Friday, December 30, 2005

Advanced Mobile Phone System

A and B carriers to support Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) cellular service as of March 1, 2008

Mountain Wireless | News from the Mountain, The TDMA Cutoff Countdown "Ritch Blasi, a technical spokesman for Cingular Wireless says the expected cutoff date is "the first quarter, 2008". This time frame also coincides with the FCC's cutoff date for mandatory maintenance of cellular analog networks, which currently is February 17, 2008."

Q. When will the TDMA platform and service be expired (Blue / Orange TDMA postpaid & prepaid)?
A. Approximately March 31st, 2007.

Toyota Camry and Honda Accord Tires

1985 Toyota Camry LE 4 Dr. 185/70R13
1985 Honda Accord 4 Dr. Sedan 185/70R13
1986 Toyota Camry LE 4 Dr. 185/70R13
1986 Honda Accord 4 Dr. Sedan 185/70R13
1987 Toyota Camry LE 4 Dr. 185/70R13
1987 Honda Accord 4 Dr. Sedan 185/70R13
1988 Toyota Camry 185/70R14
1988 Honda Accord LX 185/70R13
1989 Toyota Camry Standard 185/70R14
1989 Honda Accord LX 185/70R13
1990 Toyota Camry Standard 185/70R14
1990 Honda Accord LX 185/70R14
1991 Toyota Camry Standard 185/70R14
1991 Honda Accord LX 185/70R14
1992 Toyota Camry 4 Cyl. 195/70HR14
1992 Honda Accord LX 185/70R14
1993 Toyota Camry LE 4 Cyl. 195/70HR14
1993 Honda Accord LX 185/70R14
1994 Toyota Camry LE 4 Cyl. 195/70HR14
1994 Honda Accord LX 185/70R14
1995 Toyota Camry LE Sedan 4 Cyl. 195/70R14
1995 Honda Accord LX 185/70R14
1996 Toyota Camry LE 4 Cyl. 195/70R14
1996 Honda Accord LX 2/4 Dr. 185/65R15
1997 Toyota Camry LE 4 Cyl. 195/70R14
1997 Honda Accord LX 2/4 Dr. 185/65R15
1998 Toyota Camry LE 4 Cyl. 195/70R14
1998 Honda Accord LX 2/4 Dr. 4 Cyl. 195/65R15
1999 Toyota Camry LE 4 Cyl. 195/70R14
1999 Honda Accord LX 2/4 Dr. 4 Cyl. 195/65R15
2000 Toyota Camry LE 205/65R15
2000 Honda Accord LX 2/4 Dr. 4 Cyl. 195/65R15
2001 Toyota Camry LE 205/65R15
2001 Honda Accord LX 2/4 Dr. 4 Cyl. 195/65R15
2002 Toyota Camry LE 205/65R15
2002 Honda Accord LX 2/4 Dr. 4 Cyl. 195/65R15
2003 Toyota Camry LE 205/65R15
2003 Honda Accord LX 2/4 Dr. 4 Cyl. 205/65R15
2004 Toyota Camry LE 205/65R15
2004 Honda Accord LX 4 Cyl. 205/65R15
2005 Toyota Camry LE 205/65R15
2005 Honda Accord LX 4 Cyl. 205/65R15

Thursday, December 29, 2005

baby, toddler, small children pc game

Microprizes County Fair games

Free All-In-One DVD Converters

avi2dvd - need dv codec
DIKO
DVD2SVCD
The FilmMachine - no free mpeg2 option
Video DVD Maker - easy, bad quality

Canon, Nikkor, Schneider, Zeiss, Leica

Samsung pro 815 - Mobile-Review.com Forums
Samsung Digimax Pro 815 - Mobile-Review.com Forums
Which brand(s) manufactures the best digital cameras? - Mobile-Review.com Forums
Zeiss -> Sony, Contax, Rollei, Hasselblad, ALPA, ARRI
Leica (lenses, 35mm, compact cameras)-> Panasonic
Schneider Kreuznach -> Kodak, Samsung, Rollei (compact, medium), Hasselblad, Linhof (large, medium),
Casio -> Murata Lumicera
Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f/1.4 lens
Nikkor lenses are the duplicates (in some sense) of Schneider Kreuznach (Extremely realistic, extremely sharp, perfect color temp), and Canon Lenses are the duplicate of Carl Zeiss (quite sharp, exaggerated color temp, which makes it a brighter and deeper color tones, yet not as realistic as Schneider). LEICA lies in between of these two extremes.

