HP Computers are racist
An experiment that HP built in web cams can’t follow black people properly. Guess the QA process wasn’t that great over at HP, no?
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Dear Timex, Memory Full on my OVA Ironman. Really? Help.
Occasionally, I like to talk about products I can’t live without. One of them happens to be my Timex Ironman OVA. After getting this as a gift from my beautiful wife about 3 years ago, I don’t think I can ever go back to a ‘normal’ watch. What’s OVA you ask? OVA is Optimal Viewing Angle. The OVA Timex actually sits sideways on your wrist. It took about 2 days go get used to but after that it’s awesome for running, biking, hiking, trail running – whatever your passion might be.
One thing this watch doesn’t do however is provide any type of a link cable to transfer data. Apparently, there is some internal memory storage in the device, but you can’t transfer it out via Bluetooth that I know of or anything to that end. So when I tried to step the stop watch the other day and saw this I found it humorous:
The Timex OVA I use has a CR2016 battery. It’s a real pain in the butt to replace, but I reseated the battery and all seems well again. Although now I’ve got some condensation in it after 24 hours and some running in the recent hurricane. I’ll let you guys know how Timex fixes it, they’ve rocked in the past when I had an issue.
If you’re looking for a new cool watch, this might be your ticket. This watch rocks. I’ve got the Silver Face with Orange accents, but you can pick up the blue Timex OVA for $38 on Amazon here
How to: Disable the Voice Dialing on your Blackberry
Applications –> Options –> Screen/Keyboard –> Convenience Key Options
Best Way to Swim using your iPod in the Pool
So, being a work out fanatic, I’m dying to have one of these. It would make my swims sooooo much more enjoyable I think! Anyone tried this out? Here’s the description from the H20 Audio Interval site:
Swim with music! Endorsed by Olympic Gold Medalist Natalie Coughlin, Interval helps you swim longer and train harder by providing the soundtrack to your next swim session. It’s sleek waterproof case and integrated waterproof headphones attach to practically any swim goggle making it a low profile, hassle-free way to stay motivated during your next swim.
Netbooks – Advantages to a mini notebook computer
Earlier this week, Steven Rupp, Sr. posed a question for us on the Monitor Giveaway thread about netbooks. Just what is a netbook you ask? Well, simply put, a netbook is this: A small portable laptop computer designed for wireless communication and access to the Internet.
I would say that both Dell and Asus offer great sub notebook products in the netbook category and if you are looking to simply have access to the internet and your email, the netbook is probably just what you need, no more, no less.
What a Netbook can offer
- Genuine Windows® XP Home Edition or a Linux Based OS
- Solid State Harddrives for ultra fast boot times (or a full hard drive if you want to store pictures)
- Very light, extremely easy for traveling
- Widescreen Aspect Ratios for great viewing
Take a look at some reviews of the Asus Eee PC as well as some reviews of the Dell Mini 10 and Mini10v.
In the end, you can’t go wrong with a netbook – they’ll get you access to the internet, your email, as well as give you basic browsing capabilities. If you are looking to store lots of pictures, you’ll want to be sure to get one with a full hard drive and not just one of the solid state drive based netbooks. If you are already using a netbook, we’d love to hear your experiences with them!
How to: When your iPod won’t work – reset utility for Windows
If you’ve ever seen this on your iPod, then you know you’re in trouble. For some reason every time I plug in my iPod to my Dell XPS M1330, Windows assigns it a drive letter and I can see the device in explorer for all of 5 seconds before iTunes launches and overtakes the device – it’s then no longer visible from Explorer – but that’s an issue for another day.
Today’s how to is going to focus on how you can easily wipe out your iPod outside of the iTunes interface. Luckily, the iPod Shuffle does have a reset utility that indeed does the job.
I was able to reset my Shuffle to the factory settings successfully. The other issue I mentioned above still really bothers me – why would iTunes take over a device and remove it from being seen in Windows Explorer. I can fire up the great Copy Trans iPod Manager for Windows before I plug in my iPod and this seems to force iTunes to NOT LOAD, but what a pain. I really wan to use iTunes for loading my music, but Apple is making that very difficult to do since I can’t sync my iPod with iTunes in any form, shape or fashion.
Apple, most of the time you rock, but with this Shuffle (and my backup one) – they don’t want to play nicely with iTunes.
