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How to make your own FireWire 800 card reader

February 8, 2012 @ 9:33 am

If I ever get really bored, I will try to make my own FireWire 800 card reader out of an old FireWire HDD enclosure and a CF to SATA converter. It’s still cheaper than buying one or worrying about the … Continue reading →

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FireWire 800 card readers back from the dead?

February 5, 2012 @ 11:37 pm

According to this post on Fstoppers, at least one regular-priced FireWire 800 card reader exists in the wild and believe it or not, it’s still in production for just $50 retail. Any US retailer selling these? If not, how come?

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Google Currents

December 10, 2011 @ 11:03 am

A few days ago, Google unleashed Google Currents, a Flipboard-style news reader that really puts Flipboard to shame in my opinion. The Google Currents app works on both Android and iOS devices (iPhone and iPad) and is completely free.

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NES USB flash drive

March 14, 2011 @ 6:27 am

Somebody hacked the inside of an old NES game system to be a USB flash drive reader and then planted a flash drive into an old NES game cartridge. Here’s one way to take up a lot of space.

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Convert partial RSS feeds to full-text using Full Text RSS Feed Builder

March 4, 2011 @ 8:00 pm

The greatest thing to come to the web in a very long time is Full Text RSS Feed Builder. It does what it sounds like — it’ll take a shortened RSS feed (one that normally you would have to click … Continue reading →

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RSS 5000: an RSS news reader for the iPad

December 17, 2010 @ 4:45 am

The RSS 5000 app for the iPad looks spectacular. The app lets you go through your Google RSS feeds by showing you the actual webpage on the right side rather than the usual RSS non-formatted page. That means you’ll see … Continue reading →

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