It was a big weekend here at the OS Quest Data Center so I figured I’d wait for the long weekend (made even longer with a vacation day on Friday) to end. With my switch to Comcast I have a little time with both DSL and Comcast since the DSL will run for another couple of weeks. A co-worker suggested I keep the DSL as a backup or to increase my bandwidth. Being a router guy he happened to have a Xincom XC-DPG502 router that he sent me. Since it [...] Read the rest »
DPReview.com Goes To Amazon.com
http://www.dpreview.com My favorite Digital Photography equipment review site has sold itself to Amazon.com. I’ve enjoyed reading their reviews even when I wasn’t shopping for a camera. At first I was concerned there would be changes but that doesn’t seem to be the case, at least in the staff and content. But Phil Askey, who started DPReview will be sticking around. I was a little surprised (well, not too surprised) about the number of commenters in the DPReview forums who considered it a sell out. While I’m as willing as the [...] Read the rest »
SanDisk Ultra II SD Card with USB
I’d heard about this gadget on the GizWiz podcast. It seemed like a great idea. A SD card that had a built in USB adapter which eliminates the need for a separate USB card reader. Seemed like a great idea to me and I can always use an SD card. Now that I have the card I’m even more impressed. When it’s flat it’s a regular SD card. I used it in my Nikon D50 without a problem since it works like a regular SD card. To plug it into [...] Read the rest »
