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Fall 2010 Prosumer video DSLR roundup (Part 2)

Joel — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 16:32:36 +0000

This is part two of the prosumer video DSLR roundup. In part one, I described the background and reasoning behind why these features were the things that most interested me.

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Fall 2010 Prosumer video DSLR roundup (Part 1)

Joel — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 20:58:01 +0000

This is a 2 part series discussing choosing a new video/photo DSLR from Nikon, Panasonic, Canon, or Sony. In the first part, I describe my experience and expectations that have guided me on this search as well as the criteria I'm using to judge the cameras.

Where are the high resolution laptop displays?

Joel — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:00:33 +0000

As someone who has closely watched the laptop industry for a decade, I’m astounded by the current state of laptop displays. This isn’t where I thought we’d be 6 years after I left PowerNotebooks. To understand what I’m talking …

The search for the perfect LED monitor

Joel — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:58:51 +0000

This is pretty simple. I’ve been watching 22-24″ 1080p LCD monitor pricing for the past year. I decided way back when (when you could occasionally find deals for these monitors for close to $200) that I would buy two or …

New computer or wicked fast hard drive (SSD)?

Joel — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 19:22:41 +0000

This past week, I upgraded my desktop to a quadcore CPU in my desktop and just bought an SSD for my laptop. Now my slower laptop actually feels faster much of the time.

Android outsells iPhone by 33% in Q1

Joel — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:50:04 +0000

6 months ago when I traded my iPhone for a Droid, I told people that this was the beginning of Android taking over the smartphone world. I don’t think one Android phone will ever outsell the iPhone, but I don’t …

Best CPU value analysis so far

Joel — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:14:31 +0000

This Tech Report review analyzes current CPUs from cheap to expensive to determine overall value. They also considered overall system value when doing the calculation, my like my own CPU electricity value analysis. I think they used more expensive …

Creativity is Dead. Netcraft confirms it.

Joel — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:05:12 +0000

What is genius? In my breadth of study and research, all I’ve done is learn what other people do. I understand many things, perhaps better than most, but does that go so far as to make me a genius? I …

Two photo slideshows on one PC

Joel — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:02:19 +0000

Today I did some research on how to run two separate full-screen slideshows on separate monitors on a PC/Mac. It’s aimed at setting up a kiosk that displays pictures constantly on two screens. I’m passing that research on to you.…

Thinking about a laptop purchase

Joel — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:09:19 +0000

Thinking about buying a laptop? Me too. This article describes what I'm looking for.