technology
VHS to DVD Conversion
As I’ve talked about before, I have a lot of VHS tapes I want to transfer to DVD. Today we went to a bunch of yard sales, and one of my finds was a dual-deck VHS/DVD unit. It had a button that said “copy” and a post-it saying they hadn’t tested the record function because … Continue reading
Headphone Update
Well, I guess my ears are just shaped weird, or something. They are at least two different sizes, I can tell that much. I went to the drugstore at lunch and bought the Philips SHS3201 earhook earphones for $10, and the right one sits pretty comfortably on my ear but the left one feels like … Continue reading
Headphones
To my great disappointment, the Logitech wireless headphones I ordered don’t fit. They work fine – the Bluetooth is great – but they are too big and heavy for me. They don’t seem to sit properly behind my head, and they’re squashing one ear and hurting it. So I think I am going to have … Continue reading
iPod Arrived
My 80GB Snazzy McSnazzersons Video iPod is waiting at home for me! They had said it would be there on the 19th, but I was kind of hoping it would turn up today. I wasn’t able to print the official “shipment release authorization” form due to a lack of a functioning printer, so I handwrote … Continue reading
PPP for an iPod
I think I’ve decided what to do with my PPP money: I want to buy a 80GB video iPod, which is the latest and greatest version. I don’t know that I need quite that much space, but it has the best battery life – 6.5hrs while playing video, so it’s enough for a couple of … Continue reading
Nano Envy
I am officially so jealous. One of :A:’s friends got her an 8gb black iPod Nano for Xmas. Unfortunately this friend’s father died this past weekend, and she can’t fly to Peru until tomorrow, so she’s going through a lot right now and I can’t even hate her. I’ve tried to convince :A: that my … Continue reading
Auto Satisfaction
I just satisfied all of my auto technology needs in one fell swoop. I got a car charger for my Sidekick, a car charger for my 3G iPod, and an audio-cassette adapter for the iPod so I can play it through my car’s cassette player. Plus I got a spare home charger for my Sidekick, … Continue reading
Playstation Emulation
Oh my god! I got ePSXe to run on my laptop and I can play Playstation games on my laptop! I haven’t quite got the configuration right…sound effects play but music does not, which means Bust-A-Groove is much harder to play than on the PSX. But it handles import games (it’s the Japanese version of … Continue reading
Copying VHS to DVD
I missed a woot for a combination VHS player/DVD recorder, and that got me thinking about transferring my old VHS tapes to DVD. The one I’m most concerned about is my tape from the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea – it has been watched a few hundred times and the tape is probably near … Continue reading
Sidekick Noodlings
I was noodling around a bit on eBay as a result of a conversation with firesign3000 and I was looking at Sidekick prices. I originally bought a color Sidekick, used from eBay, in January 2005 for about $130. That same phone is currently selling for about $50 on eBay; I still have my old one … Continue reading