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Kyle - Yes, you can do this with any GPS that can log lat, long and timestamp.
I will be interested in buying a dedicated GPS just for geotagging when it:
- Has a very long battery life
- Has a very sensitive chipset so it could be used in a backpack, pants pocket, etc.
- Is small enough to fit in my pants pocket or backback without getting in the way.
- I'd really like it to have bluetooth also so I can use it with my PDA/laptop.
Yes, happy. The picture is fine for knowing where you were but then how do you know where your GPS was?
You can do this already with most common GPSs. I use a Garmin Legend. You just need to be able to save your tracklog as a standard GPX file. Then use a program like RoboGeo to automatically geotag a folder of pictures using the data from the tracklog. You can specify a time offset if the clocks on the camera and gps aren't exactly synced.

If you use the new beta of Picasa (free, from Google) you will have an option to view your geotagged photos in Google Earth. It seems to show all geotagged photos in your Picasa library, so it effectively turns Google Earth into a geographic browser of your photo collection.

I just geotagged my last trip using this method and it took just a couple minutes.
El Froggo -
I have a front projection setup in my apartment. I mounted the projector to the ceiling and have a screen hanging from the ceiling that rolls down. I built the screen using two small-diameter pipes and blackout cloth so that when it is rolled up it is only about 2 inches in diameter. It is easy to remove from the ceiling and put behind a bookcase or such, but I don't usually bother.

I used the shielded CAT5 cable because I can't run cable through the walls and the narrow CAT5 is much easier to run along the corners of the walls than component cable.
Federal law states that you are not liable for any fraud from a stolen credit card if you report it as stolen before the fraud occurs. If you report it after the fraud occurs you are liable up to a maximum of
$50. This is a federal law, the card companies can't put an annual cap on it. I recently had AMEX cover over $3000 worth of fraud on my card and the only questions they asked were about if I had any involvement or profit from it.

ATM debit cards are a different story - you can be liable for much more.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/atmcard.htm
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I commonly need to boot a system from an external disc and take a snapshot of the host system. I also then need to burn a copy of the image to a DVD. While I can do it with two separate external devices, and two power supplies, and two I/O cables, it'd be nice to find a small dual-drive enclosure. It would need to have USB, eSATA, and FireWire. Either slim-line or half-height bay for the optical burner would be fine, and space for either a 2.5- or 3.5-inch hard disc. Any ideas?"
 

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