sduford on Aug 31 2007 | Filed under: Computers, Technology
Every once in a while it looks like Moore’s Law is about to hit a brick wall, and every time, new advances come along to keep it alive and well. IBM just announced two great research breakthroughs that promise to increase both data storage density and transistor density by orders of magnitude!
This means that you [...]
sduford on Aug 30 2007 | Filed under: Photography
Nikon has been doing great in the DSLR market for the last couple of years. They’ve been selling everything they make and they are building new plants to meet the demand. They are doing particularly well in the beginner cameras with the D40/D40x/D50 but they are also doing very well in the advanced cameras (D80) [...]
sduford on Aug 30 2007 | Filed under: Photography
A recent survey by J.D. Powers and Associates places Nikon well at the top of customer satisfaction for Digital SLR cameras. Suprisingly, Canon is not even number 2, a spot taken by Sony!
sduford on Aug 28 2007 | Filed under: Miscellaneous, Photography
Last week Nikon announced a new D300 camera, which is basically an upgrade of the D200 I currently use and love. It has the same excellent body as the D200, but with a lot of signifcant upgrades:
New 12.3 effective megapixel Nikon DX [...]
sduford on Aug 22 2007 | Filed under: Miscellaneous, Photography
Tally chased a racoon up a three this morning. Poor thing was nearly scared to death! Cute though…
sduford on Aug 16 2007 | Filed under: Politics
My friends know that for the last 5 years or so, I’ve been of the opinion that America is unfortunately on the brink of a major decline. Like every great empire in human history, America is about to hit a brick wall and find itself on a prolonged economic, social, environmental, and political decline (those [...]
sduford on Aug 15 2007 | Filed under: Politics, Scams, Science, Skepticality
The Guardian has a very nice op-ed piece today on our society’s slide back into the dark ages of superstition and quack science. Well worth a read. Here’s an extract:
The enlightenment was a beautiful thing. People cast aside dogma and authority. They started to think for themselves. Natural science flourished. Understanding of the real world [...]
sduford on Aug 13 2007 | Filed under: Politics
Wow, I have just gained a whole lot of respect for Cheney. Turns out that way back in 1994, he already knew why it would be a very bad idea to invade Iraq. Too bad he forgot it all by the time he became VP.
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sduford on Aug 06 2007 | Filed under: Building in Panama
Here’ some of our final (or very nearly final blueprints). There are a total of 14 sheets but I’m not going to bother with the electrical, structural, and plumbing drawings. I am only posting the architectural drawings.
Guest House
Livingroom + Kitchen
Bedrooms
Bohio + Masterbath details
Pool + Patio/Pergola
I really can’t wait to see what it will look like [...]
sduford on Aug 06 2007 | Filed under: Hardware, Mobile Devices, Technology
Here’s an article on a very interesting wireless technology. The company behind this product is called Meraki and their goal is to bring the Internet to the next billion people, mostly in disadvantaged areas where they currently have no access. This kind of technology offers hope for free wireless access almost anywhere in the world [...]
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