Inside View

Consumer Technology Successes 2008

EACH JANUARY, I WISH I had a generous expense account so I could plunge into the new offers revealed during CES. I have a wishlist that would make home entertainment more enjoyable, create closer links to my extended family, and reduce p...

Moving Up to Internet Radio

WE HAVE A 12 year old Sony radio sitting in the kitchen and it will easily last another 12 years without fail. But I already want to move up to internet radio because there's so much more content I need to absorb audibly. The Revo AXiS f...

For My Birthday

AFTER I TURNED 20, I learned I was lucky to have a January birthday because whatever I didn't get for Christmas, I had a strong chance of getting for my birthday. So, for an upcoming birthday, I want both a direct drive record player and...

Gooku

JAIKU IS JOINING GOOGLE. That's what Jyri Engeström says. He writes that they "look forward to working with our new friends at Google over the coming months to expand in ways we hope you'll find interesting and useful. Our engineers ar...

Need Laptop Power

Need Laptop Power Originally uploaded by Irish Typepad I BURN OUT power converters all the time. Because I tend to plug them into industrial strength mains outlets--like the power outlets used aboard Irish Rail--a typical power...

To Learn from My Spaces

Bernie Goldbach in Thurles | Photo by @jyri | 312 words I AM ACTIVELY seeking spaces where others learn while I also document how I learn from my spaces. Along the way, I'm developing a wishlist that includes high fidelty learning chair...

Stackable CD indexer

I HAVE STACKS OF STUFF so when I read Charles Arthur's review of the Imation Stakka CD Storage system, I thought it might be a cool way of reducing the two shelves of computer CDs that I have sitting beside my desk. There are Open Source...

Nokia N70 Camera

USING THE NOKIA N70 cameraphone (not for this JFK image but for these photos) means I am very close to having megapixel coverage in my pocket. The N70 snaps two megapixels with very nice optics. In practical use, I get sharper images tha...