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20Gb Hard drive

Paul Westbrook | 08 July, 2004 19:14

SmartDisk FireFlyGizmodo posted about this nice little drive. It is a USB 20 Gb hard drive. It requires no power, as it gets the power from the USB port. The only downsides are that it is based on a 4,200 rpm drive so it is not that fast. Also the case does not have a firewire port. But for $189, it is pretty cheap.

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Backlit TV

Paul Westbrook | 08 July, 2004 19:04

Philips Ambilight TVNow, this is a nice TV. The Philips Ambilight flat screen TV has built in backlighting that changes depending on the content that is being displayed. This line comes in 32’, 37’, 42 and 50’ models, and they start at $5,500.

If I had an extra $5,500 just burning a hole in my pocket, I could see myself buying one of these

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Updated HomePod

Paul Westbrook | 08 July, 2004 18:53

HomePod w/ remoteEngadget mentions an interesting MP3 player. The HomePod plays MP3 from Mac, Windows or Linux Computers via 802.11. There are internal speakers, but it also has RCA, and coaxial and optical digital output for connection to your AV Receiver.

HomePodI like the fact that there is an LCD where the track names can be displayed. I hope that the protocol that it uses, so other people can write their own servers, if the supplied one is not good enough. I do think that the current $249 is a reasonable price for this.

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GeekTool

Paul Westbrook | 08 July, 2004 18:13

GeekTool screenshotI just have started using a very cool, but probably not all of that necessary, tool. It is called GeekTool. It will create windows that will either always be on the desktop, or floating above other windows that will display three types of information.

  1. Contents of local text files (using tail)
  2. Local or remote graphic
  3. Output of shell command

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