a real WALL*E spotted in the wild

 Filed under: Gadgets — beerorkid @ May 16th, 2008

I do not pretend to be a manly man. I am very excited for WALL*E to come out. And yes I will prob cry while watching the movie.


Wall-E Spotted in LA! from Blink on Vimeo.

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 CHDK is awesome. Get more out of your Canon digicam

 Filed under: Gadgets — beerorkid @ May 14th, 2008

I saw this link a few weeks ago and got all giddy. I found a forum post about the progress for my canon camera and followed along. It is almost there now. It was not working last week. But now it is working alright for me.

What is CHDK?

CHDK is a firmware enhancement that operates on a number of Canon Cameras. CHDK gets loaded into your camera’s memory upon bootup (either manually or automatically). It provides additional functionality beyond that currently provided by the native camera firmware.

CHDK is not a permanent firmware upgrade: you decide how it is loaded (manually or automatically) and you can always easily remove it.

It does not change the camera software, just puts a software in front of it, enhancing the options. Like a live CD that gives your cameras hardware the software to do what the expensive point and shoots software allows. I get the features of a $300 + camera with the same hardware for the lower cost model.

My camera is a SD750 and it is not totally cracked yet, but once it is completely cracked it will be really cool.
Currently it shows an accurate battery level with a percentage. (The orig only told me when it was a minute away from dying)
It shows how much space is left on the memory card. (only available if you wanted to format the card)
And I am not going to go into the enhancement menu cuz it is huge. It is amazing.

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 target bag made from target bags. I heart target bags

 Filed under: Gadgets, random crap — beerorkid @ May 8th, 2008

Article

Target teams up with Newsweek and Terracycle to create reusable totes out of fused target plastic bags! Finally - a recycled reusable bag that looks like the bags it came from and is replacing! And that’s not all… the Newsweek aspect is fascinating as well - you rip off the cover of the latest “green” issue, and are taught how to tape up the cover into a prepaid envelope that you can put Target plastic bags in, and mail them in for a coupon to get one of the Terracycle $6 ReTotes for free in a Target Store.

When it comes to target bags I get all gushy. They simply rule.

Theresa has gotten some canvas bags for our grocery shopping, but I so want one of these.

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 leave me alone box

 Filed under: Gadgets — beerorkid @ Apr 24th, 2008

info

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 lego crew unpacking an iphone

 Filed under: Gadgets — beerorkid @ Apr 23rd, 2008

Super cute flickr slideshow

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 urinal cleaning elephant

 Filed under: Gadgets — beerorkid @ Apr 23rd, 2008

Stop pixelating their porn

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 more good eats knife stuff

 Filed under: Gadgets, me make food — beerorkid @ Apr 22nd, 2008

He also did a full episode on knives which you can see here

hat tip Jake

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 racked up $135 in roaming fees on my little trip to LA. Joy

 Filed under: Colbert, Gadgets — beerorkid @ Apr 22nd, 2008

OnNotice

Lots of 3 minute calls, with the longest being 12 minutes. That money should of been going into my iphone fund, but no it will go to US cellular. Joan Cusack you are now on notice.

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 lovin the new shuffle

 Filed under: Gadgets — beerorkid @ Apr 21st, 2008

shuffle stuff

go here to see notes on what is what

Got a 2gb ipod shuffle straight from apple and darn that thing is small. The headphones it came with are pretty short. Picked up a new set of Shure E2C (actually SCL2) headphones. Also a little USB adapter which works pretty good.

This would be my 3rd shuffle. You can see the dead 1st gen one in the pic. I was a bit afraid because it was just not loud with the apple earbuds, but once I got the Shure’s I was in heaven. The thing is ridiculously small and is gonna work great I am sure.

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 resist the urge to shave so you can have one of these

 Filed under: Gadgets — beerorkid @ Apr 18th, 2008

combit

I doubt I would spend $120.00 for this, but oh man I would comb all fricking day. I would comb random dudes on the street.

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 clever cable declutter idea

 Filed under: Gadgets, pc/linux — beerorkid @ Apr 17th, 2008


Cables Box - Click here for more amazing videos

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 my shuffle arrived :)

 Filed under: Gadgets, internets, pc/linux — beerorkid @ Apr 16th, 2008


First pic that came up when I google imaged shuffle

It is a second gen, 2GB, purple sucker. Thing is tiny. I tried to get it to work in linux. Linux said the database was not happy. Had to load up itunes on the XP partition to get some tunes on there. This is pretty easy cuz a 2nd hard drive I keep all my stuff on is fat32 so both OS’s can see it.

Sniffed around on the internets and found this handy tool: iPod shuffle Database Builder From what I hear it works pretty darn good.

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 I gots blood blisters, but finally the commuter is rolling good

 Filed under: Gadgets, bikes — beerorkid @ Apr 10th, 2008

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My chain fell off 5 times in the last two days. From just plain riding. I take very few sweet jumps on the way to work.

It is hard to splain why one would take 26 of their 27 gears off their bike, but being single speed rules.
So I got my bike back and it was set up as a single speed in a pretty easy gear. Commuting on my old full suspension bike let me adjust to a tougher gear pretty easily. I had tried a new system called a Rennen Rollenlager which worked well in some ways on my full suspension, but bad in others. I did not realize how much the rear suspension flexing affected chain tension. It just was not gonna work.

I figured the Rollenlager would rule on my hard tail commuter. And once again I had issues. They offer a 1/2 link to get the chain length within the adjustable range. This prob works most of the time. Problem was the rear triangle chain stays got in the way of the rollenlager working correctly. When it comes to rock solid chain tensioning I still recommend the rollenlager, but a Surly singlerator solved my issues.

I think the reason I disliked the singlerator was because I simply did not know how to adjust it. I have that down pretty darn good now. MWC had a larger front chain ring at the shop and it rocks now. Fuggles got a darn good ride out of it. I am so tired of her going faster than me.

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 ummmmmmm…. my new bike? Makes my crotch hurt

 Filed under: Gadgets, bikes — beerorkid @ Apr 8th, 2008

more info

I saw this a few places and thought it was silly, but after seeing the vid I still think it is silly.

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 you light up my life

 Filed under: Gadgets — beerorkid @ Apr 8th, 2008

Luxim lights look cool and are really efficient

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