So, it seems that the the ALDITCS works well with USB devices well beyond just the cameras that the USB/camera adapter was designed for. For example good microphones, headsets, and keyboards (though it briefly complains about the latter.)
I'm particularly interested if it will work with an Alphasmart Neo as a keyboard. Because the Neo is small, sturdy, and has the greatest keyboard ever. Its only flaw is a very small and very dark screen. Well, if it work with the pad, you can safely say that that problem is handled! By several orders of magnitude.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
160 Greatest Arnold bits, and Mifi
160 Greatest Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes, video anthology. Pretty funny.
I found it by clicking on the nearest popular YT video when testing my likkle Mifi gadget. Connecting over the mobile phone net, it can wirelessly feed two computers both showing youtube video with no waiting or stuttering, neato. (Review.)
... Admittedly I need to test it more, because there are some odd little connection issues. Last I used it in town, some sites (Domai) were very fast, and some (like The Online Photographer) took aaaaaages to load, if at all. And today, watching my subscription videos on the pad, I was told "no go". And then I was told that youtube was closed! But when I navigated to Popular videos, those worked fine. Odd.
I found it by clicking on the nearest popular YT video when testing my likkle Mifi gadget. Connecting over the mobile phone net, it can wirelessly feed two computers both showing youtube video with no waiting or stuttering, neato. (Review.)
... Admittedly I need to test it more, because there are some odd little connection issues. Last I used it in town, some sites (Domai) were very fast, and some (like The Online Photographer) took aaaaaages to load, if at all. And today, watching my subscription videos on the pad, I was told "no go". And then I was told that youtube was closed! But when I navigated to Popular videos, those worked fine. Odd.
An Open Letter Of Thanks To Hef
[Thanks to Angelo]
An Open Letter Of Thanks To Hugh Hefner For Saving The Hollywood Sign, article.It has finally happened: the layers of sarcasm, irony, flattery and mockery has now officially become so convoluted in entertainment "journalism" that nobody can tell any more what stance the writer originally had or has now. Wow!
Pam Grier and her snowy kitty
Pam Grier and her snowy kitty, article.
I refuse to write the actual title of the article, it's disgusting.
But well, it's nice to hear that there's nothing to the rumors that there are drug problems in Hollywood.
I refuse to write the actual title of the article, it's disgusting.
But well, it's nice to hear that there's nothing to the rumors that there are drug problems in Hollywood.
Increase Your iPad Media Storage for Just $49
Increase Your iPad Media Storage for Just $49, article.
It amuses me that on an 32GB SD card, the size of half a potato chip, you can bring an extra twenty-five movies with you on holiday! (If you do it on your honeymoon, though, don't tell the missus, she may take it to mean you consider her boring.)
It amuses me that on an 32GB SD card, the size of half a potato chip, you can bring an extra twenty-five movies with you on holiday! (If you do it on your honeymoon, though, don't tell the missus, she may take it to mean you consider her boring.)
Monday, April 26, 2010
Hef helps
Hefner helps save the Hollywood sign.
Good thing. It's amazing how important for our global picture, and for the economy of the places involved, landmarks like these are. I'll bet you real estate near that sign is damn expensive. And what would Paris be without the, uh, you know phallic thingy? And Sydney without the famous, uh, the windsail building. I'll bet that building has pulled more people and money to Sydney than anything else.
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(Don't fret, I do know what these things are called. "Just a little humor there, to keep you at ease," as Peppermint Patty said to her doctor.)
Good thing. It's amazing how important for our global picture, and for the economy of the places involved, landmarks like these are. I'll bet you real estate near that sign is damn expensive. And what would Paris be without the, uh, you know phallic thingy? And Sydney without the famous, uh, the windsail building. I'll bet that building has pulled more people and money to Sydney than anything else.
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(Don't fret, I do know what these things are called. "Just a little humor there, to keep you at ease," as Peppermint Patty said to her doctor.)
Bandsaw artist
My dad would see something like this on TV, and he'd say: "sure, but I'll bet he's practiced it."
30Rock and Katrina
I'm really enjoying 30Rock. Very funny, very loose in just the right way.
My only complaint is my usual: under-use of the beautiful women. To be specific, Katrina Bowden, who plays Cerie, Liz Lemon's secretary. She must be a quite mediocre actress, otherwise I can't figure out why they wouldn't show more of her, she must surely get tons of fan mail.
My only complaint is my usual: under-use of the beautiful women. To be specific, Katrina Bowden, who plays Cerie, Liz Lemon's secretary. She must be a quite mediocre actress, otherwise I can't figure out why they wouldn't show more of her, she must surely get tons of fan mail.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Multi-tasking
Modern computers are impressive. Right now on my machine all at the same time:
[Update: Seemingly the only thing that will slow it down, or some services anyway, is very heavy downloading. If it's downloading a couple of files from a very fast server, that will make web browsing quite slow.]
(And the Mac Pro barely gets warm either. The G5 I had before, even under a much lighter work-load, would turn up the fans so loud that it was unbearable.)
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By the by, on the iMac in the living room, I'm also converting DVDs. Those are the astonishing number of American ones I have. I have set the iMac's optical drive to "Zone 2". (What is odd is that when it's set to the wrong region, sometimes I can rip a DVD, sometimes I can't, and sometimes many strange problems just turn up.)
- Photoshop is going through a series of actions, including scaling, on a batch of photos.
- iTunes is playing music.
- GraphicConverter is compressing a huge stack of files one at a time, automatically.
- I'm using a different copy of GraphicConverter to sort images.
- iMedia Converter is converting a DVD.
- And of course I'm on the web, twit, email and such like normal.
- And I'm writing (after being done with the image sorting).
[Update: Seemingly the only thing that will slow it down, or some services anyway, is very heavy downloading. If it's downloading a couple of files from a very fast server, that will make web browsing quite slow.]
(And the Mac Pro barely gets warm either. The G5 I had before, even under a much lighter work-load, would turn up the fans so loud that it was unbearable.)
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By the by, on the iMac in the living room, I'm also converting DVDs. Those are the astonishing number of American ones I have. I have set the iMac's optical drive to "Zone 2". (What is odd is that when it's set to the wrong region, sometimes I can rip a DVD, sometimes I can't, and sometimes many strange problems just turn up.)
More marker art
Here's another one, Heike Weber, who is making art with "permanent" markers. I just hope she isn't too heart-broken if and when they fade.
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