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Entries from January 2004

Cellphone gun in action

January 30th, 2004 · Comments Off

Yikes!!!  I wonder if Sprint will carry this one? J 
Fascinating (and a somewhat unsettling, when you think about it) video clip of an actual cellphone gun in action. View [Thanks, Alex]… [Gizmodo]

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Cellphone gun in action

January 30th, 2004 · Comments Off

Yikes!!!  I wonder if Sprint will carry this one? J 
Fascinating (and a somewhat unsettling, when you think about it) video clip of an actual cellphone gun in action. View [Thanks, Alex]… [Gizmodo]

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Myth-Tivo

January 28th, 2004 · Comments Off

Yes, for those that have been following my at-home projects, I have a new gadget in the house.  MythTV is a “do-it-yourself” PVR.  I have been trying to get rid of my recurring Tivo charge that I have been paying for the last 3 years.  It seems that I can hack the Tivo to get [...]

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SanDisk ships 1GB SD card

January 28th, 2004 · Comments Off

1GB of SD goodness. J 
Reg Kit Watch [The Register]

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Myth-Tivo

January 28th, 2004 · 1 Comment

Yes, for those that have been following my at-home projects, I have a new gadget in the house.  MythTV is a “do-it-yourself” PVR.  I have been trying to get rid of my recurring Tivo charge that I have been paying for the last 3 years.  It seems that I can hack the Tivo to get [...]

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Xbox Media Center Extender Kit

January 27th, 2004 · Comments Off

Now it seems that you can use your Xbox as a front-end to your MediaCenter PC. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/evaluation/devices/xboxextenderkit.asp
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Xbox Media Center Extender Kit

January 27th, 2004 · Comments Off

Now it seems that you can use your Xbox as a front-end to your MediaCenter PC. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/mediacenter/evaluation/devices/xboxextenderkit.asp
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3GB hard disk

January 25th, 2004 · Comments Off

 Not a very big hard drive, right?  You would be correct.  This is NOT a very big hard drive….  Take a look here.

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Favicon by popular demand

January 21st, 2004 · 1 Comment

I figured out how to do Favicons.  <sarcasm> woohoo </sarcasm>
 
At least I won’t see so many 404 errors in the logs. J
 

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Early word of Sprint’s new video phone

January 20th, 2004 · Comments Off

Uh, video calls over the cell phone.  I hope the camera is like the A600 and not the A620.  A600 phones have a swivel camera so you can point it back at you without turning the phone around. 
No photos, but Sprint PCS Info has some details on the Samsung A700, which they think might be [...]

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