Digital Sundries

Assorted Thoughts in a Shrinking World
Archive for September 2010

Archos 70

2010-09-25 by derrell, tagged as nerdy, tech_pron

These new gen8 android tablets from Archos caught my attention about a month ago and I have been coveting them ever since. They range in screen size from 3.2 inches to 10.1 inches. The one that has caught my attention the most is the 7 inch 70 tablet. It looks like it will be big enough to use while still being small enough to fit into a hand easily.

Once these come out in October I think that I will just almost have to have one. Right now it looks like they will ship with android 2.1 but 2.2 will be available for upgrade.

Update

The Archos 70 is up for preorder at JR.com . Found this little tidbit at the ArchosFans forum site. I'm wondering when newegg.com will start offering them.

Posted Saturday 01:57 PM

Books Section

2010-09-21 by derrell, tagged as books, general

Added a new section to the site titled Books. These are public domain books that I have converted from text to one of the formats that I use for e-reading. There isn't much there right now but I will be adding more as time goes by. All of the books listed are no longer under copyright in the United States.

The two formats that I use the most are the imp format used by the ebookwise 1150, and the Fiction Book2 format which my Astak EZReader can use. The ebookwise is an older LCD screen reader that was the first dedicated reading device that I purchased. Up till then I had been reading on palm handheld devices. The Astak is an E-ink screen device that supports a lot of different formats. Alas imp isn't one of them so I end up doing conversions on everything to create two formats because I still use my ebookwise almost as much as I do the EZReader.

Posted Tuesday 01:22 PM

Image Testing Redux

2010-09-18 by derrell, tagged as nerdy

More tinkering with how images are added.

Posted Saturday 10:41 PM

Spiders

2010-09-18 by derrell, tagged as critters

We always have one or two of these guys on the front porch every year. I always leave them alone as long as their webs aren't across the front door.

Posted Saturday 03:52 PM

Dont Need No Stinkin Safety Lines

2010-09-18 by derrell, tagged as general

After watching the video below I was sweating and feeling just a little light headed. I've heard that these guys make serious money. God I hope so, but I can tell you that there is no amount of cash that could get me up on the top of one of these towers.

Update
Video removed from Youtube due to copyright complaint.

Posted Saturday 03:22 PM