It takes about 116 hours to create a 150GB encrypted sparse disk image over the network. I don’t recommend attempting it.
Archive for December, 2008
Dream Machine
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Laptops and portability are huge right now. Someone recently said that they don’t travel without their laptop, but they don’t leave the room without their iPhone. This is true for so many of us. Convenience and portability, this is what the iPhone is, the only thing missing is horsepower (well there are a few other things missing, but computing power is the big thing). Laptops give up some of that convenience and portability for power (and desktops give up all the portability for power).
Finepix F30 Update
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
First, I wanted to mention that there is a way to turn off the green LED on focusing. I’m sure I’ll get some blurry photos, but it’s nice to know I can always turn it on if I need it. Since that was the only real annoyance, I have to say that I really think the F30 is a special camera.
I took a quick test shot comparing the Canon Digital Rebel vs. the Fuji F30. There is no doubt the Canon trounces the Fuji in low light (not that I’m surprised). For a good comparison, I also took the same photo with my old point and shoot (the FinePix A340), as well as my iPhone.
What I think of the Finepix F30
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
Im a little late to the party on this, but I just picked up a Fuji Finepix F30. Curiously, this is the 3rd Fuji that I’ve bought (which is nice since I have a pile of xD memory cards that can only be used in Fujis). I bought this camera based on reviews of it’s excellent low-light capabilities. I’m happy to say that it delivers in that category.
10 years later
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
Today I left feedback for my camera auction (loving that Finepix F30), and out of curiosity I wanted to see my first piece of feedback. I had to go back more than 10 years to find it. Aug 29, 1998, a month before eBay went public.
Like they used to…
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
I just bought a Fuji FinePix F30 off eBay for $250. In a weird twist, this camera debuted almost 3 years ago (and hasn’t been available in stores for more than 18 months). The original retail price was $399, and could have been bought for $249 in July 2006.
Doesn’t seem like anything special. It’s a point and shoot camera, 6.1MP, 3x optical zoom. No image stabilization, no HD video, and yet it’s a hard camera to get (although the F31fd is even harder). Even today, it is one of the best low light point and shoot cameras ever produced.
They don’t make them like they used to… three years ago.
Why does this have to be so hard?
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
We have two HDTVs now (a 42″ and a 32″), but the only High Def device we own is the Xbox360. To be honest I haven’t had a huge issue with watching standard def stuff on TV… and I consider myself a technology geek. It’s not that I’m against getting HD channels, it just seems expensive, plus I really enjoy time shifting everything we watch with our ReplayTV (big fan!)
Tray Ceiling DIY Overview
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
When I was planning our living room project, and we decided to build a tray ceiling, I spent a lot of time online looking for a DIY guide for building a tray. I couldn’t seem to find any kind of help for my situation (which I really wouldn’t have thought was all that unique): take a room with ~9 foot ceilings and add a tray to the ceiling.
Comcast
Monday, December 1st, 2008
Comcast’s cable internet sucks balls… very slowly and unreliably.