Zeiss->Contax->Yashica->Kyocera

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

Monday, December 26, 2005

Seagate Buys Maxtor for $1.9 Billion - Data Storage - NewsFactor Network

Seagate Buys Maxtor for $1.9 Billion - Data Storage - NewsFactor Network

List of defunct hard disk manufacturers


Hard Disk Makers, Seagate (Conner, Maxtor (Quantum), Samsung), Western Digital (Hitachi 2.5", SSD (IBM)), Toshiba (Fujitsu, Hitachi 3.5" (IBM))

EETimes.com - HDTV-compatible PC display interface emerges

EETimes.com - HDTV-compatible PC display interface emerges
UDI (Unified Display Interface), HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface), DVI (Digital Visual Interface), VGA, S-Video

Saturday, December 17, 2005

Compact digital camera group test results

Compact digital camera group test results
Canon PowerShot A620
Fujifilm FinePix F11
Pentax Optio S6
Sony Cybershot DSC-N1

Friday, December 16, 2005

AVI FourCC

FOURCC - Video Codecs and Pixel Formats
FOURCC for Video Compression
Use ffmpeg -i file.avi to find out the AVI stream formats

Inmatrix.com - AVI FourCC Code Changer
Sarovar.org: Project Info- gFourCC - Linux FourCC Changer

Roberto's public listening tests

mp3 at 128kbps

Hydrogenaudio Forums -> Listening Tests
SoundExpert audio quality ratings, testing results

Doom9's Forum - AAC FAQ HE-AAC high efficiency advanced audio coding, LC-AAC low complexity AAC.
FAAC, iTunes, MP3, Nero, MPC musepack

audio compression quality, bitrate and codec

MP3 (lame) vs ACC (faac)
64-96kbs: faac
96-224kbs: mp3 cbr
224kbs-...: mp3 vbr

HDTV DTV ATSC 18 formats

HDTV - High Definition Television FAQ
HDTV FAQ
Digital TV & HDTV Tutorial - TimeForDVD.com
The Guide to Digital Television: Appendix A Production and Transmission Standards, clean aperture, production aperture, pixel aspect ratio, non-square pixel
Doom9.net - DAR (Display Aspect Ratio)

ATSC Picture Display Format

















































































































































































 
Format



Vertical
Scan Lines


Horizontal
Pixels


Aspect Ratio



Scan Mode


Frame Rate
(fps)

 
1080p


1080


1920


16:9


Progressive


24


1080p


1080


1920



16:9


Progressive


30



1080i


1080


1920


16:9


Interlaced


30


720p


720



1280


16:9


Progressive



24


720p


720


1280


16:9


Progressive


30


720p



720


1280


16:9



Progressive


60

 
480p


480


704


16:9


Progressive


24


480p


480


704



16:9


Progressive


30



480p


480


704


16:9


Progressive


60


480p


480



704


4:3


Progressive



24


480p


480


704


4:3


Progressive


30


480p



480


704


4:3



Progressive


60


480p



480


640


4:3



Progressive


24


480p



480


640


4:3



Progressive


30


480p



480


640


4:3



Progressive


60

 
480i


480


704


16:9


Interlaced


30


480i


480


704



4:3


Interlaced


30



480i


480


640


4:3


Interlaced


30

Wrist Dreams: New Ultra Resistance Casio G-Shock Watch Announced

New Ultra Resistance Casio G-Shock Watch Solar Titanium Atomic Waveceptor Sapphire

Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Audio Video Bitrates

DFW - DirecTV HDTV Bitrate Monitor
Introduction to Digital Video Casette (DV) (www.digvid.info) 25Mbps video + 1.5Mbps audio, 12GB per 60min tape, 26.6Mbps
video file format bitrates
Nedron's Faq-O-Matic: What is the bitrate of HDTV broadcasts? ATSC 19.3 MBPS
Doom9's Forum - ATSC (US Digital (HD)TV standard) Basics 19.4 MBPS
Comparison Spec Table Between HDR-FX1, JVC GR-HD1 and JY-HD10U HDV 1080i 25mbps, 720p 19.7mbps
Serial Digital Interface bitrate of SDI and HDSDI
SDI 270 Mbps
HD-SDI 1.485 Mbps 5.5x of SD
Digital Visual Interface
DVI 3 x 165 Mhz
The TFT Connection TMDS Transmitter, 10 bits per pixel. 4.95 Gbps bandwidth
Detailed documentation here: Silicon Image

CD -> 1411.2 kbps, 1 hour = 635MB, 44.1khz
VCD -> 1150V+224A = 1374kbps
700MB 80 min CDROM -> 1.17 Mbps
12cm 4.7GB DVDROM -> 10.4Mbps(1 hour), 5.2Mbps(2 hour), 3.5Mbps(3 hour), 2.6Mbps(4 hour), 1.7Mbps(6 hour), 1.3Mbps(8 hour)
8cm single-layer single-sided 1.4GB miniDVD -> 9Mbps VBR(20 min), 6Mbps CBR(30 min), 3Mbps CBR(1 hour)

Canon Powershot digital camera movie mode, mjpeg
5mp mono, 640x480 30 fps, 1,980KB/sec (mono), 320x240 60 fps, 1,320KB/sec
6mp-7mp mono, 640x480 30 fps, 1,920KB/sec, 320x240 60 fps, 1,320KB/sec
7mp-12mp mono, 640x480 30 fps, 1,963KB/sec, 320x240 60 fps, 1,363KB/sec, lapse 64KB/frame
8mp stereo, 640x480 30 fps, 2,006KB/sec, 320x240 60 fps, 1,406KB/sec, lapse 64KB/frame, worse than 84KB of small/normal shot
audio is half of CD quality in wave format, stereo 86KB/sec, 688kbps, 22khz?

H.264:
10mp-14.7mp mono pcm, 640x480 30 fp, H.264 1,316KB/sec, 320x240 30 fps, 394KB/sec, 4GB or 60 min (86KB/sec audio, 1376kbps, 43khz)
10mp stereo, 640x480 30 fp, 1,402KB/sec, 320x240 30 fps, 480KB/sec. cd quality audio 172KB/s

HD video movie
Canon

Canon HD SX1 10MP CMOS 1/2.3" H.264 1920x1080p 30fps 5,296KB/s, 640x480 1,402KB/s, stereo 176KB/s
Canon tx1, 1280x720 MJPEG 30fps, 4,480KB/sec, 640x480 30 fps, 1,920KB/sec, 320x240 60 fps, 1,370KB/sec
* Canon HD 12.1MP 1/2.3" H.264 1280x720 30fps 2,955KB/s, 640x480 1,316KB/s, monaural 86KB/s
Canon SD4000 10MP CMOS no optical zoom during movie. MJPEG 1280x720 30fps 3,057KS/s, 640x480 1,417KB/s

Panasonic AVCHD Lite 1280x720 30fps 17Mbps

Canon Rebel T1i H.264 1920x1080 20fps 5.5MB/s, 1280x720 30fps 3.7MB/s, 640x480 30fps 2.75MB/s, mono linear PCM

flip MinoHD 1280x720 9 mbps 4GB 60 min

Panasonic FX500 FX580 FX520 1200x720 30fps motion jpeg 31.5 mbps 3,940 KB/s

chinese podcast in Podcast.net - The Podcast Directory

Tuesday, December 13, 2005

CUSTOMER BENEFITS - Comcast.net

CUSTOMER BENEFITS - Comcast.net
McAfee Security, virusscan, personal firewall plus, privacy service
PhotoShow Deluxe
Rhapsody Radio Plus
Video Mail
Disney Connection for kids
Comcast Arcade

