Dropbox
Posted by on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 in - leave a comment
It's not new but I've been loving Dropbox for the past month. Once installed, it looks like a regular folder but syncs to an online backup server. Install it on multiple computers and you can drag and share files between systems (or users) from anywhere in the world while maintaining a revision …
How to rename the volume on a dLink DNS-323 NAS
Posted by on Tuesday, January 13, 2009 in - 2 comments
It has been years since I originally setup my DNS-323 NAS and the volume_1 and volume_2 label has always been transparent to me. With a recent format, it became incredibly frustrating that every result on Google claims that the share volume name can not be changed. • Although true, here is a … read more »
New Apple Displays Look Really Good
Posted by on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 in - leave a comment
An early look at the new Apple Display is promising because it appears that they have solved a design flaw for laptop users with external displays. From what I can see. • The power has it's own cord so it does not need to go to the laptop first before splitting off. • The power brick is gone …
Wacom Dual Monitor Support
Posted by on Saturday, December 8, 2007 in - leave a comment
Having two monitors has been difficult for Wacom tablet users. For the past year I have just been turning off the laptop screen because the support for two screens was just not available. I tried creating an apple script that would allow me to switch which monitor I wanted to use but in reality …
The New Apple Keyboard
Posted by on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 in
Finally, the keyboard I have been looking and waiting for was released today with the announcement of the new iMac. • As a tablet user, desk top space is limited and with the extra space the numeric pad takes up, it forces the keyboard to be placed on an angle to be at all usable. It's just not …
How a Camera Lens is Made
Posted by on Friday, March 16, 2007 in
Why does it cost so much for camera lenses? Here is a pretty cool video on how Canon creates the glass used for their camera lenses.
Fall of 2006
Posted by on Thursday, June 9, 2005 in
Some interesting changes scheduled for the Fall of 2006. • Apple switches to Intel Processors • Apple OSX Leopard • Microsoft Windows Longhorn • Adobe Creative Suite 3 merged with Macromedia
Some Old Price Lists
Posted by on Saturday, November 27, 2004 in
Today I found some old price lists from a few years ago. • 1998: PII300Mhz, 3.2GB, 32MB, 4MB Video, 14" Monitor: $2,149 CND • 1999: PIII600Mhz, 17GB, 128MB, 32MB Video, 17" Monitor: $3,449CND • 2000: 1 PC133 128MB DIMM: $100 CND
A Trip to Saturn
Posted by on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 in
Not too many months ago, we were watching the news based around Mars and here we are even deeper into space. CNN says that Saturn is about 930 million miles away from Earth (depending on the time of year) so if the Cassini has spent the last seven years traveling the 2.2 billion miles to reach …
Space Tourism
Posted by on Friday, January 30, 2004 in
It sounds fictional but it's a real challenge. The X PRIZE is a $10,000,000 prize to jumpstart the space tourism industry through competition between the most talented entrepreneurs and rocket experts in the world. • The goal is to be the first of 25+ teams to: • Privately finances, builds …