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DIY: Making a Very Wide Angle Webcam on the Cheap
After I made my Webcam Cart and blogged about it a package I'd forgotten about arrived. It was a cheap " Zeikos ZE-WA37S 37mm 0.45X Wide Angle Lens ." Only $10. I've looked all over for wide-angle webcams and they just don't exist. Over the Read More...
NewsFlash: Computers are Faster Than Before - Importing Digital Video from Tape and Making a DVD
The Wife and I travelled all over the world before we had kids (and all over the world after, actually...both boys have been on three continents) and amassed a huge pile of Video Tapes of our travels. I started with a Sony Digital 8 camera that recorded Read More...
Video Review: Eye-Fi Wi-Fi SD Card for Digital Cameras and Your Life's Workflow
I'm afraid I'm a utilitarian gift giver. I can't imagine not being this way. I basically look at a person's life-workflow and I look for ways to make some tiny thing slightly easier. Like a teacup with your name on it if yours keeps getting pinched at Read More...
2009 Blogged - Greatest Hits
While I (really) unplugged in December of 2009, you can access a nice calendar of all my 2009 posts (as well as other years) at this link . In 2008 I published a Greatest Hits post that I will keep updated, but here's a list of links to the posts I most Read More...
The (Near) Final Word on Multi-Monitor Taskbars for Windows 7 - Ultramon vs. DisplayFusion
Wow, this was the longest time I've ever gone without blogging. It was very interesting being (reasonably) unplugged. I was even more unplugged this time than last year when we spent Christmas in South Africa (where I was blogging near-daily over a cell Read More...
Get those pixels working for you
I just can't say enough about multiple monitors. I've had two monitors since 2003 and three since later that same year and have been hooked ever since. If you're working on a computer I'm convinced you need to fill your field of vision with the work at Read More...
Review: Zeo Personal Sleep Coach
There's been jokes for years asking if I sleep . I do tend to stay up late and I get a lot done between 2am and 5am, but I sleep quite nicely, thank you. However, I've always been fascinated by sleep. How long does it take me to fall asleep and how deep Read More...
Hanselminutes Podcast 189: 2009 Holiday Geek Gift Guide with Richard Campbell
My one-hundred-and-eighty-ninth podcast is up . It's the day after Thanksgiving (in the US) and we're making our way deep into the holiday season. Scott chats with Richard Campbell and they each share their best gadget gifts for the geek in your life. Read More...
Screenshots: Amazon Kindle 2 gets Better Battery Life and Native PDF Support
I love my Kindle. I've talked about this before in my quest for the perfect ebook reader: 2006: Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle - Will eBooks happen this time? 2008: Amazon Kindle 2009: A year with an Amazon Kindle (and new Kindle Cases) Late 2009: Amazon Read More...
Herding Cats: Organize your Desktop Icons with Stardock Fences for Windows
There are few issues that divide computer people like that thousand-year-old question: How many icons should you have on your desktop? Some folks say, "Load 'em up! Make those pixels work for you." Others say, "I like a fresh bowl desktop Read More...
Using a Bluetooth Jawbone Headset for BT-Audio (Microphone or Speakers) on Windows 7
I installed a PILE of new drivers tonight from Lenovo using their most awesome System Update 4.0 . Included was a Bluetooth Stack update . On a whim, I tried to pair my Jawbone Bluetooth Headset , something that has never worked before, and it worked! Read More...
Connectify creates and shares Virtual WiFi Hotspots with Windows 7
Somewhere around 2002, Microsoft Research started trying to figure out how to virtualize a WiFi adapter so one physical adapter could act as multiple virtual adapters. This functionality is actually baked into Windows 7, so if you've got 7, you've got Read More...
Hanselminutes Podcast 183: LIVE! Gadgets, Hi-Def, WebCams, 4G and More
My one-hundred-and-eighty-third podcast is up . This wacky episode of Hanselminutes was recorded at 3am on a sad, sad Saturday morning with an intrepid group of UStream and Twitter users who watched Scott chat about gadgets and technology and ultimate Read More...
Review: Trying Clear from Clearwire - Mobile Broadband Service
As a remote worker, I really need decent internet when I'm not in my home office. Sometimes I'll be at the local coffee shop, but more and more restaurants with Wi-Fi are kicking folks out who are leaching their bandwidth. I probably, in aggregate, waste Read More...
Review and Comparison: Microsoft LifeCam Cinema HD and VX-7000 with High Quality Video in Skype and Live Messenger
I've owned just about every Microsoft LifeCam there Microsoft makes. My first was the LifeCam NX-6000 and I've been upgrading ever since. I have been using a VX-7000 for the last year and it's a fine webcam. Best I've used, really, until now. I just picked Read More...
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