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Firefox and web design | Jedi's BLOG | Jedi.org

Firefox ????? | Jedi's BLOG | Jedi.org

6+ wagon

Mazda Mazda5 (Premacy 2.3 7 4555*1745*1615
Toyota Estima 3.5 8 4795*1800*1745
Toyota Sienta 1.5 7 4100*1695*1680
Toyota Noah 2.0 8 4625*1695*1875
Toyota Wish 2.0 7 4560*1745*1600
Toyota Corolla Spacio 1.8 7 4260*1695*1610
Honda Stream 7 4550*1690*1590
Nissan Lafesta 2.0 7 4550*1695*1615
Nissan Cube3 1.5 7 3920*1670*1650

Friday, December 09, 2005

Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Scent Free Product Listing

fragrance-free, unscented products

Body Wash:
-Aveeno Skin Relief Body Wash - Fragrance Free
+Dove Sensitive Skin Body Wash (fragrance-free)
-Olay Complete Body Wash for Extra Sensitive Skin -- With Aloe & Vitamin E (fragrance free)

Cream/lotion:
+Cetaphil Moisturizing Cream (fragrance-free)
-Dove Sensitive Essentials Day Lotion (fragrance-free)
-Dove Sensitive Essentials Day Cream (fragrance-free)
+Jergens Ultra Healing Intense Moisture Therapy Moisturizer (fragrance-free)
-Neutrogena Oil-Free Moisture For Sensitive Skin (fragrance-free)
-Neutrogena Norwegian Formula Hand Cream Fragrance Free
-Olay Total Effects 7X Visible Anti-Aging Vitamin Complex - Fragrance Free
-Olay Total Effects Intensive Restoration Treatment (color, fragrance free)
-Olay Total Effects Eye Transforming Cream (fragrance free, has color)
-Olay Sensitive Moisture Therapy Lotion (fragrance, color free)
-Olay Sensitive Moisture Therapy Cream (fragrance, color free)
-Olay Regenerist Daily Regenerating Serum - Fragrance Free
-Olay Body Quench Body Lotion -- Sensitive (fragrance free)
-Olay Quench Rapid Repair Hand Lotion (fragrance free)
+Vaseline Intensive Care Lotion, Advanced Healing fragrance free

World's Greatest... Radar Detectors - Gizmodo

World's Greatest... Radar Detectors - Gizmodo Extreme Rallysport, Gumball 3000, and Bullrun

Tuesday, December 06, 2005

Science Competitions

Science Service Science Talent Search Intel STS started in 1998 after CBS dumped Westinghouse Electric

Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science, and Technology SWC started in 1999, administered by the College Board

National Advisory List of Student Contests and Activities, produced by the National Association of Secondary School Principals through its National Committee on Student Contests and Activities.

Monday, December 05, 2005

man: gimpprint-dithers

man: gimpprint-dithers DITHER ALGORITHMS for printer


Adaptive Adaptive Hybrid
EvenTone EvenTone screening (experimental)
Ordered Ordered
Fast Fast
VeryFast Very Fast
Floyd Hybrid Floyd-Steinberg

Phone Finder Results (Phone Scoop)

Phone Finder Results (Phone Scoop)
* have World Roaming
* have GSM 850
* have Infrared (IR)
* have PC Sync
* have To-Do List
* have Vibrate

Sunday, December 04, 2005

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

drewnoakes.com - jpeg exif / iptc metadata extraction in java

drewnoakes.com - jpeg exif / iptc metadata extraction in java
com.drew.metadata.exif

Index (Java Advanced Imaging Image I/O Tools 1_0-rc)
TAG_IMAGE_DESCRIPTION - Static variable in class com.sun.media.imageio.plugins.tiff.BaselineTIFFTagSet
Constant specifying the "Image_description" tag.
TAG_USER_COMMENT - Static variable in class com.sun.media.imageio.plugins.tiff.EXIFTIFFTagSet
A tag indicating a user comment (type UNDEFINED).

