More and more I think we’re going to all be using the web without actually using a browser.  Joe Born from Neuros has let us know that a new feature of the Neuros OSD will be the ability to use wiki’s and other internet sources to look up data about TV recordings on the OSD and more.

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It’s becoming more and more rare as the price of flash memory has come down, but it’s still possible to fill your flash cards when on vacation taking pictures.  A lot of people, including myself, have taken to carrying a laptop with them on vacation.  I am currently typing this on said laptop.  But what if you fill your available cards and you’re not near your laptop? Then you’re out of luck.  Enter the Digital Foci Photo Safe II.

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I have had a few different GPS units over the years. My first was a Garmin GPS 12 which didn’t have any road maps or anything else; it was much more appropriate to use in the forest, but  I used it everywhere and even hooked it to a laptop so I could get maps.  It was a awesome device, but hobbled by older technology and Selective Availability when I used it.

My next unit was also a Garmin, the Garmin eMap to be precise.  Now that SA was off, it was much more accurate, but it did not have WAAS or any other technology that could give me good fast fixes.  The eMap was a great device, but the maps were not very detailed unless you spent a ton of money on memory and a Garmin CD.  I loved it anyway.

Wayne sent me his Dash Express since he hated it.  I was initially a little skeptical about the device, however after playing with it for the better part of a week I think I have found an almost ideal GPS device for me.  With the Dash, you can do so much more than just navigation.  It’s devices such as the Dash (and Apple’s own iPhone) that can bring location specific information to you whenever you need it and wherever you are. Continue Reading

Joe Born let us know the following:

Long time no talk! I hope you are well. I wanted to share with you a piece of news that might interest your audience: Through user contributions, last.fm is coming to the Neuros OSD. If you are not familiar with last.fm (you never know :-)), its a collaborative, interactive internet radio service that’s powered by a large community of users. It’s subscription and ad free, and it learns from your likes and dislikes to introduce you to new music that you’ll like.

Now, a last.fm community member, sponsored by Google, has ported the feature/service to the Neuros OSD: http://open.neurostechnology.com/content/lastfm…

Now the words in this e-mail excerpt that I like the most are, “through user contributions”.  That should mean something to everyone, as it is the power of Open Source and Open Technologies at work.  If you value something, with open source and open technologies you can make it happen.  Try that on an Apple TV!

So do you trust your technolust?  I do.  I am a fan of the awesome IPTV show, Hak.5.  Well, According to this press release over on the Revision3 website, Hak.5’s Darren Kitchen and Wess Tobler are now joining Revision3.

For those who don’t know, Hak.5 has done things like modding the IBM Model M keyboard, building a network attached storage box with FreeNAS and hacking on the Nokia N770.  So here’s hoping that Hak.5 is going to be produced more frequently than it’s old schedule of once a month!

Update: Wess Tobler has resigned from Hak.5.  He will not be moving with the rest of the crew to Rev3 and Alli Buehring has been reported via the Hak5 website to be going to school and also will not be on Hak.5.

As you’ve seen in my Verizon Centro Review, my normal personal cellphone is a Green enV on Verizon Wireless. I love my phone, however, the external LCD has started to fade on it.

So, off I go to the Verizon store expecting to walkout with a replacement phone. What I got was a piece of paper. Continue Reading

This weekend I was using my Eee PC and went to plug it into the wall and noticed the stress relief looked weird.

So I figure I better give Asus Support a e-mail.  The following is what I got in response:

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Sure we’ve all seen laser pointers; they are a favorite for playing tricks on people, playing with your pets at home and even for pointing out details during a presentation.  However, not all laser pointers are created as equals, and I am here to say that Wicked Lasers have NO parallel in the laser pointer arena.  Wicked Lasers are huge step above any laser pointer I have ever seen; in fact, what they create are not just laser pointers, but a tool that can be used in various situations.

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For those who don’t know, today, Friday July 25th, 2008 is unofficial official SysAdmin Day.  Today is the day you should thank those of us who give up our weekends, our evenings and our vacations sometimes to make sure we all have web servers to blog with and internet connections so we can watch cats on YouTube.  Your SysAdmin’s give up thier time so we may waste ours! :D  Gift ideas of mine are:

• Anything Sweet
• A 4 pack of your admin’s favorite energy drink
• Anything from Think Geek.

These are my ideas.  What are yours?  Post below.  Also, remember, we read your e-mail!

USB Fever also sent me a Bluetooth headset.  Is it as good as my Insignia headset?  How does it stand up to the Jaybird?  We’ll find out!

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