Our latest gadget is the Canon Powershot S500. Bought for around $400 from Best Buy. It's a small, but medium weight 5.1 MegaPixel camera. It comes with a virtually useless 32Mb CF card that I've swapped out for a 256Mb CF card. So far photo results with the flash are disappointing, looking more like cheap point and shoot than anything, but I bought it mainly as a rapid way of getting images onto the computer.
I expect sunshine shots outside to be pretty great, the resolution is excellent. The software it comes with is mediocre, I haven't yet figured out a way to automatically upload pictures and clear the card when done.
In a tacky move, the camera comes with no case, Canon sell a separate $70 "package" of extras which include a case. So far, I've resisted.
Tuesday, November 30, 2004
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Noise-Cancelling Headphones
Amazon.com: Electronics: Panasonic RP-HC70 Noise-Cancelling Headphones
I got to use my new noise cancelling earphones on a flight, and I'm pleased with them. The review said not to expect a miracle, so I didn't but I did get about a 50% noise reduction. The earphones took out the most unpleasant part of the hum, and oddly enough I could hear most of the conversations around me quite clearly. I noticed that my own voice was drowned out somewhat, and my co-work confirmed this - her voice was drowned out too. Overall though, a definite improvement in my flight.
I got to use my new noise cancelling earphones on a flight, and I'm pleased with them. The review said not to expect a miracle, so I didn't but I did get about a 50% noise reduction. The earphones took out the most unpleasant part of the hum, and oddly enough I could hear most of the conversations around me quite clearly. I noticed that my own voice was drowned out somewhat, and my co-work confirmed this - her voice was drowned out too. Overall though, a definite improvement in my flight.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Back to the Future
Who would have thought that over 20 years later, I'd still be writing batch files? Heh, this stuff should be in vbs, but sometimes quick and dirty is the best way to do it.
I'm writing tools to backup files and convert machines ready for a new systems image. Here's a fun snippet, undocumented command line options for Winzip:
"%ProgramFiles%\winzip\winzip32.exe" -a -p "C:\backup\%COMPUTERNAME%.zip" @C:\backup\filelist.txt
Which runs Winzip, adds the files in filelist.txt to a zip file uniquely named with the computer name. If you have multiple users, you can use %USERNAME%@%COMPUTERNAME%.zip to get john@mypc.zip for example.
I'm writing tools to backup files and convert machines ready for a new systems image. Here's a fun snippet, undocumented command line options for Winzip:
"%ProgramFiles%\winzip\winzip32.exe" -a -p "C:\backup\%COMPUTERNAME%.zip" @C:\backup\filelist.txt
Which runs Winzip, adds the files in filelist.txt to a zip file uniquely named with the computer name. If you have multiple users, you can use %USERNAME%@%COMPUTERNAME%.zip to get john@mypc.zip for example.
Monday, September 20, 2004
Time to try blogger
I wanted to set up a separate blog from the family one, where I can put technical postings, and more "professional" stuff. And this is it.
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