Flickr now has a Camera Finder that shows you which cameras are the most popular on Flickr. It doesn’t actually show which cameras are good – just which ones the most members on Flickr use. Not terribly useful – but still interesting.
What I Learned Today…
Web 2.0 and programming tips from a library technology enthusiast, What I Learned Today… covers blogs, rss, wikis and more as they relate to libraries.
Category Archives: Gadgets
Digital Cameras – I’m up for Suggestions
I want a new digital camera. As you can see by my pics from the 2 conferences my camera’s not so good with the dark places. I see some great pictures take in the same rooms I was in – and I just want to know what cameras you’re all using and happy with. I should note that my camera (I have a FujiFilm A340) is 2+ years old – so it’s ancient in digital time – it might just be an age issue.
Gadgets, Gadgets, Gadgets!
I didn’t get to attend this session, but I can keep up because Aaron Schmidt has put the presentation online.
The most confusing (and kind of useful) item – the USB heated gloves (on page 17) – at first I couldn’t figure out why I would have my laptop with me while out in the snow. But Aaron’s description cleared it up for me – I can use these in my icebox of an office at work!!
New Toy
I bought a new toy on ebay over the weekend. I am not the excited (cause it’s a new toy) owner of an HP Ipaq 4355. What’s so neat about this gadget? Well it’s a Pocket PC with WiFi – something I haven’t had on a Pocket PC before. It also has a handy little keyboard. It also allows me to read my lectures & handouts while on the train on the way to work without having to print them all out!
I have only one problem – and it’s not the fault of the toy – it’s the fault of me for not reading the description carefully. I have an a/g router at home and apparently my new Pocket PC needs a b router!! Guess it’s time to go out shopping for more goodies 
Signals
Now – these aren’t for me – I like reading my feeds in an aggregator – but you might be interested. Original Signal offers two pages one for Transmitting Web 2.0 and one for Transmitting Gadgets. They’re each a page full of feeds from popular Web 2.0 and Gadget blogs – pretty handy if you want to read them all in one place.
Car 5.0
That’s right – skip 2.0 through 4.0 – I just watched this video about a hydrogen powered car by GM. This has absolutely nothing to do with what I usually write about, but I just had to share. Watch this video about the GM Highwire a car that requires no oil or gasoline, a car without an engine in front – a car without pedals!! It’s super scary to me, but it’s real.
Too fun not to share
Today I attended a session at the PA Bar Institute that was supposed to share 60 tips in 60 minutes. We didn’t quite get to hear all 60, but there were some fun things I wanted to share with you all (and some productive things I’m going to test before I share).
- The USB Beverage Cooler from CoolIT – keep your drinks cool using the power from your computer.
- The USB Turntable – rip your old records to MP3s so you can listen to them on your MP3 Player.
- The CellStik – backup your cell phone and/or easily transfer data from your old phone to your new one.
How neat are those? While I was searching for these URLs I saw that engadget & Gizmodo had already posted about them – but those are 2 blogs I didn’t subscribe to – until today!
Oh, and the presentation was by Ross Kodner from MicroLaw – a great speaker if you’re looking for some continuing legal education!
