I just created a Qik.com account, to see how it works. I was surprised to find out it works great. It had no problems on my home network, or over the Tmobile network. Now I just need to find a reason to use it.
I will probably win some awards for my awesome cinematography.
If you saw the IT crowd episode about FriendFace, you probably were wondering WTF was Roy playing with on the couch.
I had no clue. It looked like some kind of giant MP3 player, with dual screen visualization.
So I spent some time searching, and it turns out to be a Tenori-ON music sequencer. I was a little bummed that is was not a giant mp3 player.
They charge $999 for it, so it really is more of a toy for people that have too much money.
Here are some videos of it in action.
One of the best holiday gifts I got this year, has to be my wireless headphones. They were purchased from an Amazon.com half price special, and used in the family gift exchange. My plan was just to pick them, instead of another gift. The plan worked perfectly.
I am not sure how I lived without these. All I had to do was plug them into my TV audio out. The sound quality is perfect, and there is no interference. When I am done, they just go on the charging stand.
Now I can watch late night movies, or video games without disturbing anybody.
For the past few months I have been working on scanning in all of my old photos. I bought a HP scanjet G4010 scanner for the this project. It only took me about about 30 hours of research before purchasing it. I tend to overdo research for anything I buy. All of my research showed me that it probably did not matter what I bought.
So far it has done a really good job with the photos, but it can be a little slow. I can’t really blame the scanner, it is looks like any scanner would be about the same speed. I tried a $3000 epson scanner, and it was not any faster. After scanning about 300 photos, I feel like have all of the settings mastered. I was just able to scan in some really dark photos, and make them look pretty good. I will post some before and after shots.
My goal is to finish scanning in the last two boxes of photos in the next few of months. I would say that is a conservative estimate. After this is done, I never want to see a film camera again.