Lazyweb: Seeking a Laptop Backpack

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Backpack Round-Up

Backpack Round-Up 04/09/2004 03:58 PM
Front-runners in my search for a new laptop backpack are the Dakota Computer Brief Backpack ($120-$150 street) and Ogio Metro...

Backpack Follow-up

Backpack Follow-up 06/29/2004 12:47 AM
Got an e-mail today from a fellow Dell 8600 and Tumi Briefpack owner asking if I'd ever decided on a...

Plant-Air Backpack

Plant-Air Backpack 03/19/2005 02:45 AM

Harmut Stockter has created a piece which he calls his "Plant Backpack" (actually, Planzenrucksack) that allows its wearer to breathe the fresh air generated by the plants kept in the portable greenhouse while allowing the wearer to provide the plants with their much-needed carbon dioxide. His back-mounted study in symbiosis of course means that you can finally use your favorite "breath of fresh air" jokes out in public where you might not will surely be mocked.

Enjoy a symbiosis with plants [WMMNA]
Planze nrucksack [KirkhoffGallery]

APC TravelPower Backpack

APC TravelPower Backpack 08/13/2004 11:04 AM

Could be old or could be new, but I hadn't seen it, and I like the idea, if not the implementation. The APC TravelPower Backpack is basically a bag with a powerstrip built-in, letting you plug all your various devices inside, then plug the pack into a power outlet using a single cord, which can be adapter to fit automobile, airline, and standard AC power outlets. It even has an internal USB outlet for charing devices that can receive power over USB.

Read - Product Page [APCC via TRFJ]

The Wireless Backpack Repeater

The Wireless Backpack Repeater 06/03/2004 03:29 PM

Targus intros Rolling Backpack

Targus intros Rolling Backpack 08/30/2004 01:56 PM
Targus has unveiled the US$69.99 Rolling Notebook Backpack, which can be worn, rolled or carried by a co-molded ergonomic handle at the top...

It's So Cute! He's Going After Junior's
Backpack! (Reuters)

It's So Cute! He's Going After Junior's
Backpack! (Reuters) 02/05/2005 09:23 PM
Reuters - A Canadian couple has launched a business offering worried parents or concerned employers private drug-detection services that will search homes and offices for everything from marijuana to heroin.

Solar backpack packs portable power

Solar backpack packs portable power 12/19/2004 03:00 PM

IRC as the lazyweb

IRC as the lazyweb 03/06/2004 01:57 AM
I have been a long time PGP key owner, but have almost never used it. A year ago, while I was talking with the Chandler folk about working for them, I ran into this great essay by Brad Templeton, Returning privacy to E-mail, and ever since then I have kept my eyes open for a more user-friendly approach to encrypting email. Tonight, I ran into this glowing review of new product, Voltage's identity based encryption, which claimed to go a considerable way to solving the problem that Brad Templeton wrote about a while ago. I looked over Voltage's site, but didn't feel competent to evaluate the new approach myself. The first thing I did was shoot off an email to Bruce Schneier, Counterpane CTO and author of Crypto-Gram, as well as several very good books. I don't expect a personal answer from Schneier, whom I have never met, but I hoped (and hope) that perhaps he will cover the topic in the next edition of Crypto-Gram. Just for fun, I posed the question on a recently much maligned IRC channel that I sometimes lurk on. Within minutes I had a link to the original paper on identity based encryption, a link to PGP Inc. CTO's critique of the approach, which blew a few good sized holes in it, and an intelligent discussion of it on the IRC channel. After half an hour, I felt like I had a slightly informed opinion on the subject (identity based encryption is not quite the panacea that its proponents claim, because it creates new problems while solving old ones). The power of the web to harness many minds in common cause still amazes me, even in trivial examples like this one. Of course, there is always another point of view....

One backpack to shlep, store and
*charge* the whole device-array

One backpack to shlep, store and
*charge* the whole device-array 07/12/2004 12:35 PM
The JuiceBox is a backpack crammed with one man's entirety of chargers, docks and wall-warts, wired together so that plugging in one single lead powers the entire device-array. Included devices are a Dell Axim X3i, Jabra BT250 headset, Nokia 6310i, iPod, etc...

When the front flap is open, you can see the USB hub to which are connected a BT receiver, iPod sync cable, palm sync cable and webcam cable. Behind the cables sticking in the hub you see the BT gps receiver (from www.tomtom.com), to the right of the hub the webcam itself, beneath it a pen (with a little LED light, yay!). And below that my two toolkits, one containing often used tools (crosscable, various jeweller's screwdrivers,knife, PCMCIA HD, USB storage, and sticky notes) and the other containing various nuts and bolts, some PCMCIA network cards, some torque screwdrivers, and some electrician's tape)

Link (via Gizmodo)

The Lazyweb hits 800

The Lazyweb hits 800 03/14/2005 05:54 PM
One of my little widgets, The LazyWeb has just had its 800th entry. Happy Postday, old girl. It's quite a proud little moment that almost passed me by. It seems a lifetime since Matt Jones came up with the...

