Blog from the Loft

Yes. I got one. Spent total of six and a half hours. Worth it? Yes. Weather was nice, a little hot but not too much. Apple staff were very nice. Especially Alex — She worked the line. Gave out (free) water, candy, went to get sunblock and more candy, even picked up a pizza for [...]

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Just wrote up a review for this little scanner. Great automatic document feeder. Great scan quality, and speed. Just wish it is cheaper. Read and watch the full review here on the review page.

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My DMM arrived today from Amazon. First surprise — I came in a blister pack. The good nice is that it is an easy open blister pack. Remove the lone staple at the top and pull open the pack top to bottom. The bilingual (English/Spanish) user manual is tugged inside the backing paper sheet.

The meter [...]

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My love of electronics and computers, which defined my career, can be traceback partially to having a electronic building block toy when I was very young. Back then, we do not have Snap Circuits. The toy/kit that I had was more powerful and less user friendly. You can only buy that kit as a specialty [...]

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*Updated*: This is the link to the official instructions (too late).
The replacement power supply unit arrived from Infrant. There are no instructions accompanying the unit. So I started to look around the NV+ to see how I can open it up and perform the replacement:
1. Take out the disks after labeling them. I think [...]

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I have been waiting for a real e-book reader for awhile. The Sony 505 almost is it, but the book store software and collection size, and the price of books just do not do it for me.
It took Amazon, the worlds “bigest book store”, to design a device and an experience that works. Read my [...]

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I blogged earlier, I decided to give 41pounds.org a try. They will help me reduce my junk postal mail. I got a packet from them. It contains six pre-filled post card addressed to various data services. They even included the stamps. I am to sign the cards and mail them back to those service centers; [...]

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So I have my new 3rd gen iPod Nano. I need a case. Not much choice at this point. So it’s time to start a watch list:

Apple iPod Nano Armband. Avail Now. $29.00
Griffin Technology iClear, and Reflect, and others, Coming soon
iSkin, none announced yet.
ifrogz Full Body Shield $19.95, avail Now, see also Screen Shield
ifrogz [...]

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I bought the new iPod Nano. It’s good for travel. It’s good for workout. It is half way between the shuffle and the full size iPod (classic or the other generations iPod’s). I owned a first generation iPod, it was too big/heavy and lack storage. I sold it. I owned a first generation shuffle, used [...]

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Some products are truly innovative, and creates its own genre. The iPhone is one. The Squeezebox, reviewed here, is another.

What is it?
The squeezebox (version 3, white) is a network music streaming device. It stream music from a music server (you supplied, see later) wirelessly or via a wired home network. You normally hook it up [...]

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