My sister gave me a Kodak Zi6 HD Pocket Video Camera
for Christmas today. What a great, awesome gift. Here’s a 30 second sample of me playing with it just after lunch. I can’t wait to start catching the kids with video instead of just camera stills. I tried some other recordings from the car, through the windshield as we were driving, in darker settings, etc… and it was all great! I’m gonna have a blast with this thing. My sister picked out a most excellent gift this year…
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I’m using Fluid with Groove Shark. It’s a great combo. Groove Shark is awesome for finding new music but the non-VIP site had a ad banner on the right side. Normally, I wouldn’t care. But with Fluid, I would like to not have that ad. I’ll probably pay for Groove Shark eventually, once it’s been around and I know it’s not going anywhere anytime soon.
Here’s the script I use with Fluid. I borrowed some code from someone (credited) and then modified it for my liking. With his original code the site wasn’t centered correctly without the ad. My fix makes it look just like it should– minus the ad.
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After many months here at hostgator.com as my host I’m giving up on them and moving on– or rather, moving back to my previous host. Before, I was with TextDrive.com and while it’s gone through a name change to Joyent.com with many, many changes beyond the name, I’m hoping to have a more stable site. Too much crap to deal with here with stuff just not working as it should.
So, pre-warning. Hopefully it’ll be a smooth move but there’s always that slim chance.
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I just received, installed and configured my brand new Hewlett Packard OfficeJet 6500 Wireless. It’s replacing my old HP PSC 2175 All-in-One. As soon as I got it unpackaged, untaped, plugged in, configured, which was a snap, I printed my first batch of labels and shipping forms for my Amazon sales. Color me very impressed.
I was always happy with my HP PSC 2175 AIO but the other day the ink cartridge holder broke and I couldn’t repair it myself. I figured getting it repaired would cost enough that it wouldn’t be worth the trouble. So I started digging through reviews, and prices for a replacement. I wanted something under $150 and due to the holidays I got the HP OfficeJet 6500 Wireless for $117. Woo. Great price. Normally it’s $150+.
The inkjet printer/copier/scanner/fax has two slots for memory cards (SD, MMC, Compact Flash, Sony Memory Stick, Sony Memory Stick Duo, and XD) to print pictures directly, can print borderless 4 by 6-inch photos and does double-sided printing. The scanner is a nice, sharp 2,400 dpi, 48-bit scanner. Standard printing runs right along 32 and 31 ppm for black and color. Just as stated on the HP specs. Draft mode? 80 ppm for a 20 page video game walkthrough that I printed! The scanner also includes a 35 page automatic document feeder. Sweet.
And I love having a wireless printer. True, it’s not Bluetooth, but I don’t really care about that. Setting up the wireless printer with my Mac Pro was a snap. My Mac instantly saw the printer. I have yet to try configuring it with my wife’s Windows laptop. Hoping it’ll be just as easy.
Bravo HP! I love my new printer.
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