Qik: Yikes, Is That A Reality Show in Your Pocket?
Posted on April 30, 2009 - Filed Under Video, Gadgets & Cameras, Tech & Science | Leave a Comment
I used to dread it when my wealthy aunt dragged out the magic lantern, put up the screen and proceeded to torture us youngsters (and I am sure our less-traveled parents) with fuzzy slides and stilted stories about her encounters with the pigeon pocked monuments of Europe. Now, thanks to the internet, we have tedium [...]
Podcast Video [ 0:01 ]Review: Blackberry Bold
Posted on December 10, 2008 - Filed Under Gadgets & Cameras | Leave a Comment
Although I am a bit of a nerd, that is only on the surface. I am not one in practice. I love flashing lights and gauges (especially round retro ones) and use all sorts of gizmos from an HDTV camera to a Roomba. My relationships with their intricacies, however, are about as deep as Thomas [...]
Read More..>>Hi Tack Tourism: Strolling Around Fisherman’s Wharf
Posted on December 2, 2007 - Filed Under California, Costa Rica, 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 [...]
Read More..>>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 [...]
Read More..>>MIT Media Lab Demo – AudioPint
Posted on January 17, 2007 - Filed Under Video, Gadgets & Cameras, Tech & Science | 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 [ 5:05 ]
