So if you have read my posts you might have noticed I like TV and movies. I have also written about how it seems things I like are on at the same time. Sunday Night I watched Family Guy then Star Wars the clone wars and I hit Record on Chanel 7 to Burn Desperate Housewives. So I wake up this morning and the piece of shit machine stopped recording after 13 minutes, ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHH
This isn't the first time it has Happened. It sucks that it is undependable like that. I think I may know the cause but I'm not positive. This machine also records VHS tapes so it is a dual deck. If something is copyright protected it won't record it. So any thing on HBO you press record and it says uncopyable movies even if it is a TV show. This also happens on I think Sundance and IFC and what ever other network is the same company as HBO. It is frustrating to think you have this show and then you don't. It also sucks because you don't know if you can record something or not. I wonder if they make any recorders that don't follow that. I know they do make DVD players that don't follow the region codes so maybe some company makes one where you can record everything. I have tried watching Pushing Daises and Desperate Housewives through ABC's website but it doesn't work really the dialog repeats or doubles and it is anoying. I think the reason for the non recording of a show half way through is that what ever the signal is, get given off by the TV station and that triggers it to stop. I hope that I get all of Heroes and My Worst enemy. I'm guessing Boston Legal might not work since it is the same network as ABC. ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG maybe when I have more time I can llook into this more on line.

Every Monday I do enjoy reading the Buffalo News. They have the click section wich often has some interesting stuff in there. I had seen an article about a kodak camara before that uses wifi technology so you can send pictures with out having a computer. The camara sounds amazing it really does. I don't have that much to spend on a camara but if i did it , it sounds like a camara I might buy. The other article I posted after that is about a "Gammers" chair. I do like video games but not a gammer nor do I have a new system but if I did and I wanted to go to that next level based on this review I might get it. I thought they are both interesting pices of technology. Before I forget I also wanted to comment that I like the new theme colors of (e:strip).


new Kodak Wi-Fi camera
By CRAIG CROSSMAN
KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS
11/7/2005




Kodak's EasyShare-One has a 3-inch screen that tilts and is one of the first digital cameras to have built-in wireless Wi-Fi communications capability.
Film isn't dead, but I'm hard-pressed to remember the last time I saw someone taking pictures who wasn't using a digital model.
Yes, I can still buy VCR tapes, cassettes and records but why would I want to when I can buy DVDs, MP3 recorder/players and CDs?
I acknowledge that there will always be someone out there who will buck the trends and technological benefits. I figure they either derive some strange pleasure letting people know they like doing things the old-fashioned way, or they somehow feel that the old analog technology looks and sound "richer" than their digital counterparts.
Then again, it just may be that they think an old dog can't learn new tricks, which is pretty silly since these newer technologies are actually simpler to use while empowering their user with so many more abilities.
If I had to pick the most important thing one gets using a digital camera, I would have to say it's instant gratification. You immediately get to see the picture you just took on the camera's color screen.
And right in line with that gratification comes the ability to share your images with everyone who's with you. So the bigger the screen on the camera, the easier it is to let everyone around you see what you just took.
Many of the newer cameras are offering 21/2- and even 3-inch screens. It is this concept of sharing that is the focal point of Kodak's latest digital camera, the EasyShare-One. But this camera goes way beyond sharing via its 3-inch screen, which also pivots out and tilts for easier viewing. It's one of the first consumer digital cameras to have wireless Wi-Fi communications built in.
If you're near any wireless hotspot, you can transmit the camera's images directly over the Internet without a computer. Using the built-in stylus, simply select any picture you've taken that's stored in the camera's memory and want to share. You can compose an e-mail message directly on the camera by tapping your message in via the virtual keyboard displayed on the screen. Tap in the e-mail address, hit the send button and your e-mail message along with the pictures you've attached are instantly sent out over the Internet via the wireless connection.
The Wi-Fi abilities can also be used to send your images directly into your personal computer. And Kodak's newest EasyShare Photo Printer Dock Plus Series 3 also has Wi-Fi so you can wirelessly transmit any picture from your camera to be instantly printed.
Of course, you can also directly connect the EasyShare-One camera directly to the computer via a USB connection as well as docking the camera directly on top of the printer. This latter method lets you use the EasyShare-One's 3-inch screen as the printer's monitor screen so you can make printer selections via on-screen menus as well as preview what is about to be printed. This double use of the camera's screen for both camera and printer is clever and economical. A printer with its own color screen would be more expensive, as is the case for Kodak's older Photo Printer 500.
As for the EasyShare-One's other specifications, they are fairly standard, offering a 4-megapixel image, 256 megabytes of built-in memory (expandable via flash memory cards), a 3X optical zoom lens, autofocus, built-in flash with red-eye elimination, self-timer and a burst mode for faster pause times between pictures.
It can also record sounds via its built-in microphone as well as take full-motion videos with their duration limited only by the amount of memory in the camera. The 3-inch color touch screen lets you perform a wide array of editing features, such as an on-camera cropping ability via a movable crop window.
The Kodak EasyShare-One is a remarkable digital camera from one of the world's leading camera manufacturers. And while its general abilities are sufficient for most of us average picture takers, the addition of Wi-Fi and the camera's built-in software to take advantage of that wireless ability certainly makes this camera stand out in the crowd.
Windows- and Macintosh-compatible, the EasyShare-One camera sells for $599.95. The Easy
Share-One Photo Printer Dock Plus Series 3 goes for $179.95 at www.kodak.com.


