Other Gadgets (general gadgets) - Page 101

sebastian_dangerfield · 03-22-2008, 03:52 PM

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Originally posted by viet_mom
Good morning. I'm hoping for suggestions on an online place to upload and display in different "albums" photos of a garden. I would pay something per year and it wouldn't have advertising and would let me put a description of the photo and have the description show up when you see the photo. I have seen flickr already and also smugmug. Smugmug seems nice but I don't think I need all the fancy features and also, it looks like no matter what format you pick, you will always have a large photo on the right and smaller ones on the left. I really want this format: http://heathergirl.albums.gardenbudd...ery/albums.php

but that garden site is having some problems with albums and some are getting lost. Thank you. PS, for Atticus looking at watches, in the price range of 1 to 2 thousand I like these but I don't know if you think these are boring:

Concord:

Longines:

Tag Heuer:

Baume & Mercier

But the 8 confuses me

I have the last one with the metal band and it's a neat watch. It's a bit fancy, but really good looking in person, and you can't beat the price in that category.

Hank Chinaski · 03-22-2008, 06:35 PM

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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
I have the last one with the metal band and it's a neat watch. It's a bit fancy, but really good looking in person, and you can't beat the price in that category.

I can't believe atticus buys a $1000 watch for the man he was made to call "Dad" and I don't even get a card. Even back then unprotected was an upcharge, you know.

Diane_Keaton · 04-17-2008, 01:19 AM

Uh..I should know this but I have I tunes on my computer and a bunch of great playlists but I'd really like to put them on a CD to listen to on a real stereo. I see there's an option to "burn a cd". Do I need extra equipment for that? I have a "DVD" burner but that's different, no?

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 04-17-2008, 09:22 AM

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Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
Uh..I should know this but I have I tunes on my computer and a bunch of great playlists but I'd really like to put them on a CD to listen to on a real stereo. I see there's an option to "burn a cd". Do I need extra equipment for that? I have a "DVD" burner but that's different, no?

A DVD burner should be capable of burning a CD. That is, it can burn either. Get some CD-Rs at your office depot or computer store--they cost maybe $10 for 50--and burn away. Unlike mixed tapes, iTunes calculates how much you can fit on a disk (about 70 minutes).

Diane_Keaton · 04-17-2008, 10:35 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
A DVD burner should be capable of burning a CD. That is, it can burn either. Get some CD-Rs at your office depot or computer store--they cost maybe $10 for 50--and burn away. Unlike mixed tapes, iTunes calculates how much you can fit on a disk (about 70 minutes).

Thanks, dude. I didn't even need the DVD burner (it's a separate drive you plug into the computer). I just put a CD-R borrowed from a neighbor into my computer drive and hit "burn CD" on iTunes. It decided how many songs could fit (about 20) and then told me when to insert a new CD-R for the rest of the tunes. Took all of 3 minutes. Went cruising with my friend's car and all my tunes. I'd previously tried "Itrip" where you tune into a station and supposedly your playlist will take over a radio station. Useless crap. Thanks again.

Icky Thump · 04-17-2008, 10:43 PM

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Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
Thanks, dude. I didn't even need the DVD burner (it's a separate drive you plug into the computer). I just put a CD-R borrowed from a neighbor into my computer drive and hit "burn CD" on iTunes. It decided how many songs could fit (about 20) and then told me when to insert a new CD-R for the rest of the tunes. Took all of 3 minutes. Went cruising with my friend's car and all my tunes. I'd previously tried "Itrip" where you tune into a station and supposedly your playlist will take over a radio station. Useless crap. Thanks again.

Cds are so 90s. I just use my ipod adapter and have all my songs at my fingertips. Actual USB port in the ride.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 04-17-2008, 11:10 PM

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Originally posted by Icky Thump
Cds are so 90s. I just use my ipod adapter and have all my songs at my fingertips. Actual USB port in the ride.

Well, there is that . . . but telling her how to work iTunes is a lot easier than telling her how to set up an iPod adapter in her car.

ltl/fb · 04-17-2008, 11:33 PM

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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Well, there is that . . . but telling her how to work iTunes is a lot easier than telling her how to set up an iPod adapter in her car.

Not even her car -- her friend's car. Just let the woman burn a fucking CD if she wants to, for fuck's sake.

NotFromHere · 05-02-2008, 01:27 PM

It's cute. With Millenium Falcon remote.

See here.

For RT, it has multiple positions. I like the comment "so this is what a dorkgasm is."

Replaced_Texan · 05-02-2008, 02:01 PM

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Originally posted by NotFromHere
It's cute. With Millenium Falcon remote.

See here.

For RT, it has multiple positions. I like the comment "so this is what a dorkgasm is."

Oh my god. This may be the best geek thing ever.

NotFromHere · 05-02-2008, 05:30 PM

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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Oh my god. This may be the best geek thing ever.

I know. I totally want one. I love that remote.

Anne Elk · 05-05-2008, 11:52 PM

The tube on my 4.5 year old Sony just blew, so it looks like I'll be tv shopping this weekend.

Other than Consumer Reports and cnet, any good websites for starting my research?

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) · 05-05-2008, 11:57 PM

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Originally posted by Anne Elk
The tube

Um, yeah, won't be getting another of those.

Try avsforum.com -- kind of techie/junkies, but pretty sophisticated posters.

Icky Thump · 05-06-2008, 08:50 AM

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Originally posted by Anne Elk
The tube on my 4.5 year old Sony just blew, so it looks like I'll be tv shopping this weekend.

Other than Consumer Reports and cnet, any good websites for starting my research?

Try epinions, Amazon, anything but CR.

Sony fucking blows. So does consumer reports.

Every Sony anything I have ever had has broken one day after the fucking warranty, but consumer reports always seems to give two thumbs up.

Same thing with my 4runner: two thumbs up but I am dead on the side of the road in a 6 month old car.

NotFromHere · 05-06-2008, 12:49 PM

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Originally posted by Anne Elk
The tube on my 4.5 year old Sony just blew, so it looks like I'll be tv shopping this weekend.

Other than Consumer Reports and cnet, any good websites for starting my research?

Anything but Consumer Reports.
Consumer Reports is all about the "best buy" and not the best product. They'll suggest a pile of crap that has a lot of stuff and it's cheap. And will break or have a shitty picture.
Cnet's not bad for advice, but sometimes their product choice can be dated.