Hi Tack Tourism: Strolling Around Fisherman’s Wharf
Posted on December 2, 2007 - Filed Under Costa Rica, California, Culture, Gadgets & Cameras | Leave a Comment
“Oriental Art” Store
During a conference this weekend at San Francisco’s Fishermen’s Wharf, I took a stroll to get some fresh air and descended down the rabbit hole of tee shirt shops and tacky tourism. I have lived in or near San Francisco most of my life and never go to Fishermen’s Wharf…for good reason. Except […]
Review: Nikon D80 Digital SLR
Posted on January 24, 2007 - Filed Under Gadgets & Cameras, Photography | Leave a Comment
I have a deep satisfaction when a mechanical device does what it is supposed to do, when all of the buttons are labeled correctly, in the correct place, reachable by the correct finger or opposing thumb. I found that in the Nikon D80, my first digital single lens reflex camera.
I was a holdout, suffering several […]
Horse Walks into a Bar: My Digital Lifestyle
Posted on January 17, 2007 - Filed Under Audio, Culture, Tech & Science, Gadgets & Cameras | Leave a Comment
It was one of those bars where the smell of stale smoke and cheap whiskey permeate the air like that of bat turds in a cave, a way-off-the-strip joint in Las Vegas wedged between a wedding chapel and a lawyer whose sign promises to beat your DUI. I had stopped there on my long […]
Read More..>>
MIT Media Lab Demo - AudioPint
Posted on January 17, 2007 - Filed Under Tech & Science, Gadgets & Cameras, Video | Leave a Comment
You can’t really travel with this (it would, among other things, drive your seatmate nuts) but it is pretty neat, especially for those of us who have delusions of talent. Imagine singing every part in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir…or at least singing barbershop with yourself, as David Merrill of MIT’s Media Lab showed me.
Something […]
MIT Media Lab Demo - AudioPint [5:05m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
MIT Media Lab Demo -AudioPint: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
MIT Media Lab Demo -AudioPint [5:05m]: DownloadGear & Gloating in Las Vegas
Posted on January 17, 2007 - Filed Under Tech & Science, Gadgets & Cameras, Video | Leave a Comment
OK, I just took down the Christmas tree, stashed the snowglobes, set the Roomba to the task of sweeping up the detritus of Christmas last. Been away in Las Vegas for the monster Consumer Electronics Show, where the gloat sweeps across the desert like a storm of flying lizards. I do a little tech TV […]
Read More..>>
