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Griffin Clarifi review

nobody@vox.com(metajames) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:21:05 -0700

When I saw that Griffin announced the Calrifi case for iPhone 3G at Apple Expo Paris I thought it was brilliant. The Clarifi proposed to solve a problem I experience with my iPhone 3G constantly, inability to take macro photos with the camera p...

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powerbook battery

nobody@vox.com(metajames) — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:56:11 -0700

This is the current condition of the original battery that came with my Rev. A 12" Powerbook G4. It still runs for over three hours on a single charge. Not bad for a 3+ year old battery, proper care and maintenance is key. Joke all you want guy...

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the apple power supply conspiracy

nobody@vox.com(metajames) — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:58:29 -0700

Most apple laptop power supplies since the iBook have some sort of cable management / warping device built into the brick itself. Although this appears to be a "insanely great" innovation, it encourages poor cable husbandry and premature power sup...

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google sightseeing

nobody@vox.com(metajames) — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 15:14:59 -0700

This is one of the best procrastination tools I have ever come across. Basically it is a database of cool things you can see on google maps' satellite images. Everything from tourist attractions to sunken drug smuggling planes and Chinese submarin...

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Free Starbucks Grande Iced Drink

nobody@vox.com(metajames) — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 13:14:50 -0700

Now until Sept. 30, 2006 use this coupon to get a free *$ (read: star-bucks) iced drink between noon and 9pm. Just print out this pdf coupon and redeem at your local bucks. Starbucks Coupon PDF

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I'm such a nerd because...

nobody@vox.com(metajames) — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 15:15:34 -0700

What's the nerdiest thing about you? I am a licensed amateur radio operator. That is some serious geek.

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Shattered DLP Blub

nobody@vox.com(metajames) — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:04:02 -0700

The lamp in my DLP projection television blew out this week. I had always heard people talk about these bulbs shattering but I guess seeing is believing. When I pulled the lamp assembly out I was surprised at just how destroyed the thing was. T...

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excess

nobody@vox.com(metajames) — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:33:51 -0700

Is the world's most expensive MP3 player cast in 18 karat gold with 63 one-karat diamonds really necessary?

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Encoding Video for a Nokia E61

nobody@vox.com(metajames) — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:51:45 -0700

After digging around allot and many test encodings later I managed to encode video for my Nokia E61. This method requires that you have quicktime pro, I played around with ffmpeg a bunch but wasn't able to find the correct settings. I could to go...

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Hyperdrive HD80

nobody@vox.com(metajames) — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:57:22 -0700

I picked up a Hyperdrive HD80 for dumping Compact Flash cards from my DSLR in the field. This thing dumps a card faster than any other device out there. Unfortunately, the build quality is awful, the case is shoddy and the doors on either end...

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