Thecus: Dead again....
You would think I'd have learned my lesson already. I've been using my Thecus N5200 for a while now and, like clockwork, every 6 months it just dies. I've blogged about it before here, a lot, here are...
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Review: JBL Onstage II
When I ordered my 160GB Black iPod Classic I also ordered the JBL Onstage II desktop iPod speaker system. I can't think of another way to describe it. The feature set of the device is fairly benign, d...
Progress Check In
I've been as busy as ever these past few weeks but I have been slowly making progress on all my little projects. Yesterday Apple posted a few 160GB iPod Classics to the refurb site so I scooped one up...
Ramblings: Technology Thoughts from an Amateur Photographer
In a digital world one has to be very thoughtful of where the industry is going before making a purchase. I wish tech companies would be more transparent in this regard though I can't blame them for b...
Underwater Photography
Why is it so expensive to outfit a camera for use in water? I understand the need for divers to have solid and high quality diving cases for their cameras but what about the normal Joe looking to take...
Macbook Battery Life
I've just replaced the battery in my first generation Apple Macbook, well worth the $129 dollars. For such a small battery I was always amazed that I was able to get more then 5 hours of battery life...
Install Tiger on a G3 without a DVD drive
Here is a quick tutorial for anyone with an ancient Apple G3 Blue & White Powermac looking to install an OS via DVD. Basically, these machines are some of the first to have Firewire ports on them, the...
Thecus N5200 Failure.... Again
Wow, this is getting old. 36 days in and I've had another drive fail.. only not really. Sure the N5200 thinks it's failed but if I pull the disk out and pop in back in, the array rebuilds and all is w...
Digital Photography Workflow
I shoot a lot of pictures so sorting, editing, and using them can be cumbersome. Over the years I have moved around from application to application trying to find a good way deal with all the data. Th...
D300: MB-D10 Battery Grip
When I picked up my D300 I also bought the battery grip, as I mentioned in a previous post my primary reason for buying it was the ability to be able to use AA batteries if need be. I also bought a sp...
D300: Buffer Size and Limitations
Lesson Learned: If using the D300 and you have Active D-Lighting enabled it will limit your frame buffer to 12 shots. Active D-lighting is a new feature found in the D300, as well as the D3 I believe....
D300: Interval Shooting
I had band rehearsal last night and, just for fun, I put the D300 up on the tripod and set it to take a shot every minute. I was able to put the 'Interval shooing' option into my 'Custom' menu so it w...
Topslakr.com Format Change
This blog is now more then a year old, quite a milestone for me. Typically I throw a blog up, use it for a few months and then take it down and replace it with something new, overwriting any data that...
Review: Nikon D300
Since I bought my Nikon D40 back about a year ago I've taken nearly 20,000 shots with it and could not be happier with the device. It does everything I had hoped it would and had a large enough featur...
My OLPC Laptop
I've spoken about the OLPC laptop before, Twice, in fact. Mine has finally arrived after much wasted time on Fedex's part. I still prefer UPS. Fedex was supposed to deliver the OLPC on Dec 20th, I did...
Leave Your Jacket in the Car!
First off, I live in New Hampshire. We have more then 12" of snow on the ground and the high today is expected to be 25 degrees Fahrenheit. My recommendation to you is to leave you jacket in the car....
'Tis the Christmas Season
Thats right, I said it. I celebrate Christmas and I'm not afraid to say it! It doesn't bother me that you might celebrate something else or nothing at all. If you are Jewish then please wish me a happ...
Using all that you can
Well, the greatest holiday of the year has come and gone and what do we have to show for it? Heaps and heaps of food. Sure, we all know how to make the turkey last, making all manner of turkey recipes...
Give 1 Get 1 - Today!
I just wanted to a take a moment and post a reminder about the OLPC Give 1 Get 1 program. From today until November 26th you can buy one of these great machines. Basically, for $400 plus shipping, whi...
Waiting in Line for Leopard
For the first time I went to the Apple store to wait in on of their much publicized lines. It was the release of Leopard and I wanted to be there to a get a T-shirt. To be sure I got the software as s...