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Razer Blade 17″ gaming laptop review

Thursday, 2012.02.23 J.D. H. Leave a comment

The Razer Blade laptop is one of the most intriguing ‘gaming’ laptops to come along in quite a while. There have been a lot of “hands on” previews posted since the laptop was announced but only recently have real reviews stared to come online. As I find real reviews I will be posting them here along with some comments: Razer Blade review — Engadgethttp://www.engadget.com/2012/02/22/razer-blade-review/Type Gaming Screen size 17.3 inches Screen resolution 1920 x 1080 Processor speed 2.8 GHz System RAM 8

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Camera sensor sizes

Sunday, 2012.02.12 J.D. H. Leave a comment

I am once again working on some camera comparisons and sensor size always seems to be a hot topic. The following links were helpful in helping me determine the actual sensor size (dimensions) for some less-common camera sensors… Unravelling Sensor Sizes, digital cameras, digital photography, photography, digital slr, camera recommendation, price comparison, photographic companies, camera companies, digital camera best prices,http://www.photoreview.com.au/tips/buying/unravelling-sensor-sizes.aspxOver the years we have compiled the following table of common sensor sizes for digital cameras, camcorders and cameraphones. We hope

ViewSonic PJD6531w projector and 3D Vision

Friday, 2012.02.03 J.D. H. Leave a comment

I saw my first (modern) 3D movie last night at the theater. The effect was enjoyable and so I decided to start researching 3D on my PJD6531w projector. There have apparently been some teething problems with this projector and 3D Vision, but the first two links below offer some helpful tips for getting NVIDIA 3D Vision working with the ViewSonic PJD6531w: ViewSonic PJD6531w 3D Projector Review – NVIDIA Forums – Page 3 1280×800 3D Vision ViewSonic PJD6531w – 3D Vision Blog 3D

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Android WiFi Hotspot Configuration

Thursday, 2012.01.26 J.D. H. Leave a comment

NOTE: these screenshots show the settings pages for Android’s cool wifi hotspot feature. These screens should apply to any Android phone running Gingerbread with wifi hotspot functionality enabled. These steps do NOT apply to the latest Virgin Mobile LG phones, which unfortunately have this feature disabled 🙁 The photos show a LG Optimus V that shipped with the wifi hostpot feature available (once enabled by the QuickSettings app [available in the Android Market]). Top Search Terms:android wifi hotspot (7)gingerbread wifi hotspot (3)android hotspot

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Blind review: can a $7.99 mouse cut it as a gaming mouse?

Thursday, 2012.01.26 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Here’s the deal with this entry: I wondered how the Kensington ‘Mouse-in-a-box’, available for around $7.99 [Amazon], would hold up under serious gaming and productivity scenarios. Who better to test it than Neil from kohlercreated. He does extreme gaming and he also works super hard, a somewhat rare combo ;-). So I had the mouse shipped to him without the price and I asked him to use it and send me his impressions, but to NOT look up any info

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Tip: shock protection unnecessary if you have a SSD!

Wednesday, 2012.01.11 J.D. H. One comment

The Lenovo X220 ThinkPad, as well as many Dell & HP laptops, ship with a form of anti-shock protection enabled by default. This is great if your laptop has a conventional hard drive that can be easily damaged by a fall or drop. The laptop is smart enough to pause disk activity and ‘park’ the head (or other similar techniques) to prevent disk damage. However, if your laptop is exclusively using a SSD (solid state drive) then that protection is

7mm SSD list / 7mm HD list

Friday, 2011.12.16 J.D. H. Leave a comment

UPDATE 2012.05.30: added a list of 7mm SSD and 7mm HDD at the end of this post… The most-excellent Lenovo Thinkpad X220 laptop supports a rather odd thickness for its hard drive/SSD: 7mm This is unusual since most laptop drives are 9.5mm and some are fatties coming in at 12mm or 12.5mm. However, the 7mm thin drives are likely to become more and more common as Ultrabooks and other similar devices require thinner drives to maintain their low profile 🙂 So,

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Kindle Fire Unboxing Photos [Nov 16th]

Thursday, 2011.11.17 J.D. H. Leave a comment

The Kindle Fire arrived today via UPS and here are the first photos: Review to be posted once I have a good feel for the device 🙂 Top Search Terms:kindle fire unboxing (11)"kindle fire lock screen (2)amazon kindle 2011 unboxing (2)umboxing kindle fire (2)unboxing+kindle+fire+picture (2)remove screenlock kindle fire (1)kindle+fire+unboxing (1)kindle fire unboxing photos (1)kindle fire preload (1)kindel umboxing (1)