Photos: How to turn on a flashlight--the hard way

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The Complicated Way to Turn on a
Flashlight

The Complicated Way to Turn on a
Flashlight 04/11/2005 05:59 PM

Macs help turn photos into 'time capsule
of America'

Macs help turn photos into 'time capsule
of America' 07/14/2004 11:38 AM
by Dennis Sellers - Appropriately, Simon & Garfunkle's "America" was playing prior to the start of the "How Mac Technology Enabled 25,000 Americans to Capture the Essence of America" keynote today at the Macworld Conference & Expo in Boston...

Tiny Hard Drive Manufacturers Turn Up
The Heat

Tiny Hard Drive Manufacturers Turn Up
The Heat 07/01/2004 10:48 AM

According to The Inquirer, Japanese companies are rapidly increasing production of their small hard drives as, unsurprisingly, the demand for tiny storage that will fit in portable electronics increases rapidly. Toshiba is planning on ramping up production of its tiny 0.85-inch hard drives to a rate of almost 200,000 a month, while Hitachi will increase its 1-inch drive production to two million units per quarter. Global hard drive markers shipped 260 million units in fiscal 2003, 80 percent of which went into servers and PCs. The remaining percentage, which goes into home electronics, are expected to grow by 50% each year -- I'm betting it will be even greater than that once the manufacturers can get enough tiny units into the channels. Two years from now there won't be a single smartphone announced without a hard drive.
Read - Toshiba to ship 200,000 a month 0.85-inch hard drives [TheInquirer]

For quality photos, this printer's hard
to beat

For quality photos, this printer's hard
to beat 06/07/2004 07:14 AM
National Post Jun 7 2004 12:07PM GMT

The trend lines are in the wrong
direction. I haven't seen anything in
any of the intelligence reports that
offers a hard and fast recipe for how to
turn things around

The trend lines are in the wrong
direction. I haven't seen anything in
any of the intelligence reports that
offers a hard and fast recipe for how to
turn things around 11/14/2003 08:03 AM
this intelligence report .. top secret CIA report .. pivot point .. Source

nytimes.com/2003/11/13/politics/13INTE.html
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American Civil Liberties Union : Federal
Court Orders Government to Turn Over
Videos and Photos Showing Detainee Abuse

American Civil Liberties Union : Federal
Court Orders Government to Turn Over
Videos and Photos Showing Detainee Abuse 06/05/2005 11:29 PM
Federal Court Orders Government to Turn Over Videos and Photos Showing Detainee Abuse from Abu Ghraib .. ...and all hell's gonna break loose .. won another round .. the ACLU .. Quote:

aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=18393&c=206
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""The iBox has a built in hard drive
meaning it can be used as a network's
hub for homes or offices which would
like to share photos, music, or other
files. Not only does it act as a hub
which can connect wirelessly or by
Ethernet, it also calls upon its..."

""The iBox has a built in hard drive
meaning it can be used as a network's
hub for homes or offices which would
like to share photos, music, or other
files. Not only does it act as a hub
which can connect wirelessly or by
Ethernet, it also calls upon its..." 01/04/2004 03:53 AM

LED flashlight hack

LED flashlight hack 06/17/2004 02:52 PM
Popular Science has a simple hack for replacing a flashlight's bulb with bright white light-emitting diodes.

A flashlight ... hacked to use three 2300-millicandela LEDs will be as bright as an incandescent and last 5 to 10 times longer. Of course you can add up to 20 LEDs (as long as they fit in the reflector) if you're planning to, say, man a lighthouse with the thing.

Link

Minimalist flashlight

Minimalist flashlight 05/12/2004 12:50 PM
This may be the world's most minimalist flashlight: two high-intensity LEDs that snap over the end of a 9V battery! At $25, it seems a little steep, but the idea is very cool. Link (via Cool Tools)

Flashlight For A Variety Of Batteries

Flashlight For A Variety Of Batteries 09/15/2004 01:39 PM
Sometimes it's the simplest ideas that make a lot of sense. As people in Florida have been stocking up on batteries for their flashlights, it reminds you how you always need to make sure you have the right batteries around for your flashlights. They all seem to take different size batteries, and people always end up with random spare D or C batteries they don't know what to do with. One company is trying to solve that problem by creating a flashlight that will work with AA, C and D cell batteries with the flick of a switch. They claim the flashlight will show just as much light with any of the options, but the weaker batteries won't last as long.

