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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"

Monday, November 28, 2005

Camcorders - Digital & VHS Camcorder Reviews, Comparisons, & Ratings

Canon MiniDV Camcorders

Canon ZR100

JVC MiniDV Camcorders

JVC GR-D250

Panasonic MiniDV Camcorders

Panasonic PV-GS19

Sony MiniDV Camcorders

Sony HDR-HC1 HDV 1080i Handycam Camcorder

SonyStyle.com | HDR-HC1 HDV 1080i Handycam Camcorder
Dimensions (W x H x D): 2 7/8" x 3 3/4" x 7 1/2" (71 x 94 x 188mm)
Weight: 1 lb 7 oz, 680g
HDV
1280x 720 30p (19.7mbps) JVC
720x 480 60p (19.7mbps) JVC
1440x1080 60i (25mbps) Sony
384kbps audio

720 > 1080

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

Friday, November 25, 2005

Tom's Hardware Guide Processors: The Mother of All CPU Charts 2005/2006 - Charts Updated With Dual Cores

Thursday, November 24, 2005

EETimes.com EDA - Cluster-based approach eases clock tree synthesis

EETimes.com - Cluster-based approach eases clock tree synthesis

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

ARTICLE: Web sites that leak Black Friday store sales are bargain hunters' best friend (The Virginian-Pilot - HamptonRoads.com/PilotOnline.com)

Black Friday Excel Spreadsheet

Shop-Till-You-Drop Specials, Revealed Here First - New York Times
Savvy shoppers dodge post-Thanksgiving crowds, 2006
10 Black Friday Secrets Retailers Don't Want You To Know 2007
Web sites provide sneak preview to Black Friday 2007

Black Friday 2005 @ GottaDeal.com - The Official and Original Black Friday Deals Site catagories, search
Black Friday - The OFFICIAL Site for the Hottest Day of the Year more online deals
BlackFridayAds.com
BlackFriday.info J&R online deals
dealnews black-friday limited
The Black Friday no search, bad site

Fastest-growing blogs: MSN Spaces, Fark, Blogger, Xanga | IT Facts | ZDNet.com

Fastest-growing blogs: MSN Spaces, Fark, Blogger, Xanga | IT Facts | ZDNet.com
ITworld.com - The battle for the blogosphere Blogger, Typepad, LiveJournal, Xanga, MSN Spaces

Explaining The Filth

2005 Top 20 Worldwide Semiconductor Supplier Ranking

top-10 IC makers in 2005

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

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

Monday, November 21, 2005

Comparing Sigma and Tamron 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 lenses

Sigma 18-200mm F3.5-6.3 DC 1:4.4 62mm 405g 70x78.1mm metal lens mount $325
Tamron AF18-200MM F/3.5-6.3 XR Di II 1:3.7 62mm 398g 73.8x83.7mm plastic lens mount $329

Nikon USA: 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 G ED-IF AF-S VR DX Zoom-Nikkor 1:4.5 72mm 560g 77x96.5mm $763

Dollar and 99cent stores

DLTR: Competitors for DOLLAR TREE STORE - Yahoo! Finance

Dollar Tree
Welcome to 99 Cents Only
Dollar General - Save Time Save Money
Family Dollar - Home

Kashrus Agencies - kosher

Kashrus Agencies
Hechsherot - The Four Questions
Kosher symbols
Hidden Supermarket Tax: What I Found in My Pantry Pareve, Parve

Family gift list

To Buy from Taiwan:

Maestro Wu 金合利鋼刀龍紋新式柄小切刀 Bombshell knives

Into the Wild Shop Map 山系生活研究所山研所微縮山島山岳擬真模型

【2025台灣入境規定】最新禁帶物品/泡麵/藥品/現金限制一覽海關 customs: food, wine, cigarettes, cigars, no-meat

Stores to visit: brother
Bass Pro Shop, REI, Sports Basement
Fry's, Best Buy
Costco (Jelly Belly)
Walmart (Pork rind), Target (Tabasco Habanero Louisiana)
Whole Foods Market (hot chili pepper sauce), Trader Joe's (chocolate covered espresso coffee beans)
Korean Fried Chicken (BonChon), Ramen

Taiwan Gifts

*Knife/tool

Dyson DC18 Slim corded $275, Dyson V7 100 $150, Dyson Digital Slim 100 $230, Dyson V15 Detect 240 $350

