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Digital TV Myths Exposed

Digital TV Myths Exposed
with Dale Fletcher

The HDTV Myth (US only)
Is there such a thing and will we ever see it?
Will the Real HDTV please show up
HDTV, the good, The Bad, and the Really Bad�

image from Flick's Creative Commons Pool/ *USB*

SamZ...Touch This

A contributor to our newsletter points out some interesting iPhone apps.

Virtual Zippo Lighter
This is just a little app for when you are bored. You can customize the Zippo in various ways like changing the color of the Zippo, or adding one of the various designs. You can also write on a couple of the patterns. This app uses the accelerometer in your iPod/iPhone to flip open and close the Zippo. Overall I love this app since it is so much fun. And the best thing about, it is it's FREE!

Print 3D Buildings from Google Earth

SketchUp and 3D Printing the Disney Concert Hall - Sweet Onion Creations

Another company has come out with a solution for making 3D prints from Google Earth. This time the solution is actually based on SketchUp 3D models. The company is called Sweet Onion Creations, and they describe how to click on a 3D model seen in Google Earth (or any found in the Google 3D Warehouse) and using their "3D printing" service get back an actual physical model. Here's a video they've made showing how it works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLiReajlXrg

Get rid of Winter blues

The goLite Blu
from Phillips gets rid of winter blues

Gloomy winter days can get to even the most cheerful of people eventually, so companies have started making light therapy clocks. It triggers your release of “active” hormones and keeps you feeling more cheerful. Oddly the light can even help you sleep better at night. Since it gives you so much more energy during the day, it makes it so that at night you’re a lot more restful. Which just about anyone could do with a better nights sleep. Apparently the key is with the blue light itself, due to our bodies reactions to a bright blue summer sky.

All you have to do is flip on the light for 15 minutes a day. Which would be easy to fit into a morning routine. Whether it be while eating breakfast, or for the ladies while putting on makeup and fixing their hair. The light comes with a two year warranty, but unfortunately it is a bit expensive. To pick up the light it will cost you $279. However, if you tend to get really down every winter it might end up being worth it to spend the money.

ECO Showerdrop

Cool Green Gadget: Save Water with the ECO Showerdrop
If you’re all about doing your part to save the planet, then you’ll love this gadget.

The ECO Showerdrop is a little device that will beep, time you and measure how much water you use during every shower. So when the next water bill comes around and it’s time to divide the water bill up between and your roommates, now you have a nice little measuring device.

“Johnny, you used 12 more gallons than me this month, that will be $20.”

Of course, if you still want to take your hour long showers, just turn the ECO Showerdrop off and resume cleaning. There’s always some way to beat this system. In this case, just remove the batteries.

Something everyone should have.....

Cool Green Car:
The Cool and Eco-Friendly BamGoo Car

If this thing ever makes it into production, we’ll have a lot of mad koala’s on our hands.

The researchers over at Kyoto University have come up with this new little car, made almost entirely out of bamboo. The “BamGoo” car as it is rightfully called, weighs about 130 pounds and can travel up to 30 miles on a single charge.

I’m sure that this car is intended for non-smokers, seeing how if they dropped a cigarrette on the floor, the BamGoo car would turn into a giant fireball on wheels.

Surviving a lightning strike: Shock and awe

Many of us can appreciate this article. If you have ever experience a lightning strike read this article and his followuo article at: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/

Here is an excerpt:
"[ Don’t miss part 2: Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid ]

What I’ll remember most is the sound. To call it “loud” is simply not an adequate description. The sound was a physical force, a sledgehammer to the chest and a blow to the very foundations of reality. There was light as well of course–the whole world turning white for an instant–but light I can deal with. There is no number on the decibel scale that can do justice to that sound. It was so sudden and unexpected. You’re supposed to see the lightning first, and then hear the thunder. 1 Mississippi, 2 Mississippi, 3, count the seconds to tell how far away it is. Not this time. Impossibly, the sound seemed to happen before the flash. Time stopped. And then there was silence, and darkness. Read the rest of this entry »

Is Cuil killing the Internet?

While the world gets excited over Google’s new open-source browser, Chrome, a new story is emerging about one of the Web’s next-generation utilities: Cuil, the search engine heralded as a “Google killer,” might just be taking out the entire Internet, one site at a time.

As TechCrunch’s Don Reisinger reports, Cuil’s Twiceler indexing bot is so bandwith-hungry that it’s shutting down sites all over the Web:

See the full article here: http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=338

IDF and the new Mac notebooks

ZDnet news provides this information:

The Intel Developer Forum makes it clear what Apple’s new notebooks - which I (Robin Harris) predict will be announced Tuesday, September 16 - will offer. Will it be worth the wait? If longer battery life and higher performance are important to you - yes.

And if you weren’t waiting? The new designs and features may make you rethink your allegiance to Windows - as so many already have.

IDF tells us a lot
So what’s coming? Here’s what the Storage Bits crystal ball reveals:
* Quad cores.
* Switchable graphics.
* WiMax.
* Solid-state disks.
* Larger memory capacity.
* RGB LED backlight.
* No internal optical drives.
* Blu-ray support.
* 64 bit hardware -
* A glass trackpad the size of …
* Pervasive power management.

