It’s been FAR too long - I’ve been immersed in my long-time non-profit venture recently, but will try to get a few of my many thoughts out since attending and other items I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing.
For now - check out the I ran across recently. It’s a GREAT compendium of a few of the best gift ideas as well as a guide
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The Canon EOS 1D Mark IIN is the latest in the line-up of Canon Digital SLR cameras, and I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing it for the last month in preparation for the forthcoming Men’s Vogue article showcasing hot new technologies. Being a Canon user myself for the last 5 years, and acquiring my set of Canon lenses to complement my cameras - I must say this camera is by far the coolest fucker I’ve played with yet!! The one HUGE downside for use average consumers - the price. It’s definitely targetted at the professional photographer who can withstand a $4000 bill for a single camera without lenses.
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You can’t get much sexier than Kate Moss (actually, maybe you can) and Nikon’s taken their advertising plan to new sex-appeal highs to tout their new Coolpix S6 pocket digital. I’ve spent a few weeks with their new flagship Coolpix and my impressions are below.
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For the upcoming August Men’s Vogue issue, I’ve been tasked with bringing in some new toys, and I thought I’d finally update some of this site with stories of each of the toys. To start - I’ll whip up a concoction of nouns, verbs, pronouns and sentences to feed you with the Sony HDR-HC3 high definition camcorder. At $1400 at B&H photo (I saw $800 at some places, although I can’t vouch for their reliability) - this is definitely the lowest cost “high definition” camcorder on the market. If you have only HD displays now, or your main ones are HD - this could certainly be a gem in the stable of gadgets. For more, read on…
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Anybody out there in the digital atmosphere knows the Harmony 768 is a pretty ancient (3 years old!) gadget. But, I had a few extras and sent one to a family friend. Here’s his review. I’ll add a few photos, but this is his experience with the unit. Anybody interested in trading some of their time writing a review on a product that I provide - let me know and we’ll work something out…
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I just found a fun little site. Check after the link for a graphical representation of where I’ve been in the world, and try your hand to see what your world looks like:
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On my current ESPN the Magazine tech makeover I’m working on - the centerpiece is an HP Media Center PC with the new Intel dual core CPU. The model we’re putting into the athlete’s home is a 7250N which has a gig of ram, 2.8ghz dual-core cpu, 250gb drive and ATI Radeon x300 128mb video card.
This is to be the centerpiece of the athlete’s digital life, acting as the server for audio, video, photos and games. Click through to see how it fares…
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Las Vegas HATES the annual Consumer Electronics Show.
Or at least that’s what I’ve always been told. More than 300,000 geeks decend on the City of Sin and spend all day and late into the evenings drooling over geek toys, spending very little time in the casinos or at the bars. No revenue from all those visitors, so they jack up the prices of hotels ($467 at the Howard Johnsons!) and invite porn stars to the town at the same time (www.avnawards.com).
So, what did I do? Well, I didn’t see a single porn star, didn’t spend a single penny at the casinos, and didn’t buy a single meal from my own money. But, I did see a TON of new gadgets. Here’s a few highlights of what I saw…
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Well, I made it. CES is the place to be right now of anyplace in the world, if you’re into geeky tech.
I won’t have a ton of time to write about what I’m seeing, nor should I - other people are far better at covering news than I am equipped.
So - check out these sites to see the latest happenings:
Engadget
C|Net
New York Times
Gizmodo
Those are the ones most worth reading. There’s a ton more out there, but who cares. Not me.