The printer market is constantly in a state of change – new models are always coming out – and usually with brilliant names like XTS-4320 which replaced the XTS-470 … but of course, you knew that. The main reason is they don’t really want you to remember the model number, just the brand name. But […]

Every once in a while, you’ll run across an oddity on DVD’s – files that are easily viewed on the DVD player but do not show up in Handbrake. (After selecting BROWSE, the rest of the DVD loads but not that segment). It’s usually because it’s not copy-protected and “open” – usually the movie trailers […]

So staying at the Atlantis is not a bad gig. What is a killer is realizing that you need a fatter wallet to enjoy the posh scenery.  The following pricing is all in US dollars as the Bahamian dollar is roughly 1-1.  For example: One copy of a daily issue of the New York Times:  […]

As film-makers know, one of the most difficult technical matters during the shoot are the dailies. Dailies are the footage that you shot that day – you want to view them to make sure you got what you needed performance wise and story tellng wise but also that you have enough coverage shots (long, medium, […]

I am in the Bahamas at a conference and my cell phone doesn’t work…at all. I guess I should have taken notes about Metroxing’s post of SIM cards, eh? One thing that is saving me is that I brought along the laptop and am using Skype to make calls to the States for about 2 […]

Only Microsoft could come with an “open” format that’s not actually “open,” but I don’t think anyone is shocked. After working hard to establish .doc and .xls and .ppt as the “standard” of course, now that others are building apps online, it’s time for MS to throw out the baby & the bathwater and make […]

Now, these are not brilliant nor will they change your life forever but just thought you should know these are out on DVD: If you missed the 70’s or want to reminisce, there is hardly a better capsule of that time period than THE BEST OF MATCH GAME. It’s not every episode of every year […]

Whether you choose a $599 Mini or an 8-core desktop Mac with a 30″ screen, you will get off on the right footing with the only computer that can run at least 2 OSes including OSX & Vista and comes bundled with a useful amount of software – and not bloatware or trialware – not […]

Wow!  First Microsoft spurns a deal to buy YouTube which Google snapped up for $1.65 Billion because it was too pricey.  Now Microsoft agrees to pay double what a firm is worth to pull it into its stable. An act of desperation?  Sure seems like it. Obviously, when Google guys DoubleClick (a direct competitor of […]

“Can machines think?” In 1950 mathematician Alan Turing pondered this question and invented an elegant game to answer it: Let a human chat via Teletype with a computer and another human; if the person can’t determine which is the computer, then it meets Turing’s standards for “thinking.” In recent years Turing’s game has taken on […]