 9, on a number of models from palmOne, Sony, and Garmin, including: palmOne Tungsten T3, palmOne Tungsten T2, palmOne Tungsten C, palmOne Tungsten E, palmOne Zire 21, Sony Clie PEG-UX50, Sony Clie PEG-TH55/U, Sony Clie PEG-TJ37/U, Sony Clie PEG-TJ27/U, and…
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Received Refurbished Treo 180, Purchased on eBay
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast Tuesday, the hinge on my Treo 180 broke and I decided to buy a refurbished unit from a high-rated seller on eBay. I received the reconditioned Treo this afternoon via FedEx Ground service. It came packaged in a mobile phone shipping box similar to the ones I’ve seen used by…
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Microsoft Expected to Recommend 4 to 6 GHz CPU in Longhorn PCs
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMicrosoft Watch reports that Microsoft should release the first official alpha version of Longhorn at WinHEC2004, a hardware engineering conference this week in Seattle. Longhorn is a future generation of Microsoft Windows that will not be ready for “at least a couple of more years”. Ready for some big numbers? Microsoft…
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Amazon.com Provides Guidelines for Changing Mobile Carriers and Keeping Your Number
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAmazon.com has published number portability instructions broken down by mobile carrier for people that want to purchase new mobile phones, switch carriers, and keep their phone numbers. Currently, the instructions cover T-Mobile, Nextel, and Sprint PCS. A lot of people who try to buy a mobile phone from an on-line store…