Hey. Am in NYC tonight (yeah!). It’s Halloween, am on my way to dinner, thought I would quickly post a pic of the parade. The night is relatively warm (winds a bit gusty from the west, though fine overall at street level), the crowd is in top form, the drumming is excellent, however the costumes [...]
Archive for October, 2006
Happy Halloween 2006
Posted in HEH on October 31, 2006 | Comments Off
Brokerages Price War
Posted in ECONOMICS & FINANCE, HEH on October 12, 2006 | Comments Off
If you have ever been the recipient of one of my email missives with subject This is not going to end well you already know where I’m going with this post. When I stumbled across Zecco recently it was not clear how long it would take – or if it would even take – however [...]
Etymotic Earphones
Posted in GEEKDOM, HEH, SHINY on October 8, 2006 | Comments Off
One of the great product discoveries I’ve stumbled over in the past few years is Etymotic ER-4P earphones. These guys have by far, IMHO, created the best iPod listening experience. In fact, listening to my iPod, and previous iPods and portable CD players, sucks in comparison when using other headphones – these are the dog’s [...]
Google are promoting a change in the way computer power supplies are engineered (.pdf file) which they say can save 40 billion kilowatt-hours over three years. Not a bad target, eh? The savings is captured by replacing the multi-voltage output scheme, which is today an antiquated design. Why then do power supplies continue to be [...]









