Category Archives: Gadgets

Blog Within a Blog: My New Computer 6.0

Posted on December 14 2003 by Mickey

    It’s been while since I shared an update about my new computer. Frankly, it’s been awhile since I’ve done anything new with my new computer. I felt like setting aside this morning, though, to make some slight changes. … Continue reading →

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Mac vs PC

Posted on December 8 2003 by Mickey

    I found the the first article in John Papola’s new blog to be a well-written and thoughtful comparison of Apple’s “vertical” operational structure (writing an OS that works with a select core of hardware) with Windows’ “horizontal” one … Continue reading →

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Christmas Wish List

Posted on November 13 2003 by Mickey

    A short while ago I was joking how I wanted to add Pioneer’s $40,000 speaker panel to my Christmas wish list, since this single unit could produce home-theater surround sound. Today, Slashdot has a story about the Niro … Continue reading →

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Christmas Wish List

Posted on October 26 2003 by Mickey

    Yes, it is too early to be discussing Christmas shopping, but that won’t keep me from dropping hints about this sweet baby: the PDSP-1 Digital Sound Projector, one single panel (comprised of 254 speakers) that actually creates directional … Continue reading →

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More & Bigger (and hopefully sooner)

Posted on September 30 2003 by Mickey

    Saw this link on The Digital Bits. According to an article at e4engineering.com, Japanese engineers have unveiled “Ultra High Definition Television”. HDTV is obsolete before it had a chance to catch on, since this new system offers 4,000 … Continue reading →

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Re-Author! Re-Author!

Posted on September 20 2003 by Mickey

    I’ve been recently been toying with the idea of trying out DVD X Copy for my DVD burner, with the purpose of archiving or backing up discs. The only problem is there are so many flavors of DVD … Continue reading →

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Back Again

Posted on September 15 2003 by Mickey

RCA BroadbandMarch 16 2000 — September 15 2003     Well it looks like my Internet problems might not have been due to interference, a bad RF cable, a bad outlet, infrasound, or the Indian burial ground upon which the … Continue reading →

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Cancel the S.O.S.

Posted on September 8 2003 by Mickey

    I’m still not sure what the problem was: my cable modem would start resetting as soon as I turned my computer on, as if there was some problem with the power. It would constantly reset itself even if … Continue reading →

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S.O.S.

Posted on September 3 2003 by Mickey

    Can a video card cause me to lose my broadband connection? I needed to send my ATI All-in-Wonder in this morning to get repaired (for reasons illustrated here); and a coworker loaned me his nVidia graphics card, since … Continue reading →

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Blog Within a Blog: My New Computer 5.5

Posted on August 18 2003 by Mickey

    It’s been a while since I wrote an update on my progress. A lot has happened, but I was too busy working on my computer to write about it. I got my wireless networking equipment at the end … Continue reading →

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