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Camcorder comparison

AVCHD maximum bit rate 24 Mbit/sec H264 High-Profile, Level-4.1 1920x1080
Canon HF S10 (1/2.6), HF S100 (1/2.6), HF11 (1/3.2), HG20 (1/3.2), HG21 (1/3.2), HF20 (1/4), HF200 (1/4),
Quality, 16 GB, 32 GB Internal Flash Drive
LP (5 Mbps) 6 hours 5 min, 12 hours 15 min
SP (7 Mbps) 4 hours 45 min, 9 hours 35 min
XP+ (12 Mbps) 2 hours 50 min, 5 hours 45 min
FXP (17 Mbps) 2 hours 5 min, 4 hours 10 min -Allows 1920x1080 Full HD Recording
MXP (24 Mbps) 1 hours 25 min, 2 hours 55 min

Canon Optura Pi 1/4" CCD, 3.5" LCD, 650g, 68W 87H 148D = 875568, 4.1-49.2mm, f1.6-2.5, 30.5mm, 1.43lbs 2.68x3.43x5.83

HDV:
Canon HV10 1/2.7" CMOS, 2.7" LCD, 440g, 500g, 56W 104H 106D = 617344, 6.1-61mm, f/1.8-3.0, 37mm, 0.97lb, 2.2x4.1x4.2
Canon HV20 1/2.7" CMOS, 2.7" LCD, 535g, 615g, 88W 80H 138D = 971520, 6.1-61mm, f/1.8-3.0, 43mm, 1.2lbs, 3.5x3.2x5.4
Sony HDR-HC7 1/2.9" CMOS, 2.7" LCD, 650g(tb), 82W 82H 138D = 927912, 5.4-54mm, f/1.8-2.9, 37mm, 1lb 6oz, 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Panasonic miniDV, DVD, and SD
Panasonic JP GS500 GS300 specifications
GS500 3x1/4.7" CCD, 570g, 91W 73H 153D = 1016379, 3.3-39.6mm, f1.6-2.8, 43mm
GS300 3x1/6" CCD, 450g, 76H 73W 135D = 948980, 3.0-30mm, f1.8-2.8, 37mm
Panasonic Japanese GS400 700g,
81W 80H 178D = 1153440, 3.3-39.6mm, f1.6-2.8, 43mm, $983, 2.84lbs 3.125*3.5*7
Panasonic Japanese GS250 500g, 81W 73H 144D = 851472, 2.85-28.5mm, f1.6, 43mm, $685, 1.1lbs 3.2x2.9x5.7
Panasonic Japanese GS150 420g, 71W 73H 123D = 637509, 2.45-24.5mm, f1.8, 37mm, $510, 0.93lbs 2.8x2.9x4.9

JVC miniDV and HD
JVC GZ-MC500 Victor Everio GZ-MC500 3x1/4.5" CCD, 405g, 80W 55H 118D = 519200, 3.2-32mm, f1.8-2.4, 37mm, $1160, 0.89lbs 3.2x2.2x4.7
JVC GR-X5US Victor GR-X5 3x1/4.5" CCD, 510g, 88W 89H 93D = 728376, 3.2-32mm, f1.8-2.4, 37mm, $969, 1.1lbs 3.5x3.5x3.7

Canon miniDV and DVD
Canon Optura 600 Canon IXY DV M5 1/2.8" CCD, 410g, 51W 101H 102D = 525402, 6.1-61mm, f/1.8-3.0, 34mm, $765, 14.5oz 2.0x4.0x4.0 in

