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Panasonic FX9 and SE Z600Originally uploaded by jmissig.

That’s my new camera next to my phone.

I ordered the Panasonic DMC-FX9, but apparently it’s on back order and they’re claiming it will be shipped sometime in November. Sigh. I hope it comes sooner than that!

I can’t wait to take photos in 16:9 and to have a camera where I can actually see the correct bounds of what will and will not […]

Why not make a Bluetooth version of the V500 Cordless Notebook Mouse? Instead of having a USB receiver that you have to carry around in the mouse, give it a retractable USB cable for charging, and allow it to communicate wirelessly via Bluetooth when not charging. I thought we had come a long way since […]

Today starts out with me reading a well-explained piece on what PalmOne Palm has done wrong with their Treo software, HotSync software, and firmware. As someone who’s still trying really hard to like Palm—I have an m500 which is slightly better than a Palm V, except the Palm V was completely metal—I completely agree with […]

Apparently I’m supposed to be excited about the Creative Zen Vision, the latest entry into the so-called “oncoming” portable video player market.
A fellow with the handle of “Rom” summed it up best:
Again, I am baffled. Why would anyone want to watch a movie on a 3.7″ screen? Even if you could hook it up to […]

I love the Altec Lansing XT1 speakers. They’re two speakers about the height of my hands which come in a really nice carrying case. You take them out, plug in a cable between the two, and plug in a USB cable to your laptop. That’s all you need to do and you have these portable […]

My friend Edmund points out that the “use encryption” checkbox for Bluetooth is gone in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. It is my assumption that encryption over Bluetooth is simply always enabled in Tiger, but neither of us have found anything anywhere which specifies what the current functionality is. Edmund would be much more comfortable […]