By Marc, on September 30th, 2006%
Has anyone else noticed their web browsing speeds on Cingular GPRS (MEdia Net) have gotten *ridiculously* slow lately? It’s driving me batty. As far as I can tell, the download speed is reasonable, but the upload latency has gotten ridiculously bad. It’s not uncommon for Blazer to be stuck in the “Sending…” stage for 5 minutes. . . . → Read More: Treo 650/Cingular: atrocious GPRS speeds lately
By Marc, on September 30th, 2006%
I think I’d like to have a del.icio.us client for my Treo. Why? Basically because the Treo is not great for reading a lot of pages and I’d like to bookmark them for later viewing when I have a big screen and a broadband connection. Right now I either use Blazer’s pathetic bookmarks which are not . . . → Read More: del.icio.us client for Treo?
By Marc, on September 30th, 2006%
The OS X 10.4.8 upgrade appeared for me in Software Update this afternoon. Here’s the skinny…
The 10.4.8 Update is recommended for all users and includes general operating system fixes, as well as specific fixes for the following applications and technologies:
- connecting to wireless networks using the EAP-FAST protocol
- Apple USB modem reliability
- using OpenType fonts in . . . → Read More: Mac OS X 10.4.8 update
By Marc, on September 30th, 2006%
While going through the pictures of our recent vacation, I once again noticed that we forgot to adjust the clock on the camera and so had a bunch of pictures with the wrong timestamps. Remembering that I previously had luck with a great command-line EXIF manipulator called jhead, I figured it could do the trick once . . . → Read More: jhead to the rescue once again
By Marc, on September 30th, 2006%
A few days ago while we were on the cruise, we heard the song, “Rich Girl” by Gwen Stefani, Eve, et al. Now I’ve heard this song before many times – heck I’d even say that I like it. The interesting thing is that this time we were with Nicole’s parents and they instantly commented on . . . → Read More: Rich Girl
By Marc, on September 30th, 2006%
S30 on-off switch / lens cover – Canon Digital Photography Forums
Some info on how to disassemble the sliding lens cover on Canon digital cameras. This inspired me to do it myself and do my own post with photos.
(tags: canon camera repair fix)
Trie – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yep, “trie” – it’s different from “tree”. Actually it’s a . . . → Read More: links for 2006-09-30
By Marc, on September 29th, 2006%
As I mentioned previously, I started having trouble with the sliding lens cover on my Canon S40 digital camera. After reading a bit on a forum about others successfully taking their cameras apart and fixing them, I went ahead and did it myself.
Pretty simple. Only took out 7 tiny screws – two on the left, two . . . → Read More: Fixing my Canon S40 digital camera