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Digital Photo Frames

04/02/2009

I bought a Philips frame without doing enough research – never had one before, thought they’d all be much of a muchness – but it’s far too finicky and basic for a geek. I mean seriously, you have to either leave expensive storage media in the frame all the time, popping it in or out every time you want to add or remove a photo, or you have to copy photos to the frame one at a time. Even then you can only add a limited, unspecified number.

Anyway, enough with the ranting, I’m actually looking for recommendations. At at an absolute minimum I need something with an interface that doesn’t suck the sweat off a dead man’s balls, preferably with touchscreen UI. (Having the buttons on the back is sheer idiocy.) Onboard storage a must, and WiFi would be nice, but failing that direct USB connection to my comp.

Anything out there with a spec like that, or close to that? Anyone really pleased with theirs? What are the good brands?

Wine, wine, wine, that’s all he ever does…

02/02/2009

I have most of a case of wine plus a few assorted bottles left over from me wedding, if anyone else is getting married or just fond of plonk. Can’t stand the stuff meself and can’t sell it anywhere because of “rules”. Huh!

Whites

  • 9x Blossom Hill California Chardonnay
  • Winter Hill Chardonnay 2006
  • Lindemans Chardonnay 2007

Reds

  • Winter Hill Cabernet Sauvignon 2006
  • 2x Royal 2004

Champagnes

  • Oudinot Brut 2002 75cl
  • Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial 75cl
  • Lanson Blacklabel Brut 375ml

Google Analytics script 97% slower at peak in Europe

30/01/2009

According to Pingdom, performance in Europe is significantly worse than Stateside. Lets hope AdSense performs better. Beef up that European infrastructure Google!

And webmasters, make sure that script is at the bottom of your pages, not the top!

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As you can see, loading the GA script from North America is overall a bit slower than loading it from Europe. On the other hand, while the European load times are significantly faster on average than the North American ones, the performance is much more uneven over the course of the day.

The difference between the maximum and minimum load times for North America is 27%, but in Europe the difference is 97%.

NASA Common Extensible Cryogenic Engine

28/01/2009

Icicles! On an engine that burns at 5000 degress!

A technology development engine that may help NASA safely return astronauts to the lunar surface has successfully completed its third round of testing. The goal of these tests is to reduce risk and advance technology for a reliable and robust rocket engine that could enable America’s next moon landing.

The tests by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne in West Palm Beach, Fla., helped to gather data on this concept engine that might play a role in the next stage of human exploration of the moon. Most rockets make spacecraft travel faster. The goal of a lunar lander descent engine is to slow the vehicle so astronauts can land safely.

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