*Dyson vacuum suction power boost v6 28 airwatts max 100 aw, v7 21-100, v8 22-115, V10 150 15.8-33-150, V11 185, Digital Slim 100, V12 slim 150, V15 240

* V11 extra with combination tool, hair screw tool, mattress tool, stubborn dirt brush, mini soft dusting brush

* V11 with combination tool, hair screw tool

* V10 animal+ with combination tool, mini motorized tool, stubborn dirt brush, mini soft dusting brush

*Speakers
*GPU display Card
*coffee beans
*LED bulbs
*TP-Link smart plugs

Costco Cough Drops
Melatonin, 5-HTP
Corn Starch powder with Zinc Oxide, Desitin

*jeans
*Air Purifier Carbon Ionic Ionizer Negative Ions Pro UV Sterilizer Breeze 2 for $70
*Plugin ionic, ozone refrigerator, usb air purifier
**desktop fan Vornado
**thermometer with humidity hygrometer
**SSD 256GB
**beer wine coffee glasses
**hair blower, Panasonic hair dryer EH-NA65-K $87
**AAA Rechargeable batteries and battery charger
**heart rate monitor
**earphone, headphone
**running singlet, sleeveless
**flashlight
**weigh scale

FatWallet Official Master Thread of "Official Store Coupons & Clearance"

Handheld Recorder
Speakers Polk Audio in-wall TC265i, RC65i

+Vitamins supplements
Herb

Glucosamine 葡萄糖胺, Chondroitin 軟骨素, MSM 有機硫
*Puritan Glucosamine 1.5 g Chondroitin 1.2g 120*6/$166
Puritan MSM 1.5g 120*5/$27.7
Vitacost Glucosamine 1.5g Chondroitin 1.2g 120/$32+tax
Vitacost MSM 1.5g 120/$7+tax
*Swanson MSM 1g 240/$8.5
Swanson Glucosamine 1.5g Chondroitin 1.2g 60/$16
.Swanson Glucosamine 1.5g Chondroitin 1.2g MSM 0.6g 80/$20

*Calcium Carbonate 1200mg 200x3/$22

Official "Store Coupons & Clearance" Master Thread
Fatwallet Puritan's Pride Coupons
OFFICIAL Vitacost Coupon Thread (Vitacost.com) +tax
OFFICIAL Vitamin Shoppe Coupon Thread (VitaminShoppe.com)

山桑子 Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) Extract (花青素 Anthocyanosides/Anthocyanin)
*Puritan's Pride Bilberry Fruit 1000mg (180*3/$30) 18/$
Vitacost NSI Bilberry 160mg (90/$20.4)+tax
VitaminShoppe Bilberry Extract 120mg (240/$36)

葉黃素 Lutein 玉米黃素 Zeaxanthin
*Puritan's Pride Lutigold 20mg Zeananthin 800mg (120*3/$19.79) 18.19/$
*Puritan's Pride Lutigold 40mg Zeananthin 1600mg (120*3/$56.99) 6.32/$
Vitacost NSI Lutemax Lutein 20mg Zeananthin 840mcg (240/$22.5) 10.7/$+tax
Vitacost NSI FloraGlo Lutein 20mg Zeananthin 840mcg (240/$30)+tax
Swanson Ultra Lutein 20mg (120/$14) 8.57/$
Swanson Ultra Lutein 40mg (60/$13) 4.62/$

Silybum marianum milk thistle 水飛薊

Vitamin B Complex
Puritan Vitamin B-50 Time Release 60*3/$14 = 12.86/$
*Puritan Vitamin B-100 Timed Release 250*3/$74 = 10.14/$
*Vitacost Vitamin B-50 Delayed Release 100/$5.95 = 16.81/$+tax
*Vitacost B-100 Delayed Release 100/$8.84 = 11.31/$+tax
*Swanson Vitamin B-125 time release 250/$18 = 13.9/$

Vitamin E
*Puritan Vitamin E 1000IU 1000*100*5/$40 = 12500/$
*Puritan Vitamin E-400 IU 400*250*5/$44 = 11363/$
Vitacost Natural Vitamin E 1000 IU 1000*250/$30 = 8333/$+tax
Vitacost Natural Vitamin E 400 IU 400*250/$15 = 6666/$+tax

BCAAs
*All Star Health BCAA Powder 6g*220/60 = 22g/$ pure
~~Vitacost BCAA Powder 5g*60/$15.6 = 19.2g/$~~+tax
Puritan BCAA Powder 5g*60*3/$58.47 = 15.4g/$ pure
~~Swanson IBCAA powder 12g*28/$20 = 16.8g/$ not pure~~

