Here is a very cool new grip for the Olympus XZ1: New Olympus XZ1 Grip — now shipping!http://www.kleptography.com/rf/Richard Franiec’s Camera Accessories The camera’s default grip definitely provides adequate handling for me, but I can see this 3rd party grip making it even better. 🙂 I should probably also clarify, my wife has the cool XZ-1 but she is kind enough to let me use it! One more photo of the grip, from R.F.’s Picasso page:
After a false start yesterday, Virgin Mobile USA got their unlimited internet deal off the ground 🙂 Woohoo for $40 a month for unlimited internet! NOTE: post updated with links to Broadband2Go software download links… Here are some photos of the setup process and some initial speed results at the end:
UPDATE: new post with specific M4400 upgrade questions and tips as a result of questions from commenter David. NOTE: you can also view all the entries in this Q & A series… The Dell M4400 has been my laptop of choice for almost a year. For my birthday I upgraded it to 4GB RAM (from 3GB) and swapped out the P8600 CPU for a T9700. The P8600 is a 2.4GHz dual core chip (25W) with 3MB cache, the T9700 is
As part of my bought and sold series of blog entries, here is a copy of my eBay auction for the the Raon Digital UMPC S60H Ultra Mobile Personal Computer. This was truly a cool little mini-tablet way before iPads were all the rage 🙂 Raon Digital EVERUN UMPC S60H The EVERUN features the “classical” UMPC look, with the keyboard and control options placed on both sides of the 4.8-inch LCD display, which has a resolution 800 x 480 pixels. Moreover,
Title: Canon HV20 1080i MiniDV HD Camcorder 3.1MP Camera Subtitle: Like Brand New. FREE USA SHIPPING! Up for auction is a gently used Canon HV20 HDV Camcorder. Camera has low hours of use, is fully functional and shows little to no signs of wear. Items included in this auction: HV20 HDV Camcorder Battery Pack Compact Power Adapter Stereo Video Cable ??? WL-D87 Wireless Controller ??? IFC-300PCU USB Cable ??? CTC-100 S Component Cable Digital Video Solution Disc for Windows and
This was a wonderful weekend at home. I worked on some fun projects and did some “business” work. Samantha played with some new toys (stroller, etc.) and cooked some delicious delights. Also, before the weekend got here, we had a lot of fun going out to eat with my mom and dad to celebrate my dad’s birthday! Even before that, we had a great Valentine’s day (which I still need to post an entry about…) But now back to the
Some people enjoy building hot rods, or building model airplanes. I enjoy building computers. The first PC I built was in 1997, I was a sophomore in HS. I can still remember researching all the parts, using a computer in the HS science classroom (I didn’t have internet at home at that time). Tom’s Hardware and Anandtech were my primary sources of motherboard and CPU reviews. Those two sites helped me immensely in choosing the best components for my “first
The need for cheap speed! Yesterday I read a nice little article over at Anandtech about unlocking the extra two cores in AMD Phenom II X2 555 CPUs. This lets you take a dual core CPU and turn it into a quad core CPU*. *The extra two cores aren’t guaranteed to unlock and be 100% reliable, but it’s easy to stress test and see if your particular CPU can handle it. Reading other people’s experiences it looks like the success