Archive for the 'scitech' Category

talk.google.com

« 24 August 2005 | 10:32 | Internet, diary, google, scitech, web2.0 | 1 Comment »

Those behind a corporate firewall yet want to try out Google’s new “talk” service using iChat may find this link helpful. Basically iChat currently doesn’t let you configure proxy settings for its Jabber client, so you have to create a tunnel. Enjoy!

Google News bots – too fast?

« 16 August 2005 | 10:40 | Internet, diary, google, scitech | No Comments »

Okay, this is weird. My daily Google News mail feed sent this article on the old Sony Clie as “news”. It’s 5 years old! Looks like the Google News bots are crunching faster than news is generated :) Someone’s got a bit more tweaking to do!

Balancing Point

« 15 August 2005 | 11:50 | diary, scitech | No Comments »

Balancing Point – clever short film on some Jedi tactics.

3D pavement drawings

« 8 August 2005 | 15:13 | diary, media, scitech | No Comments »

This guy does some amazing pavement drawings, bar none.

Compression vs Quality

« 30 September 2004 | 16:40 | geekery, media, music, scitech, sonystyle | No Comments »

Recent email exchange I thought I’d share:
We’re just debating the sound quality of the new Network Walkman vs. a regular MP3 Player. (We haven’t actually listened to the Network Walkman yet. [X]’s ordered one and I’m debating whether or not to get one.) [X] wants to store all of Bach’s works on his and I [...]

iTunes Mixing

« 24 August 2004 | 0:20 | geekery, music, scitech | 6 Comments »

Have some spare time and want to make your own DJ-style mix? Think you need some fancy-schmancy app like Toast with Jam? Well, it might make your life easier, but iTunes can pretty much serve the same purpose.
Turns out if you go to the Options tab in the Get Info window for a [...]

Technology and QoL

« 5 August 2004 | 15:10 | scitech, worklife | No Comments »

Good post on technology affecting quality of life, productivity, our relationships, and what would be a nice change.

Mossberg on Sony’s “iPod”

« 29 July 2004 | 11:55 | geekery, music, scitech, sonystyle | No Comments »

Mossberg hates the NW-HD1. Surprise, surprise.

Even The Queen

« 26 July 2004 | 11:34 | scitech, sonystyle | 1 Comment »

Here’s an amusing story. Even the Queen can’t use Sony remotes :)

ATRAC vs the world

« 8 July 2004 | 16:14 | media, music, scitech, sonystyle | 4 Comments »

Thought I would share this exchange since Sony’s 20GB HDD player has been in the news lately. First, my original email:
While it’s true there is no standard format for compressed audio, I think the following “slide” is telling:MP3: Windows, Mac, Linux — Free!
AC3: Windows, Mac, Linux — Free!
AAC: Windows, Mac, Linux — Free!
WMA: Windows, [...]