Hello Kitty flashlight for Doom 3

Hello Kitty flashlight for Doom 3 08/09/2004 02:10 AM
Doom 3 has only just come out and already the modders are revving up their engines. My favorite so far: a Hello Kitty flashlight mod that makes your gun's built-in light cast a kuwaii beam on the objects it alights upon. Link (via Oblomovka)

Review: E-Brite Digital Flashlight

Review: E-Brite Digital Flashlight 01/04/2005 04:21 AM
Technocrat.net Jan 4 2005 7:47AM GMT

Flashlight Takes Different Size
Batteries (AP)

Flashlight Takes Different Size
Batteries (AP) 09/15/2004 02:11 AM
AP - Anyone who has fumbled and cursed when the power flickers out and the flashlight goes dead may have something new to beam about — a flashlight that accepts batteries of different sizes.

Energizer Quick Switch Flashlight

Energizer Quick Switch Flashlight 09/15/2004 01:31 PM

The Energizer Quick Switch flashlight's main gimmick is the sort of obvious stroke of brilliance that apparently takes 100 years to develop. It's a regular flashlight that can take AA, C, or D cells - whatever you've got handy. Obviously, your run time will vary, but the brightness of the flashlight will remain the same no matter what. Energizer has already shipped two truckloads of the flashlights to Florida, although they noted they "weren't planning on launching this in the middle of the hurricane." (Thanks, Cletus!)

Read - Flashlight Takes Batteries of Any Size [Yahoo (AP)]

LAPD Chief to Review Flashlight Policy
(AP)

LAPD Chief to Review Flashlight Policy
(AP) 06/26/2004 08:46 PM
AP - Police Chief William Bratton says he will review the department's policy on using flashlights as weapons after a Los Angeles police officer repeatedly struck a black man in a beating that has inflamed tensions in the city.

iBeam adds laser pointer, flashlight to
iPod

iBeam adds laser pointer, flashlight to
iPod 09/27/2004 10:37 AM
Griffin Technology Inc. on Monday unveiled the iBeam, a new flashlight and laser pointer combination designed to work as a snap-on package for iPods and iPod minis. The flashlight and laser pointer are two separate devices that feature protective caps and can be clipped on to a keychain when not in use. The devices plug in to the iPod's headphone jack. The package will cost US$19.99 when it ships by the end of October.

Blue-light-emitting dental flashlight
better than mouthwash

Blue-light-emitting dental flashlight
better than mouthwash 04/05/2005 06:35 AM
Cory Doctorow: Dental-care researchers are proposing a blue-light-emitting "mini-lightsaber" that you shine on your gums to kill bad bacterial more effectively than mouthwash.

"Micro-organisms called black-pigmented bacteria (BPB) such as Porphyromonas gingivalis and Prevotella intermedia have been implicated in the initiation and progression of gum disease," says Soukos. Blue light kills these bacteria because it is absorbed by specific chemical compounds within the bacteria - called iron-porphyrins - causing a cascade of reactions fatal to the organism...

Bacteria in the pure culture were killed in seconds, whereas bacteria in the plaque samples were killed selectively. Those containing iron-porphyrins were most affected - a beneficial result as it is iron-porphyrins that help bacteria in harming the gums. It is the acidic environment produced by the harmful bugs that results in tooth decay.

Link

Griffin offers iPod flashlight, laser
pointer add-ons

Griffin offers iPod flashlight, laser
pointer add-ons 09/25/2004 01:52 AM
Griffin Technology has quietly posted information on iBeam, a set of iPod accessories that consists of a snap-on flashlight and a class IIIA laser pointer...

Rube Goldberg: 125-step flashlight
battery changer

Rube Goldberg: 125-step flashlight
battery changer 04/12/2005 03:56 AM
Cory Doctorow: Robert sez, "Inspired by cartoonist Rube Goldberg, college students nationwide compete to design a machine that uses the most complex process to complete a simple task - put a stamp on an envelope, screw in a light bulb, make a cup of coffee - in 20 or more steps.

