Archive for the 'Hardware' Category

Spiegelloos

Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010

Vijf jaar geleden kocht ik een fototoestel. Sinds die tijd hield ik een half oogje op de evolutie van digitale spiegelreflex cameras. Zou het de moeite waard zijn? De prijzen zijn gezakt, de beeldkwaliteit is super, tegenwoordig heb je goeie video-mogelijkheden… Het ideale moment om de overstap te wagen, zo lijkt het. Maar [...]

Book: Revoltution in The Valley

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

As a companion the the iWoz book, I also read Revoltution in The Valley – The Insanely Great Story of How the Mac Was Made. It was not a page-turner like “iWoz”, but just as interesting to read. Just like with the book by Woz, I already knew some of its contents — this time by accidentally [...]

Selecting PC components

Monday, November 12th, 2007

At home, we’re enjoying working on a brand new PC. Since I never got the NetVista X40 fixed completely, an upgrade was way overdue. This is actually my first ‘all-new’ computer. My previous expenses never went above €150. Which basically means that I’d seen enough reliability and compatibility woes for quite a while. I had some [...]

Netvista still headless

Thursday, September 14th, 2006

I was sure this was going to fix my Netvista X40… But it didn’t succeed.

Netvista X40 goes headless

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Details of an all-in-one PC with a failing display.

Sometimes you get lucky

Tuesday, February 28th, 2006

As a donator to the FOSDEM conference, I have won a Nokia 770 Internet tablet!

Goedkopere DSLRs in zicht

Thursday, January 19th, 2006

Er is stevige concurrentie op komst voor Nikon en Canon op het gebied van instap digitale spiegelreflex toestellen.

More colors for your inches

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Things are speeding up in the land of display technology. Exepect SED panels, LED-lit TFT screens and rollable displays to be available (hopefully) by the end of next year.

iPod mini is no longer

Friday, September 9th, 2005

Apple replaced the iPod mini with the iPod nano. I wonder if the new one will be as successful as the old one.

Nieuw speelgoed

Sunday, July 3rd, 2005

Een Canon PowerShot A510 digitale camera is in ons bezit gekomen.