Quickies, Part II
* I put together a Christmas tree last night (not my style to do that stuff you see). It went all well, except that at the end I found out that half of the lights were burned off and wouldn’t light up....
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Like, 2 months ago I stopped drinking coffee, cold turkey. Early this year I stopped drinking alcohol, also cold turkey (not that I was a regular drinker, but hey). Had a great time yesterday with my...
View ArticleI am an aunt
Cogratulations to my little brother and his wife in Greece for becoming parents of their first child, a 3.3kg daughter. My parents are grandparents for the first time, and very happy too. This was the...
View ArticleGeneral computer stupidity
We are currently in Reno,NV and i only got with me the nokia n800 to use with the hotel’s wifi service. This blog post message is written with the n800 too, painfully slowly. So, while using the file...
View ArticleWhat Christmas is all about
You can even listen [.mp3] to this entry. Notice the professional mouseclicks.When one of my colleagues arrived at work today, at 11 (she starts a few hours after the rest on Mondays) she told me about...
View ArticleCasinos of Reno
Happy holidays everyone!We just came back from vacations in Reno, NV. I shot 25 minutes of video there, that translated to 2 minutes of a presentable video clip. I hate casinos btw, but hey, they make...
View ArticleThey are just like people
I went to a 6 story apartment building in Gaza which just got bombed by Israel. I spoke with local people, survivors, and was looking for emotional illustrations of cliches such as “despair” and...
View ArticleRegarding brain doping
You might have heard that the latest fashion is brain doping. In a world where the most intelligent or best performing employees get the most benefits, it appears to be “wise” for some people to dope...
View ArticleSamples by the New Wave of Videographers
I published an article on OSNews with some of my favorite video clips out there, created by video enthusiasts. Solomon Chase’s “Rainy Day” remains my favorite such clip ever. Canon should send the guy...
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More RED footage
Some amazingly-looking footage from the RED camera can be seen on this site. I especially like the “Engagement Clips” here. Looks great on an HDTV.
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LG KU990 Vewty
UPDATE: A video grabbed by the Vewty, downloadable higher quality VGA version here.I will be reviewing the Vewty on OSNews in a few days, it’s an interesting competitor to the iPhone. Is it as good...
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Cellphone usability
Occasionally I’ve been asked which phones I believe they have the best usability. I’ve tried over 30 phones in my time as a reviewer in the past 3 years, so here’s my opinion on what’s intuitive:Sony...
View ArticleTigers and Ethics
I have enough archived HD footage of the San Francisco zoo tiger that this past week got out of its cage, killed a teenager and hurt two more people. Some of you might have seen parts of that footage...
View ArticlePowerbook
Last Thursday, I finally bought a new Mac, after months and months of pondering what to buy. I decided to buy a 2nd hand PowerBook G4 from an Apple retailer (so I get support and guarantee). It’s a 15″...
View ArticleRIAA against CD ripping
“In legal documents in its federal case against Jeffrey Howell, a Scottsdale, Ariz., man who kept a collection of about 2,000 music recordings on his personal computer, the industry maintains that it...
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