"This year the contest involved changing the two batteries in a torch. The winning team did it in 125 steps." Link, 3.4MB Quicktime Link (Thanks, Robert!)

Griffin Technologies sticks a $20
flashlight/laser combo on your iPod

Griffin Technologies sticks a $20
flashlight/laser combo on your iPod 09/25/2004 07:29 PM
Behold the Griffin iBeam! Grabbing power from your iPod or iPod mini turns this key fob into either a class IIIA laser pointer or a flashlight. Of course, by plugging this into the dock-connector, you have temporarily disabled the audio playing abilities that you payed upwards of $250 to acquire in order to enjoy the luminance of an add-on device that, until now, could only be found in much cheaper packages. But hey, if you like bright lights better than loud music, this is the gadget for you.

ActiveWin.com Exclusive: Microsoft
Hardware 2004 Fall Lineup Photos and
Descriptions (plus Fingerprint Device
Photos)

ActiveWin.com Exclusive: Microsoft
Hardware 2004 Fall Lineup Photos and
Descriptions (plus Fingerprint Device
Photos) 08/15/2004 10:58 PM
You heard it first here...We have posted multiple photos, descriptions, etc. for the complete Microsoft hardware fall lineup, which includes two fingerprint reader devices. The devices are to be released September 9th. Here is a complete list of the hardware included:

Washington Post Censors Iraqi Prison
Photos (At the Request of the WH?): Has
More Than 1,000 Photos, But Has Just
Published 10. We Wonder When Karl Rove
Made His Call To Them. 5/11

Washington Post Censors Iraqi Prison
Photos (At the Request of the WH?): Has
More Than 1,000 Photos, But Has Just
Published 10. We Wonder When Karl Rove
Made His Call To Them. 5/11 05/12/2004 05:26 AM

editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_i d=1000507649
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Branding is Hard (Rock Hard. And
Glistening)

Branding is Hard (Rock Hard. And
Glistening) 09/17/2004 02:39 PM

I just... I don't know what to say. There are a thousand reasons not to use the word 'suck' in your product name - especially if your product is, you know, a clock. "Suck bubble" isn't really any better, guys.

That's almost worse than the Bluetake Headsets. (Thanks, Allen!)

Read - Product Page [EC21]

For Recruiters, a Hard Toll From a Hard
Sell

For Recruiters, a Hard Toll From a Hard
Sell 03/26/2005 01:14 PM
The Army's recruiters are being challenged with one of the hardest selling jobs the military has asked of them in the nation's history, and many say the demands are taking a toll.

The Abu Ghraib Prison Photos - It's the
"liberation" of the Iraqi people . These
are just some of the photos that led to
an investigation into conditions at the
Abu Ghraib prison, now run by the
occupation authorities, as revealed in a
shocking report br

The Abu Ghraib Prison Photos - It's the
"liberation" of the Iraqi people . These
are just some of the photos that led to
an investigation into conditions at the
Abu Ghraib prison, now run by the
occupation authorities, as revealed in a
shocking report br 05/03/2004 09:26 AM

albasrah.net/images/iraqi-pow/iraqi-pow
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"The Abu Ghraib Prison Photos - It's the
"liberation" of the Iraqi people . These
are just some of the photos that led to
an investigation into conditions at the
Abu Ghraib prison, now run by the
occupation authorities, as revealed in a
shocking report..."

"The Abu Ghraib Prison Photos - It's the
"liberation" of the Iraqi people . These
are just some of the photos that led to
an investigation into conditions at the
Abu Ghraib prison, now run by the
occupation authorities, as revealed in a
shocking report..." 05/03/2004 03:25 PM

JVC's Mystery Hard Drive Camcorders
Revealed: They're Hard Drive Camcorders

JVC's Mystery Hard Drive Camcorders
Revealed: They're Hard Drive Camcorders 09/14/2004 11:18 AM

Oops, I almost forgot about these new cameras announced from JVC - the ones they've been hyping up to no end as their big "mystery product." Basically, they're camcorders with hard drives in them - a 4GB microdrive, to be exact. They look pretty cool and everything, but they're really most interesting because they are the first consumer camcorder with a built-in hard drive, not because they do anything particularly unique. That being said, I fully support this idea, and think most consumer recording technology should move to hard drives as soon as possible (I'll be waiting until you can get something with a bigger hard drive than 4GB for less than $1,500, though).