Pingtesting the LazyWeb

Pingtesting the LazyWeb 05/27/2004 01:49 PM
This post is pingtesting the new LazyWeb infrastructure - you should both ignore it, and be mildly aroused by its promise....

LazyWeb, while you sleep

LazyWeb, while you sleep 04/10/2005 02:16 PM

I often have dreams that feature technology ideas, but I don't always remember them and more often than not they're just goofy ideas. This morning's dream is somewhat in the goofy category but might be useful to some, and since I remember all of it in detail I'll relate it here.

So I'm stopping by Andy's office in Santa Monica to go have lunch (I think I was on a roadtrip in my dream), and while he steps away to grab his jacket I notice there's an IM window scrolling past with loads of text. When he gets back a few seconds later I ask him what that is, and he says he's watching the Simpsons over IM.

I say "you're doing what? how?" and he explains it, and this is way more detail than I normally remember in dreams, but I thought it was such a cool idea I think I kind of "saved" it so I would remember later. So he goes on, explaining how he built a chatbot that is wired to a stream of TV closed captioning, so you add captionbot to your buddy list, then talk to it. You ask it what's on TV right now, and it returns a list of shows, you pick a show and it starts streaming out dialogue from characters, directly via closed caption data. "It's like watching a show in text" I say and then we go off to lunch.

And that's all I remember. Andy built a really cool text adventure bot last year, and TVeyes is basically Technorati for TV (though they predate Technorati by several years), searching caption histories for words or phrases. I doubt you can get real time caption data and I'm not even sure if reading a tv show would be interesting, but I figured I'd share the dream with everyone, in case someone feels like building it.

Clarivoyant Lazyweb

Clarivoyant Lazyweb 06/24/2005 09:20 PM
Wow. I'm so lazyweb, I hadn't even written up the post describing the app i wanted, and someone's already gone and built it. Jon Aquino made YubNub, his entry in the Rails Day contest. It's a server-based system for assigning your own keywords for automating queries and searches. Jon describes...

Building Your Own LazyWeb

Building Your Own LazyWeb 07/24/2004 06:17 PM
I should have got this off my to-do list ages ago, but anyway. I've tidied up the complete code and instructions (not exactly long or complicated I grant you) to the LazyWeb. Want a LazyWeb of your very own? Have...

Overhauling the LazyWeb

Overhauling the LazyWeb 05/31/2004 12:36 PM
I've just overhauled infrastructure powering the blogosphere's favourite ideas site, The LazyWeb. Never seen it? Well, following an idea from Matt Jones and prodding from Clay Shirky, I built a site that allows people to harness the immense power of...

LazyWeb: Email to MT gateway

LazyWeb: Email to MT gateway 03/13/2003 10:16 AM
I've got a mailbox called "RSS" that gets all of the announcements, product releases, occasional mailings from sweetcode or ditherati,...

Cultural Lazyweb - Test

Cultural Lazyweb - Test 06/23/2004 05:57 AM
Test Post...

the most impressive lazyweb leverage
ever

the most impressive lazyweb leverage
ever 06/02/2004 02:40 AM
4 days, three outliner implementations in three different languages

Lazyweb, I throw cash at thee

Lazyweb, I throw cash at thee 01/28/2004 12:06 AM

N ow that Typepad supports the new atom api for publishing to photo albums, I want iPhoto to transmit images directly to my typepad account. The docs don't mention new album creation but you can add photos into existing albums. Any applescript ninjas want to take a crack at it? I'll paypal $40 to whoever can whip up a script first.

Lazyweb: Tracking comments with
dc:contributor

Lazyweb: Tracking comments with
dc:contributor 03/13/2003 10:16 AM
Lazyweb, I invoke thee: Is there a way to have my blog software scan my post for <cite> tags, and generate the proper <dc:contributor> elements in the header (and RSS feeds) of my blog? Perhaps <dc:responder>, I dunno, whatever is appropriate.

Lazyweb: Centralized "wish to
contribute" list

Lazyweb: Centralized "wish to
contribute" list 03/13/2003 10:16 AM
Lazyweb: I'd like a place to register my desire to support a given cause monetarily, even if I don't have the money. I can't give $5 to Doc right now (for his stolen powerbook), but darn it! I'd like to at least say "I wish I could" somewhere my vote will be counted at.

LazyWeb Request: Change Tracking a la
Word for Any Text

LazyWeb Request: Change Tracking a la
Word for Any Text 12/11/2003 04:57 PM
Probably the single best feature (yes, there is a good feature) in Word is change-tracking, the ability to see what's been added, deleted, and altered since I last saw the document or since the document began. I can choose to hide the changes or have them exposed in all their g[l]ory detail.

