Analysis
analyzing products and services
Long distance book signing (the LongPen)
The LongPen seems to be a great device at first glance, but what about the social aspect of book signing? Imagine this, “Margaret Atwood, famous author, here to sign your book, but oh, she’s not actually here”. Do people actually go to book signings to get the autograph? Or is the primary purpose to... »
Upgrading to Vista
My system is a stock 4-year old 2.4 Ghz Pentium 4 Dell Dimension 8250 (XP Home), upgraded with: Hauppage WinTV PVR-250 Hauppage WinTV PVR-150 Windows XP MCE 2005 Nvidia GeForce 6600GT Cicero Firewire Card Microsoft Digital Media Pro keyboard (USB) Acer AL1715 LCD monitor (connected through DVI) 768 MB RAM (it’s RDRAM, and expensive, thus I... »
Why I chose the Pentax K10D
My photographer profile: I am between an amateur and semi-pro (or that’s where I want to be) I like to use existing light, I prefer not to use the flash at all I want to use manual instead of automatic settings, I like to tinker (I am a software developer after all!) I don’t have an existing lens... »