Friday, August 28, 2009

How to prolong lithium-based batteries

Rechargeable battery cycle life issues
Are Lithium Ion Batteries the Best Solution For EVs? 50% - 80%
How to Rejuvenate a Lithium-Ion Laptop Battery

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Contactless smart card - credit card

MasterCard PayPass
Visa payWave
American Express expresspay
Discover Network Zip

Chase blink

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Balanced Armature Headphones

Multi-IEM Review In-Ear Monitor

Audio-Technica ATH-CKM90, ATH-CK9 $249.95, ATH-CK10 $399.95

Shure SE Models SE210 $179.99 - SE310 - SE420 - SE530 $499.99, SCL SCL4 $299 - SCL5 $399

Etymotic Earphone Comparison 6i isolator $100 ($50), hf5 $150 ($80), er4 microPro $299, Headsets comparison ETYCOM $39

Klipsch Custom 1 $130 ($40), Custom 2 $200, Custom 3 $300, Image X5 $250, Image X10 $350

MEElectronics A151 $75 ($50)

Creative Aurvana In-Ear 2 ($55)

Samsung Level In Headphones ($30) 2 Balanced Armature + 1 Dynamic Speaker (10mm)

Xiaomi Mi In-Ear Headphones Pro Hybrid ($20)

Ultimate Ears SuperFi 4 $50, SuperFi 3 Studio $99 ($80), 600 $100 ($85), - TripleFi 10 $399

Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote and Mic $79

Altec Lansing Muzx Ultra MZX606 with inline control and microphone $100 ($15 ebay, $20 1saleaday), UHP336 vented armature $129.95 ($35) same as UE SuperFi 3 Studio, Backbeat Pro UHP606 $99.95 ($25) same as UE SuperFi 4 $100 ($80)

Sony Balanced Armature XBA-1, XBA-1IP $40 $30 ebay
Sony Headphone Support

Lenntek Pro Series in Ear Monitor $90 $50 at Costco

Symphonized MTL Dual Driver In-ear Noise-isolating Earphones with Mic

Friday, August 14, 2009

San Jose Climate

San Jose Climate Graph - Water Year Chart temperature - precipitation
Reno Climate Graph - Rain and Snow
Needle, CA - close to Furnace Creek (Death Valley Badwater)
*Furnace Creek Mesowest Observation DEVC1 HADS Decoded Data and Graph
Stovepipe Wells 1WS - Death Valley Observations Data, Climate Reference Network CRN
Furnace Creek GHCND:USC00042319 NCDC National Climate Data Center
Badwater forecast weather
Grand Canyon National Park Weather, Phantom Ranch Forecast
*Phantom Ranch Mesowest Observation WX7FGZ-1 AT680
Phantom Ranch GHCND:USC00026471 Grand Canyon

CLIMATE STATION PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
Period of Record General Climate Summary - Precipitation
Northern California Average Yearly Rainfall Maps
Probability of Precipitation for a day, week, or month

Climate Map Project:
Climate Maps, Min (low), Max (high) temperature, precipitation in a month
Detailed 30-year normals
Best (warmer in winter, cool in summer, trails): Santa Monica south, Redondo Beach

Seattle, San Francisco, Coastal California, Oxnard, Malibu (90265), Los Angeles - Pacific Palisades (90272) (Los Leones, Temescal, Will Rogers)Santa Monica - Manhattan Beach - Redondo - Palos Verdes (90274, 90275 Filiorum Preserve), Huntington - Newport Beach 92660 - Corona Del Mar 92625,  Newport Coast 92657 - Laguna 92651 (Crystal Cove), Carlsbad - Del Mar, San Diego for lower summer temp
San Francisco, Oxnard - Santa Monica - Newport, San Diego, for higher winter temp

Berkeley Earch Long Term Temperature Trends
Los Gatos
San Jose Reid Hillview

Manhattan Beach has a minimal temperature difference between summer and winter, Oxnard, Huntington - Newport, La Jolla, San Diego is also good.

Zipatlas income,
zip atlas Cities with the Highest Median Household Income
Cities with the Highest Average Income per Person in California
Cities with the Highest Percentage of Households with Income Over $200,000 in California

City Data, statistics, boundary, census, population, income, house value, price
Manhattan Beach 
Huntington Beach 
Newport Beach has higher ground
San Diego  

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

compact camera with wide zoom, IS, large aperture, HD movie, orientation sensor, light weight

* Canon PowerShot SD960 IS HDMI, H.264, 2,955 KB/s
* Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 Optical Zoom in Motion Picture, waterproof, HDMI, AVCHD Lite, 17 Mbps
* Panssonic Lumix DMC-FX580 Motion JPEG, 3,940 KB/s, Aperture priority, Shutter priority
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX37
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX500 Aperture priority, Shutter priority