A butt-kickin' rumble for video gamer's chair
By RON HARRIS
Associated Press
11/7/2005





Associated Press
Buttkicker Gamer powerfully shakes center post of a player's chair when a video game emits low bass audio frequencies.
SAN FRANCISCO - In an effort to deliver the ultimate sensory experience, most top video games marry earthshaking sounds with high-quality graphics.
It's a goal that often falls a bit short.
Let's face it. Sitting in a chair playing video games feels pretty much just like sitting in a chair.
That's where a new device called the Buttkicker Gamer comes in.
It's a thick metal device ($170) that clamps tightly to the center post of most office chairs. Powered by a 100-watt amplifier and low frequency transducer, it shakes powerfully when a game emits low bass audio frequencies.
Delivering physical feedback to a gamer is not new, but previous efforts have tended to focus on gentle buzzing and making a hand-held controller vibrate.
The Buttkicker Gamer takes all that to a whole new level - the seat of the pants - and it works quite well.
The manufacturer suggests using the device to feel the gaming action without having to crank the sound. I found it fun to do a bit of both.
I tried the unit with two of my favorite action-packed PC games - "Boarder Zone," a snowboarding game, and "Counter-Strike," a first-person shooter. It took some fine-tuning with the low cutoff and high cutoff frequency buttons. Toying with those allowed me to adjust the rumble delivered to the clamp, and by extension, my seat. I turned on the high and low cutoff buttons and set the frequency knob to 40 hertz, per suggestion of the manual. Other adjustments can be made if the user is going to sit in the Buttkicker powered chair and listen to music, but I wanted to play.
The suggested settings worked well. When I cranked the Buttkicker output too high, my chair rattled at even the slightest bass frequencies, scaring the daylights of me and my dog.
On the snowboarding game, the Buttkicker rumbled as I made a hard landing. In "Counter-Strike," it was the loud blast from my weapon or a nearby explosive device that got the Buttkicker going.
Some more docile games didn't lend themselves to such feedback, and I often found myself reaching to disable the Buttkicker and re-enable my plain old 2.1 subwoofer.
But this device by The Guitammer Co. delivered quite an experience as billed, and it got me looking forward to trying dozens of games on my shelf all over again to see if it will kick new life into them.

On the Net:
www.thebuttkicker.com