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FIRST robotics regional - KC - 2008 {Hack a Day}
Mar 10th 2008 2:18AM Will, are you from the KC area or just visiting?
I was on the Rockhurst High School FIRST team a few years ago, and it was a pretty good experience, i'd recommend it to anyone!
Giveaway: have an iPhone on us! {Engadget}
Jul 1st 2007 4:15PM Logical Answer: To replace my dying SLVR with a real web browser phone and iPod all-in-one.
REAL Answer: So I can use the RSS reader and check engadget as compulsively as I do at home, catching liveblogs of stevenotes will never be the same!!!
More on Sigma's DP1, the "world's first full-spec compact" {Engadget}
Mar 9th 2007 9:18AM i completely dig the design, and the sensor, but a f/4 lens for a full spec compact camera? unless there's crazy noise reduction that allows you to shoot at 400+ ISO without grain, this appears to be the bottleneck
iPods worth $35000 go missing from Best Buy {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Dec 11th 2006 5:35PM i'm not one to complain about grammar, but not putting a comma in that 35000 makes it about five times harder to read. 100% Easy 2 Read http://www.informationarchitects.jp/100E2R/
Tuesday mini-extra {Hack a Day}
Nov 21st 2006 6:24PM Driving any speakers directly from the iPod is certainly not dangerous, however, running the car stereo's amplifier while the ipod is still connected would be a bad thing.
The car speakers are constructed in the same fasion as headphone drivers are, so they would pose no threat to an ipod driving them. The only danger would be wearing out the ipod battery as the speakers require much more current than headphones do (car audio drivers have a 4ohm impedance, and headphones usually operate at 32 or even higher). Even though it is possible, and power to the speakers is proportional to that of headphones, the listening distance yields very low volumes when the speakers are connected to the ipod at full volume.
If you have an older car with a cassette player, the best method of inputting a line-level signal is through the cassette player's internal connection to the amplifier. It quite commonly matches up with wiring for line-in jacks. Hopefully i can find a spare cassette player to post a how-to in the near future.
Nikon D40 budget DSLR pics leaked {Engadget}
Nov 5th 2006 8:34PM That lens has a manual/auto focus selector switch on it, and i seriousdly doubt that Nikon would release a manual focus SLR in america. /maybe/ in Europe, but i doubt the manual focus idea is true even still.
Alienware DHS A Series brings style to media PCs {Engadget}
Oct 25th 2006 11:36PM are they for serious?
1$/watt is insane, and that's if there was no computer in there.
seems like they might have a crappy computer combined with an amplifier that might get what, 200w RMS? i mean, a 1000w amplifier /and/ a computer in a case of that size would even pose a huge heat issue even if you could manage the power levels..
so, if you like clean, noise-free power for your speakers, and ease of upgradability in a computer, i think you should stick with a modular system. one that doesnt have an amplifier bringing exaggerated specs in press releases at very least
Boot your PowerPC Mac from an external USB drive {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Oct 25th 2006 12:21PM it's not just nice if you want to have another environment to work, you can also use this in times of crisis, ie: data corruption. say your computer wont boot due to a dying hard drive, just install on the usb disk and start recovering the data from that old drive!
Borrow shared iTunes music with ourTunes {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Sep 20th 2006 12:49PM this is a great program, as is mytunes-for windows, written in C++ (so it's particularly good for those anti-java hoons out there). ourtunes and mytunes are great in a college setting, as you can rely on others who download huge stacks of music off bittorrent, and not worry about your school catching /you/ for torrenting.. though, i hate the 5 person per day itunes sharing limit, what is that?
Toshiba's TDP-ET20U projector sports built-in DVD player {Engadget}
Aug 23rd 2006 4:39PM the problem i have with these projectors is the fact that they can only be mounted on a coffeetable. if you're interested in a decent movie-viewing experience, it would be wise to invest some time in ceiling-mounting your projector. now, on the subject of connectivity, it would be worthwhile to create a projector that has an umbilical wireless or otherwise, that is connected to the tuning and processing as well as dvd player. not only would this simplify things for the consumer, it would also cut down on the size of the projector, as the ceiling mounted section would only need to contain the actual projection unit
