One thing I’ve been interested in lately is data deduplication (also known as single-instance storage).
So here’s the idea - say your company has a thousand people and you send out an email with a 2MB file attached. With a traditional setup you’re going to be paying to store that file 1k times.
Enter data deduplication - this is a hardware/software solution that would identify that each of those files is redundant (after the first one) and only keep one copy, so your storage costs (and management costs of a bunch of redundant data) go down. Of course in this situation data deduplication is probably overkill, but if you are dealing with terabytes of redundant data, this might actually make sense in your organization.
See our full article on data deduplication here.
Firstly, for anyone who thinks its strange that we are now selling Fisher Space Pens should realize that we aren’t discriminatory. We are an equal technology opportunity retailer, engaged in the selling of anybackgammon free casino money free craps game play free black jack craps video poker strategy play black jack online how to win video poker casino game online uk best casino online casino secure online gambling jackpot casino online casino black jack learn to play craps how to win at video poker craps online blackjack casino game online casino betting free on line video poker casino games no download casino online gambling casino play free casino slots video poker machine bonus video poker free on line slots double bonus video poker free video poker games free casinos roulette online craps rules free on line casino rules of craps online casino free money optical communicationsblackjack 21 internet casino how to play craps free casino game download fortunelounge online casino free casino download free casino card game free roulette game free casino play no deposit free money casino internet casino online cool techy gadget.
What’s a Fisher Space Pen?
For those of you not yet in the know, a space pen is a pen with a pressurized refill ink cartridge. This allows you to write upside down, or even on a surface that you typically wouldn’t assume a pen could even write, like on the skin of a greased up pig.
The Story of Fisher Space Pens
And finally, the story. The story is really more interesting than the product itself, unless of course you’re in a sticky situation that requires you to write on a wet fish you just caught while lying on your back.
Back in December of 1945 the inventor of the ballpoint pen, Milton Reynolds, hired Paul C. Fisher to perfect the ballpoint pen. Later, in 1965 when men started space exploration, Fisher decided that people in space would need a pen that they could write with in zero gravity and also in extreme heat of non atmospheric space travel (250F+). The pressurized ink cartridge was then devised. But then the story gets even wilder.
The pressurized ink cartridge had a problem; there was nothing keeping it from spilling ink everywhere, or to regulate how much ink came out when in use. Fisher struggled with the problem until this event (in Fisher’s words):
“So, I made a pressurized pen, but all of the available inks kept oozing around the ball point. My father, who had passed away, came to me in a dream and told me to use a small amount of rosin to stop the oozing. Rosin did not help, but through trial and error, we did discover that certain rubber like synthetic resins solved the problem.”
Well, whether or not you believe in the story, nothing will put you into greater disbelief after you try the amazing pen known as the space pen.
Tech-wise, one of the biggest dilemmas facing Americans is a weak cell signal. Cell phones are becoming more and more relied on than ever before, with a new study showing that among people aged 18-29, 31% do not have a landline phone and rely only on cell service only. This number continues to grow year after year. Unfortunately not everyone has the best cell reception.
Cell signals can be boosted using a kit that consists of an antenna to talk back and forth with the nearest cell tower (sometimes called the ‘outside antenna’), an amplifier to boost the existing reception, and another antenna for the kit to communicate with cell phones and data devices. Often times manufacturers will make all-in-one cell signal boosters that have one of the two antennas built-in, like a car booster kit that requires the ‘outside’ antenna to be mounted on the roof while the ‘inside’ antenna and the amplifier is built into the 12V power adapter. There are other cell phone signal booster kits that are more customizable and you are required to buy these three parts separately.
Another thing to look out for when buying a cell phone signal booster kit is to know which frequency your provider has you on. There are two main frequencies: 800 MHz (cellular) and 1900 MHz (PCS). It’s important to get the right booster kit for your signal frequency. Although it can differ in some areas, in general AT&T, Verizon, and Alltel are on the Cellular band, and Sprint, T-Mobile, Metro PCS, Cricket, and Suncom are on the PCS band. You can always play it safe and get a dual band booster kit as well.
The Apogee HDMI 4×2 True Matrix is finally here for all of us regular shmos that can’t afford the really expensive matrix solutions and that only want to spend around $100. Don’t get me wrong, there are a lot of Matrix switches out there at that price point, but many of them aren’t worth it. We’ve done extensive market testing and hardware testing and have found this to work really well, especially for the price. Check out a more comprehensive analysis of the product мебели сливенhere.
