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 …
Traveling to Mars Video
Posted by on Monday, January 19, 2004 in - 1 comment
Jason from Signal vs Noise posted a link to this video and is well worth a second post. • Mars Exploration Rover 2003 • If you take away the music, this was one amazing video simulating NASA's journey of the Mars Exploration Rover Mission. Not sure about anybody else, but the entire time I was …
Multiple LCD Displays
Posted by on Sunday, September 14, 2003 in - 4 comments
Half Life 2 is just around the corner and it has many pricing up new systems to get the best quality from what looks to be the best shooter game ever. • I plan on only buying a new tower to replace my 800mhz and keeping my current 19 inch display but a recent post over at The JAFT Journal got me …
the KITTY Project
Posted by on Wednesday, July 2, 2003 in
"Keyboard Independent Touch Typing (KITTY) is a wearable data input device. A sensor worn on the each finger and three sensors on each thumb let you turn your hands into a Qwerty-style keyboard." • example: Each sensor on the thumb represents a row on the keyboard. If I use my middle finger on …