Of course, I mean the other Steve, Steve Jobs. My world is revolving around few Steves. Steve Jobs is usually Steve Nr. 2 – and no, Joel – the Steve #1 is definitely not Ballmer . But every year, for two brief occasions – Macworld and WWDC – Steve Jobs becomes Steve #1 for very [...]
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2008/01/16Sony eReader format (LRF) viewer for the Mac, Linux and Windows
2008/01/07Thanks to Kovid Goyal, the Sony Reader’s very own terrible software (iTunes wannabe) can very soon be decommissioned from my software collection. The libprs500 project, multi-platform solution written in Python works very well and allows to move data between Sony and your Mac / Linux / Windows. The UI is actually pretty decent, considering that [...]
iPod touch – finally !
2007/10/12So, I have finally got it. Only the 8 GB version as the 16 GB were sold out, but I just could not wait for another week . After playing with it for about 1.5 hour, I like it even more. The readability of Safari Web sites is excellent – I started to put together [...]
More on Sony Reader
2007/01/27I have been living with my Sony eReader for almost a month now and managed to read about two full books. If not the time crush in biometric project, I would have probably read much more than just two books – nevertheless, I do have some real life experience with the device. First – the [...]
The joys of open source NAS
2007/01/21Well, as it looks like, I was prematurely ecstatic about the new open source based NAS server. While the hardware works great, I had not much luck so far with setting up the software on top of that. My original idea was to use FreeNAS, let it boot and install into USB drive and use [...]
Dealing with digital mess: Local (offline) File Storage
2007/01/20If you have digital camera or digital camcorder, you probably have a problem where to store the pictures and video so that they are readily available for viewing and protected against loss caused by hardware failure. How much storage you need depends on how many and how large pictures do you take and how heavy [...]
How to reset an iPod
2007/01/06when it hangs and does not react. I am posting it so that I do not have to google it out again . Key is Menu + Select combination. Here comes the detailed version (saved from Google Notebook): Toggle the Hold switch on and off to avoid “hold trap” Press and hold the Menu and [...]
Sony eReader – first impressions
2007/01/03I have got my eReader on 30th December, so after few days of playing with it, here are first impressions. I managed to read one book and played with it quite a bit, but I am still learning. The quality of the display and “electronic paper” look and feel is great. It actually looks like [...]
Got the Sony reader :-)
2006/12/24Despite Sony’s attempt to ignore non-US markets and leave Canadians in the cold (pun intended, even if it is still above zero), I have become a proud owner of the wonderful gadget for all eBooks fans. I still do not have it physically, so I cannot put it under the tree. It is coming next [...]