Swanson BCAA Cap 2.1g*(100/3)/$6 = 11.67g/$ pure
Vitacost BCAA Capsules 2.4g*(300/3)/$17.09 = 12.6g/$ pure+tax
Puritan BCAA+B6 softgel 2.2g*(120/4)/$9 = 7.33g/$ pure

*Puritan Cranberry 蔓越莓 500mg 60*6/$18 20/$
Vitacost Cranberry 400mg 240/$18 13.3/$+tax
Swanson Cranberry 40mg 120/$3.8 3.17/$

CoQ10

Puritan's Pride 400mg 120*3/$115 1.25/$
* Costco 300mg 100 $20 1.5/$

左旋麩醯胺酸 supplement
Puritan L-Glutamine Powder 300g*5/$50 30/$
Puritan L-Glutamine 500mg 100/2*5/$17 14.7/$
bad taste Vitacost L-Glutamine Powder 1000g/$30 33.3/$+tax
*Vitacost L-Glutamine 1000mg 100/$6.3 15.9/$+tax
*Jarrow Formulas 1000mg 1000g/$36+tax 25.6/$

Immunostimulants, immunostimulators, are substances (drugs and nutrients) that stimulate the immune system
紫錐菊 immune Echinacea Extract 400mg 300/$21.5
*Puritan Echinacea 400mg 200*3/$20 12/$
Swanson Echinacea 400mg 180/$7 10.3/$
Vitacost Echinacea 1200mg 180/$9 = 20/$+tax

亞培安素粉
Ensure Nutrition Drink Powder 14 oz Can (397 g) $10.50

Eyebright 470mg (300/$12)

益生菌乳酸菌 Bacterial Culture Billion Organisms
*Vitacost acidophilus probiotic 2B 250/$6.89
VitaminShoppe Mega Acidophilus 2B 300/$27
Puritan acidophilus 100M 250*3/$20
Puritan acidophilus 1B 100*3/$15

葫蘆巴 Fenugreek Seed 610mg (200/$10)

+Boombox
Massager
Wal-Mart TV video game
Night-light

XFX Radeon HD 7750 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express Video Card (FX-775A-ZNP4) $78 after $15 Rebate + Free Shipping
Thinkfun games, Cover Your Tracks, Top This, Serpentiles, Sudoku books 6x6
Nintendo DSi
+filter for honeywell air purifier
Casio waveceptor solar analog watch sapphire glass crystal
Shoes

**USB portable speaker
*Surge protector, power strip
*Notebook Cooler
*external usb SATA hard-drive
**spotting scope & tripod
**magnifying glass
**wristband
**body glide, hydropel
**Gore-Tex Rain coat jacket, running shirts
* Portable USB Ethernet switch
* reflecting device, vest
* Tanita body composition scan BC-533 9 full body readings, Healthy Range Indicator, Body Fat %, Body Water %, Muscle Mass, Physique Rating, DCI, BMR, Metabolic Age, Bone Mass, Visceral Fat Level + Judge
* Omron body composition monitor scale, 7 Fitness Indicators: Body Fat Percentage, Body Mass Index (BMI), Skeletal Muscle, Resting Metabolism, Visceral Fat, Body Age and Body Weight

Sunday, November 20, 2005

USB mouse, mice, logitech, microsoft

dircolors - Set color parameters for ls

dircolors is a program to generate a setup for the color version of GNU ls. The setup consists of an LS_COLORS environment variable and a set of aliases
derailed LS_COLORS specification

bd block device,
cd character device,
di directory,
ec end control sequence code (replaces lc+no+rc),
ex executable file,
fi regular file,
lc left control sequence code,
ln symbolic link,
mi missing file (defaults to fi),
no normal (non-filename) text,
or orphaned symbolic link (defaults to ln),
pi named pipe (FIFO),
rc right control sequence code,
so socket.

0 restore default color
1 brighter colors
4 underlined text
5 flashing text
7 reverse video
30 black foreground
31 red foreground
32 green foreground
33 yellow (or brown) foreground
34 blue foreground
35 purple foreground
36 cyan foreground
37 white (or gray) foreground
40 black background
41 red background
42 green background
43 yellow (or brown) background
44 blue background
45 purple background
46 cyan background
47 white (or gray) background