Archive for the 'Gear' Category
Power Over Ethernet
December 27th, 2011I’m testing a sort of Gilligan’s Island mobile broadband antenna system here at our place. For whatever reason, the Telecom XT signal here has decreased in recent months. I’ve long known that all I need for a solid signal is more altitude, which I could attain by building a transceiver up on a hill that’s […]
Yoshimasa Sakurai: Sustainable Way of Living
November 30th, 2011This is an astonishing resource, especially for people in New Zealand. Save locally and consider printing hard copies. Via: ecohouse.co.nz
Amazon Kindle DX
November 24th, 2011If you have been waiting for an excuse to buy the Kindle DX (the one with the big screen), Amazon just knocked $120 off the regular price. I saw this when I logged into my Amazon Associates account. It said that this promotion ends 11/28.
Japan: Food Radiation Checker
October 7th, 2011Send the bill to Tepco? *groan* Via: Cnet: For many Japanese, food safety is an urgent concern in light of the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, from which radiation has entered the food supply. Kyoto-based scientific equipment maker Horiba is trying to help with a radiation detector kit that can tell users […]
Capture Camera Clip System by Peak Design
September 22nd, 2011This looks great / wish I had it 20 years ago. Via: Amazon: The Capture Camera Clip System is a new way for active photographers to carry their camera – by rigidly clipping it to any strap or belt on your existing gear. The product consists of a compact, ultralight aluminum “chassis” that securely clamps […]
Seasonic Fanless Power Supplies
August 31st, 2011I’m doing more book length reading at my computer and the power supply fan noise just had to go. I’d estimate that the power supply was making about 75% of the total system noise. Maybe 15% was CPU fan noise, with the rest of the noise split among the video card fan, case fan and […]
Samsung Netbook NP-NC215-A01US with Built In Solar Panel
July 13th, 2011This might be of interest to the many Cryptogon readers who, shall we say, have no fixed address. Since grabbing an unauthorized charge can result in a jail sentence, this is just one more way to avoid a potential encounter with the filth. This netbook will ship in August. Via: Amazon: More: Engadget
MultiCharts Discretionary Trader – Free
May 8th, 2011I know that many of you are interested in technical analysis and trading, so I thought I’d mention that TSSupport has released a completely free version of MultiCharts. The main functionality difference between the professional and the free versions is that you can’t create your own functions, indicators and strategies with the free one. Even […]
4 Years of Factor e Farm in 4 Minutes
April 25th, 20114 Years of Factor e Farm in 4 Minutes from Open Source Ecology on Vimeo. More: TED: Marcin Jakubowski: Open-Sourced Blueprints for Civilization opensourceecology.org Research Credit: applecidervinegar
Berkey Water Filter Question
March 31st, 2011[Update] It’s Much Less Turbid Than I Indicated Initially In email and through the story suggestion form, I’m being flooded with pre-filter related stuff. Ok, I gave the wrong impression in my initial description. A pre-filter isn’t going to do anything with this water. I poured a glass of steam distilled water and set it […]