What’s the worst part about moving around your AV equipment? All the cables right? Once they are connected, you don’t want to mess with them and when you do, you find out that some are too long, some are too short, and all of them are UGLY. Running a cable drop down a wall is expensive and messy, and very permanent. Until recently, there weren’t any other options. Enter wireless HDMI. Really. Send video and audio up to full 1080p wirelessly. It will extend up to 30 feet, and eliminate the mess of an in wall cable termination, and avoid the unsightly (and dangerous) cable winding around the room. And it comes from Gefen, so you know it is quality. So, want to rearrange the furniture for the next superbowl party? Go ahead… nothing is stopping you now.
Want to really clean things up? Feed your Wireless HDMI with a DVDO Video processor Your home theater setup will be a dream come true.
Are you living on the EDGE? I don’t mean to continually confuse you by asking strange questions (see latest post), but I’m not asking if you consider yourself on the fringe of society or any social subsets, I’m asking whether or not you live in an area with EDGE coverage. If you are with either AT&T or T-Mobile, chances are you are living life on the EDGE. But how could this possible change your life for the better?
First, allow me to explain. EDGE is the signal that improved GSM and GPRS cell signals so that they could support data transfer. In order to transfer data successfully, like with a smart phone or laptop with an EDGE card from the carrier, you’re going to need to live in an EDGE zone, otherwise transfers will probably take too long and time out.
So, say you live in an EDGE zone. Awesome, right? Maybe not. Usually if you’re on a data plan with your cellular provider you’re going to either have to use your phone for all of the data you use, or pay a lot more for a PCMCIA card for unlimited data on your laptop. There is a way around this, however. If you use a
EDGE USB Modem, you can actually use your phone’s SIM card and get the exact same EDGE signal to your laptop without paying the $60 or so a month for the PCMCIA card. Careful though, make sure there aren’t overage charges for downloading too much data with your phone because you tend to use a lot more data bandwidth when you’re on your laptop as opposed to your cell phone.
Check out our composite to HDMI solution.
Remember when dinosaurs roamed the Earth? No? Well the age-old problem of converting the analog composite (usually in the form of that yellow RCA connection) or S-Video to HDMI (the new popular digital HD connection for newer TVs) is about to be extinct like the dinosaurs with this new composite to HDMI converter, and pretty soon you won’t remember what it was like not to have this conversion either. We’ve tested it ourselves and give it an A-.
What’s the ‘A’ part for?
This box not only has the job of turning your composite source’s analog signal into something completely different and foreign, a digital signal, but also has to scale the video to a higher resolution, 720p. Well, the ‘A’ is for doing what it says it can do: convert composite to HDMI and upscale it to 720p. It does it startlingly well for an inexpensive scaler, preserving smooth video textures and no pixelation.
Why did it get a ‘-’?
The box won’t stretch the video picture, so if you are not using a 4:3 video source there is bound to be a skinny, almost unnoticeable vertical black bar on either the left or right side. We like that it won’t automatically stretch to fit your TV (there is an option in the menu to do so), but a perfect solution would put the picture in the middle.
We urge you to give it a shot, its the best alternative we’ve ever seen to anything over $300, and the only alternative we’ve seen so far that does this function alone and does it well.
We’ve had a few people ask us about how to charge a Garmin unit from a wall charger (AC) as opposed to from a car charger. This can be especially convenient if you are using your Garmin on a motorcycle or bicycle, or if you just prefer not to have any power cards strewn about your vehicle.
Check out our guide on мебелиrent a car bulgariaGarmin AC Chargers for more info and links to chargers for specific units.
The PC to TV converter, part SW-4262 comes with quite a few cables. Mark has been good enough to draw us up a diagram of how to connect it all. With all those cables, note that you only need to connect the S-video cable OR the composite (yellow) RCA cable, not both.
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While the oil industry does everything to ruin your summer vacation plans, Trackstick is out there liberating the not-as-free-as-we-thought world.
Trackstick is one of Sewell’s new products, and I have to say, its a lot more interesting than a lof of this PCMCIA bluetooth 12-port VOIP serial male to male mumbo jumbo we usually deal with.
The trackstick is a revolutionary way to see where a person, car, plane, boat, or whatever has been. Here is a map of when I was running from New York to Seattle Forrest Gump style (I got lost in New York as you can tell):
Well this isn’t really me, but this is an example of what you’d see if you’re using a Google Map with this device. Pretty cool, huh? You can use it in conjunction with the Hidden Teddy Bear Camera to monitor your teenager at home and on the road! It even tracks data, like miles per hour, so you know if your teenager has been driving too fast.
We currently carry two versions of the Trackstick: the Trackstick Pro and the Super Trackstick. The main difference is that the Trackstick Pro is a more permanent installation and is powered by the car’s battery or cigarette lighter, and the Super Trackstick is more portable and battery powered.
