Sunday 8 July 2007
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Tech News
NASA has purchased a $19 million toilet system.
In Handspring founder Jeff Hawkin’s book, On Intelligence, he discusses the need for technology to progress into literal “thinking machines.” He has gone on to found a new company based on the theory named Numenta.
iPhoneDevCamp is going on right now where people are trying to hack and develop applications for the iPhone.
Guests
Q Ron Rosberg - GiSTEQ Photo Tracker Kit
- Syncs with the timestamp on your camera
- Then will “geotag” your pictures
- When you connect to the computer
- Install their software
- On Flickr, it will show you exactly where you took the picture
- $99.95 on Amazon
- Comes with USB charger
Q Chris Marquardt - Reviewing the Assignment
- Take a look at the Flickr group
- Theimentor actually went out and found every letter
- Floyduk used a flashlight to draw the letters
- Majorlefty used a Rubik’s cube
- New assignment: contrast
- Chris will be holding workshops in America in September
- 4 of them
- Check the schedule
Hour 1
Q Josh - Password manager OSX
Q Jeff from Van Nuys, CA - Sending mass email to customers
- Problem is because ISP thinks he is a spammer
- A good programmer can help you get this work
- Wants ISP to allow him to send 5000 emails
- If Yahoo can do it, why can’t he
Q Cheryl - Solution for mass mailing problem/Internet access on the road
- 1ShoppingCart has robust mass mailing options
- Can have 10000 people on list
- Can use it to sell all products
- Several places have WiFi
- DirecTV has an option for Direcway sattelite Internet
- Verizon and Sprint offer high speed EVDO solutions
- Look at coverage maps
Hour 2
Q Jeremy from San Jose, CA - MacBook disconnects from WiFi when inactive
- Something is wrong with the Airport driver
- Try creating a new account to see if the problem still occurs
Q Ed from Los Angeles, CA - TomTom GPS
- Leo thinks the TomTom is fantastic
- Best one out there is the Garmin Nuvi
- TomTom is very good though
- TomTom Go 910 will actually use text-to-speech to read street names
- Maybe you infected yourself
- Receiving false message
- Message led you to install a virus
Hour 3
Q No longer a remove application button in the add/remove
- Rolling back to June 1 fixed it
- Drivesnapshot.de provides a good insurance/backup
Q Tom from Garden Grove, CA - New TV
- In ideal circumstances, plasma is better
- Darkened room
- Plasma is susceptible to burn in
- DLP TVs are great
- Look at HD-ILA rear projection
Q Jerry from Oceanside, CA - Computer running poorly after update
- Can uninstall hotfixes from add/remove programs
- Windows Genuine Advantage shouldn’t slow system down
Q Cathleen - Machine slowing down after Windows Updates
- May be Windows Genuine Advantage
- Possibility of a hard drive problem
- Possible to uninstall Windows Genuine Advantage
- SpinRite can do a low-level format
- But it is $80