But what will they look like?

Apple has lots of other technology that it can incorporate to create a real geewhiz experience. No one in the industry does it better. Whatever they do there will be some hits and some misses but the image of their design leadership will continue.

The Storage Bits take….

Apple’s notebook team has been working on these products for years. Their tight HW and SW integration coupled with Microsoft’s long development cycles means that Apple will be well positioned to take market share.
Click here for the complete article: http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=352

Apple: “Let’s Rock” on September 9

According to Jason O'Grady at zdnet:
Apple has sent out media invitations for a special event next week.

An invitation for the Sept. 9 event in San Francisco, sent to media today, is entitled “Let’s Rock” and shows a silhouetted dancer holding an iPod, Apple’s music and video player.

The event will be held at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Fransico, CA at 10 am PT on Tuesday, 9 September 2008 according to the invite.

Google announces new browser -- Chrome

Google will launch a Web browser called Chrome that will take on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and apparently Mozilla’s Firefox, which the search giant essentially funds.

• Google’s browser will be open source;
• Chrome will include a JavaScript Virtual Machine built from scratch;
• Tabs will be moved around;
• The browser has an address bar with auto-completion.
• There’s a privacy feature like IE has;
• And Google aims to be proactive about fighting phishing and malware attacks.
• http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9847
  

Here is the link to read the comic book that explains the browser.
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20080901/heres-the-google-chrome-browser-comic-book-hey-microsoft-kaa-pow/

The power of social bookmarking.

This video was created by commoncraft.com to show the power of social bookmarking and how it makes web pages easy to remember, organize and share.

Online tools for everyone

* Citation Machine
http://citationmachine.net/
* Citation Maker: Elementary
http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/elementary/index.php?page=citeSources
* Citation Maker: Secondary
http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/secondary/index.php?page=citeSources
* Citation Wizard
http://21cif.imsa.edu/tools/citation

World Clock: great for statistics & trivia

The World Clock has an almost unlimited number of uses in any discipline and for anyone. You have to check out the website, and if you are mathematically minded who said you could not integrate technology into your life, here’s the easiest and best place to start, and the tool is user-friendly. You’ll want to bookmark the website, because googling world clock will likely not get you to this one easily.
http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf

Conversion Tools to save online videos.

Zamzar http://www.zamzar.com/ is one of my favorites. A great converter, it is fast, free, educationally friendly. It converts almost anything to anything else you want it to be. The list is endless, so for one stop conversions, this is my pick. The other item, like Zamzar, is a converter. ConvertTube will allow you to convert online video like YouTube to more popular formats like wmv, mov, mp4,mp3, 3gp. http://converttube.com/

Traveler IQ CHallenge

From listening to a lot of members talk, I realize that many of you enjoy traveling around the country and the world. This site will test your memory of geography. When you finish with the world try the other categories below:

» World » North America » Europe » World Capitals
» Canada » Asia » UNESCO Sites » Africa
» Latin America » Oceania/Australasia » Flags of the World
» Photos of the World » USA Challenge » Amazing Race

URL:

http://www.travelpod.com/traveler-iq/game1?utm_source=TIQSyndication&utm_medium=TIQ&utm_content=EmbeddedEndGameButton

It is fun. It can be addictive.
And also try it our with your children or grandchildren.
The site will tell you how close you have gotten to the actual place or country by placing a flag in the exact geographical location. Hopefully yours will be right beside it. Believe me when I say you will realize how much you don't know or have forgotten about the places you thought you knew so well........

PIMPAMPUN:: Phrasr

Want to have some fun??? Try this site. You'll love it.

First, you type anything that you want into the box.
Then they will find images to match it.
Next you will be able to change the images to suit your wishes.
Cool! Fun? or yes......

URL: http://www.pimpampum.net/phrasr/

Steve Zalot presents iLife'08

Many thanks to Steve Zalot for a tremendous presentation on Apple's new iLife'08 and iWork'08. He certainly covered all of the bases and everyone had a tremendous insight into what the programs had to offer.
Now all we have to do is put his helpful hints into play.

Apple Updates MacBooks to Santa Rosa, GMA X3100; 2.6GHz MacBook Pro

posted by MacRumors.com

Thursday November 01, 2007 05:08 AM ESTAs rumored, Apple has quietly updated the MacBook tonight to the Santa Rosa architecture with mild speed bumps and the GMA X3100 integrated video

White 13.3"
$1099.00 2.0GHz/1GB RAM/80GB/Combo/GMA X3100
$1299.00 2.2GHz/1GB RAM/120GB/SD-DL/GMA X3100
Black 13.3"
$1499.00 2.2GHz/1GB RAM/160GB/SD-DL/GMA X3100

Despite comparable clock speeds (2.0 -> 2.0GHz, 2.16 -> 2.2GHz) to the old models, the new MacBooks use the Santa Rosa chipset which boasts a faster 800MHz front side bus over the previous MacBook models. The introduction of the GMA X3100 video card also provides significant benefits over the previous models. The new specs can be seen at the Apple Store: