Monthly Archives: July 2006

My new Mac Book Pro

Posted on 31 July 2006 by tychay

Hmm, the Intel Core 2 Duo is shipping? WWDC is next week?
Looks like my new Mac Book Pro will be ready in August.

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An interesting article came via iLounge about Microsoft’s investment in Zune.
I wonder if they sunk “hundreds of millions of dollars” in order to get flash RAM at a competitive price? If so and the Zune is a bomb, that’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in business and economics, Macintosh | 1 Comment

Compact Flash madness

Posted on 21 July 2006 by tychay

With two cameras now, I needed a third memory card. Now I have a Lexar Professional 133x 4GB CF card to complement my other two: a 2GB SanDisk Extreme and a 1GB SanDisk Extreme III.
With the announcement of the SanDisk … Continue reading →

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High speed D200

Posted on 20 July 2006 by tychay

Well now that my D200 ownership cat is out of the bag, Caitlin posted some fun we had on it the first day.

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PHP security size

Posted on 20 July 2006 by tychay

Mike sent me this book review of Pro PHP Security.
His joke: “528 pages? Didn’t these guys read your blog?”

Posted in PHP, web development | 7 Comments

Google Wireless in Mountain View

Posted on 20 July 2006 by tychay

Joseph sent me this cool map of Google’s wireless network:

Posted in business and economics, society and culture | 1 Comment

D70 sequel

Posted on 20 July 2006 by tychay

Nikon has a teaser site for the D90 (or whatever they’re calling the D70 sequel). It’ll be released in 20 days, beating my expectation that Nikon will upgrade the D70 later this year.

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stem cell fun

Posted on 19 July 2006 by tychay

“…just as I am in favor of mandatory abortions (and, of course, recreational abortions), I am in favor of mandatory embryo harvesting. Actually, that doesn’t go far enough I want to create embryos, develop them in a lab, wait until … Continue reading →

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A series of tubes

Posted on 19 July 2006 by tychay

Ted Stevens gives us his “wisdom” on the issue of network neutrality:
“They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the Internet. And again, the Internet is not something you just dump something on. It’s not a big truck.
It’s a … Continue reading →