Sony miniDV, HDV, DVD, HD
Sony HDR-HC1 HDV 1080i Handycam 1/3" CMOS, 680g, 71W 94H 188D = 1254712, 5.1-51mm, f1.8-2.1, 37mm, $1421, 23oz, 2 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 7 1/2"
Sony Handycam - HDR-HC3 1/3" CMOS, 500g, 82W 78H 139D = 889044, 5.1-51mm, f1.8-2.9, 30mm
SonyStyle.com DCR-HC96 Japanese HC96 1/3" CCD, 460g, 72W 91H 120D = 786240, 5.1-51mm, f1.8-2.9, 30mm
Sony DCR-HC90 440g, 66W 91H 110D = 660660, 5.1-51mm, f1.8-2.9, 30mm, $704, 16oz 2 3/5 x 3 7/12 x 4 1/3"

Sunday, November 27, 2005

Flashes for Canon EOS

Flash Photography with Canon EOS Cameras
Canon Speedlite 430EX Guide Number 43 72x122x101mm 330g $251
Metz mecablitz 44 AF-4C GN44 75x125x108mm 400g $200
Sigma EF 500 DG ST GN50 77x139x117mm 320g $140
Sigma EF 500 DG Super GN50 77x139x117mm 325g $212

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

FatWallet Forums - Westinghouse LTV-32W1 $849.99 delivered at Crutchfield

FatWallet Forums - Westinghouse LTV-32W1 $849.99 delivered at Crutchfield

Tech Patterns :: Linux Runlevels explained

Tech Patterns :: Linux Runlevels explained
0 - Halt the system
1 - Single-user mode
2 - Multi-user mode (without NFS)
3 - Multi-user mode
4 - unused
5 - Multi-user mode, graphical login
6 - Reboot the system

nVidia and ATi

??? ???

Jen-Hsun Huang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spark Public Relations :: Client News
L'histoire de NVIDIA (Naissance & balbutiements) - PC INpact

History of ATI, Kwok-Yuen Ho
ATI Technologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
L'histoire d'ATI (ATI : Array Technology Industry) - PC INpact

History of ATI - Beyond3D Forum

Black Friday @ GottaDeal.com



lcd:
CompUSA Syntax Olevia 37" LCD HDTV - $1499.99 AR
Sears Protron 32" LCD HDTV Monitor - $799.99 *
CompUSA Viewsonic 27" HD-Ready LCD TV - $649.99 AR
Circuit City Syntax Olevia 26" LCD HD-Ready TV - $499.99
@Best Buy Casio 2.3" Handheld LCD TV - $29.99 AR

recorder:
Best Buy Lite-on LVW-1101H DVD Recorder - $69.99 AR *
OfficeMax Lite-on DVD Recorder - $69.99 AR

usb/flash:
CompUSA Memorex 2GB USB 2.0 TravelDrive - $99.99 AR
Staples PNY Attache 2GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive - $79.94
Circuit City Lexar JumpDrive Secure 2GB Flash Drive - $69.99
CompUSA PNY Attache 2GB Flash Drive - $79.99 AR

compact:
Best Buy Sandisk 1GB Compact Flash Memory Card - $39.99
CompUSA PNY 1GB Compact Flash Memory Card - $39.99 AR
CompUSA Sandisk Ultra 1GB Compact Flash Card - $59.99 AR
Staples Sandisk 1GB Compact Flash Memory Card - $39.94 AR

hard:
CompUSA Hitachi 160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive - $19.99 AR
@CompUSA Seagate 200GB Internal Hard Drive - $29.99 AR *
@Staples Maxtor 200GB Internal Hard Drive - $29.94 AR *

dvd+r:
@Best Buy Dynex 75-Pac DVD+R w/ 25-Pack CD-R - $2.99 AR
@CompUSA DVD+RW 20-Pack Blank Media - $4.98
OfficeMax DVD+R 100-Pack Blank Media Spindle - $11.99 AR
@Staples Playo 50pk DVD+R Blank Media - $2.94 AR *

mouse:
@CompUSA Microsoft Wireless Laser Notebook Mouse - $29.99 AR
CompUSA Logitech LX500 Cordless Keyboard & Mouse Combo - $19.99 AR