Seth Godin: iPad Lessons

This may be the first time I’ve referred to the iPad on the Gazette (OK, knowing how some of you are, I just confirmed this with a quick search), and I don’t plan to do any additional blogging about it in the future, at least not until I get one and can then hold it… Continue reading Seth Godin: iPad Lessons

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Heavy Sound

Consider this the equivalent of a “Please Do Not Disturb” sign, as the new A/V receiver showed up a day early and I can’t be bothered with trivia such as clients or work. Here’s how you know that you’re about to tackle a serious piece of electronic equipment: “At least 2 people”? Granted, it weighs… Continue reading Heavy Sound

Overdue A/V Upgrade

March was a good month, business-wise, and so I’m splurging on a new A/V receiver. This definitely falls into the category of “luxury” but it will fill several “needs”: When we built this house two years ago I wired it for 7.1 surround sound. We had the four rear speakers installed in the ceiling at… Continue reading Overdue A/V Upgrade

Snow Foot Car

Yeah, it’s cool, but will it work in sand dunes? Via DudeCraft

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Another Solution in Search of a Problem

I may have to create a new category for these things, defined, more or less, as cool things to do which have dubious benefits. (Of course, that would probably apply to most of my life, but that’s not important.) Anyway, someone has posted step-by-step instructions for converting an AC wall outlet to USB, presumably so… Continue reading Another Solution in Search of a Problem

Cellphone Radiation

Get the Cell Phone Radiation Level widget and many other great free widgets at Widgetbox! As reported in this Wired article, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has analyzed almost 1,300 models of cellphones to determine how much radiation each handset emits. They’ve created a helpful database of their findings, and you can query that data… Continue reading Cellphone Radiation

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Stalking the wily petabyte

I can remember when an 80 megabyte hard drive was an extravagant, four-figure upgrade to a computer. I remember being blown away in 1998 when I learned that Microsoft’s TerraServer project contained one terabyte of data. Today, I’ve got three terabytes (that’s ~3,000 gigabytes) of storage scattered among a handful of internal and external drives,… Continue reading Stalking the wily petabyte