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When, oh when can I leave my laptop AC adapter behind?

Posted by Minimalist J on June 7th, 2005

I hate carrying my laptop AC adapter around, which I end up doing even though my extended battery gives me around 4 hours of runtime if I’m very careful. Despite the enticing News.com teaser “Get ready for the 9-to-5 notebook“, it sounds like we won’t need to really get ready until around 2008.

Big digital cameras not necessary for pros

Posted by Minimalist J on June 6th, 2005

If you want to take professional quality pictures, especially with a digital camera, you need to shell out for a big, expensive SLR with lots of different lenses, right? Nope. I’d heard about this pro using small Olympus digicams a while back, but there’s some more detail up on robgalbraith.com. Great images. Lightweight kit. No [...]

Yay – laptops outselling desktops

Posted by Minimalist J on June 6th, 2005

Good news on the mobility front – Business Week is running an article on laptops now outselling desktops. This minimalist is all for mobility – if you depend on technology to keep your life organized, there’s simply no reason to have your computer tied to a wall outlet under your desk, and you certainly don’t [...]

Skype video conferencing – we love convergence

Posted by Minimalist J on June 3rd, 2005

Too many bills for too few services that are too hard to use anyway. In the end, it is all just bits, so we’re ready to have one big fat data pipe and one bill for VOIP telephone calls, internet, email, video conferencing, music and movies. Dialcom’s new video conferencing plug-in for Skype may be [...]

Minimizing computer noise

Posted by Minimalist J on June 2nd, 2005

WSJ article on silencing noisy PCs

Cold Squishy Earwax

Posted by Minimalist J on June 1st, 2005

Ear canal phones could be a home and travel music solution, but what about the Cold Squishy Earwax problem?