Both models (the GZ-MC100 and the GZ-MC200) can record up to 9Mbps in MPEG2, though, which is DVD quality.

Read - Press Release (Japanese) [VictorJP via SorobanGeeks]< /p>

David "SD8957" Chait has a less cynical take on the new camcorders, along with more stats and pictures.
Read - JVC Intros Everio Digital Camera with 4GB Microdrive [Chait]

Turn yourself into a UPC

Turn yourself into a UPC 02/18/2004 10:53 AM
Feeling overly humanized? Let this Flash-based barcode-generator dehumanize you a little: apparently this UPC decodes to "32-year-old male, 173 lbs, 5'10", living in the US." Link (Thanks, Liz!)

Or maybe it will just turn out to be the
other way around

Or maybe it will just turn out to be the
other way around 12/12/2003 05:39 AM
Hillary might just slip in and take the nomination .. Dean's Urban Legend

townhall.com/columnists/robertnovak/printrn20031211.shtml
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When to Turn Down "Help"

When to Turn Down "Help" 07/20/2004 12:51 PM
Learn how to spot credit counselors who offer only heartache and deeper debt.

Why you shouldn't turn off your PC

Why you shouldn't turn off your PC 04/22/2004 09:25 PM
ZDNet Apr 23 2004 0:57AM GMT

Toon In, Turn Out

Toon In, Turn Out 06/27/2004 10:50 PM
In the political magazine Washington Monthly there's an article that examines the exploding popularity of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. While it is a...

SCO-IBM Wars Take New Turn

SCO-IBM Wars Take New Turn 08/06/2004 04:51 PM
SCO may soon be attacking IBM on the grounds that Big Blue is improperly using Unix source code in its AIX 5L operating system.

Turn NSFW into SFW

Turn NSFW into SFW 12/04/2003 07:15 AM
BadBlue allows you to interpret your workplace (or school) sysadmin as damage and route around him. The way it works is, you install an app on your home, broadband-connected PC, and then when you get to the office or school, you run a complimentary app on your PC there. The app disguises and forwards all of your Web traffic to your home PC, which fetches and sends back the pages you're looking for, free from automatic monitors, filters, and workplace snoopers.

If this sounds familiar, that's because it's based on the principles underpinning Peek-a-Booty and other "hactivist" apps intended to give Chinese dissidents and other prisoners of censoring proxies free access to the net. Of course, the killer app for this is looking at porn at the office.

OfficeSurfer lets you surf in privacy from your office, bypassing corporate restrictions on specific web sites, defeating monitoring software, and preventing routine logging of your online activities.

Check personal email accounts... visit your favorite web sites... worry-free and hassle-free.

Link (via Infoanarchy)

Turn Your Mac mini into a DJ

Turn Your Mac mini into a DJ 02/05/2005 09:07 PM
We're kicking off our Mini Media Mac series with a tutorial that turns your mini into a full-service DJ.

Join us for a look at the hardware and software needed to build a complete party system that includes remote control so you can run the tunes while cutting a rug.

Get it here and watch for more Mini Media Mac tutorials.

Turn Your PC into a 'Mobl0gger'

Turn Your PC into a 'Mobl0gger' 04/30/2004 01:31 PM

Is it best to turn my computer off when
it's not being used?

Is it best to turn my computer off when
it's not being used? 07/29/2004 01:41 PM
CNEWS Jul 29 2004 5:14PM GMT

Last One Out, Turn Off the Lights...

Last One Out, Turn Off the Lights... 06/11/2004 04:05 PM

Gateway to consolidate Midwestern facilities: With this, Gateway is leaving Sioux Falls completely. This is too bad, as Gateway is a child of South Dakota.

Gateway will close its Sioux Falls, S.D., facility this month, as part of its plan to return to profitability.

Here's a statistic for you: in the last four years, Gateway has reduced their workforce by 91%, from 24,000 workers worldwide in 2000 to just 2,000 workers after this latest round of layoffs.

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- Twist and turn

- Twist and turn 06/08/2004 09:45 PM
Computer Times Asia Jun 9 2004 2:37AM GMT
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