I'd love an app (preferably for my Mac) that'll do the same for any arbitrary text file. And, before you say it, don't say "diff." This is at best a blunt instrument, doesn't know who made what change where, and is on a line-by-line basis which isn't quite enough granularity for any real prose editing. Yes, I can use RCS or CVS, but again we're talking line-level granularity, no? If I'm simply overlooking something, please do correct me.

If not, then I appeal too the LazyWeb to point me in the right direction.

LazyWeb: RSS to MovableType converter,
TrackBack pings as posts

LazyWeb: RSS to MovableType converter,
TrackBack pings as posts 03/13/2003 10:16 AM
Add support to lazyweb.org for comments and trackback pings; two solutions provided, one solution found.

Lazyweb request - I need a hiss filter
for audio recordings

Lazyweb request - I need a hiss filter
for audio recordings 09/24/2004 09:48 PM
Mark Frauenfelder: I'm looking for a cheap (under $50) Mac OS X program that will filter the hiss out of an interview I recorded on a cassette tape. If you have a recommendation, please email me!

Motorola seeking tie-ups

Motorola seeking tie-ups 12/08/2003 07:00 AM
This Is Money Dec 8 2003 5:50AM ET

Seeking new turf

Seeking new turf 05/17/2004 10:22 AM
USA Today May 17 2004 2:07PM GMT

Seeking balance

Seeking balance 03/28/2005 01:42 AM
USA Today Mar 28 2005 4:51AM GMT

Seeking your patronage

Seeking your patronage 09/21/2004 06:36 AM
USA Today Sep 21 2004 10:16AM GMT

Seeking Out Opposites

Seeking Out Opposites 10/28/2003 11:06 PM

For the past year or two, I've been trying an experiment in my personal research and learning. I've been seeking out tools and technologies which are as different as possible from those with which I already have experience. I want to break up some prejudices and habits I have, and expose myself to more ways of looking at things. Now that I write this, it sounds like a great approach to life in general, but for now I'm focusing on computer science. :)

My success with this has been entirely dependant on free time and brain cycles, of which I've had precious little. But, I have managed to wean myself away from Perl to learning Python, developing a few apps with it and incorporating it into my problem solving kit. I've also managed to get myself away from XEmacs for hours at a time in order to weave Vim into my work-a-day life. These two things haven't been easy for me, since I've been using both Perl and some variant of Emacs for almost 12 years now, and I've done my share of sneering at that which is not perl or emacs.

And, although I've yet to spring upon them, I've also been making wary, narrowing circles around Lisp, Smalltalk, Prolog, and .NET. There been occasional forays into Java, as well as my daily attachment to Flash and Actionscript lately. And then, there've been my hefting and swinging of XSLT and XPath, as well as RDF, countered by a few feints with plaintext shell tools and YAML. There's been more, but most investigations have been too tentative to mention.

If there's a "holy war" between two things, I want to explore them both. I tend to see two apparently intelligent parties in an extended debate over which of them has a hold on the One True Way. In my experience, though, there's a high likelyhood that such a phenomenon points toward a real truth which lies somewhere inbetween. (This, of course, ignoring such cases where one party is correct, and the other is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!) There tend to be very good reasons why smart people on either side of a fence have taken up with what they have, and I want to know both sides thoroughly. I know full well that both sides have at least some valid criticisms against the other, but I want a synthesis of the two.

In this field of computer science, there are as many ways of working with the dreamstuff as there are ways of structuring thoughts. And, rather than there ever being One True Way to do things, there will always be another smart person developing another powerfully expressive and insightful way of doing things. Someday, I'd like to be one of those smart people, so I need to have a sense for that truth in the middle that other One True Ways bracket and zero in on. And then, I want to know enough to jump out of the frame altogether, and in which ways I can invert and twist things to encircle some new spark.

Someday in the next few years, I'd like to get back into school so I can get to even higher levels of growing up to be a computer scientist. But for now, it's back to work for me. And, if you happen to think of any geeky holy wars, let me know. I'm collecting them for study.

Desperately Seeking Wi-Fi

Desperately Seeking Wi-Fi 05/03/2004 06:07 PM
Review: A hardware version of NetStumbler, the WiFi Seeker is a keychain-sized device that makes it easy to sniff out Wi-Fi hubs.

Advice for those seeking capital

Advice for those seeking capital 04/14/2005 10:24 PM

Vent ureBlog: it is best not to clip your fingernails while pitching your company

I knew there was a reason I subscribed to VentureBlog.

Seeking Logic in QLogic

Seeking Logic in QLogic 07/15/2004 01:34 PM
Can investors learn from one highflier's misfortune?

MCI board seeking a higher bid?

MCI board seeking a higher bid? 04/12/2005 08:45 AM
CNN Money Apr 12 2005 1:07PM GMT

Aid agencies seeking help for Asia

Aid agencies seeking help for Asia 12/28/2004 12:50 PM
ZDNet Dec 28 2004 4:04PM GMT

mozdev Seeking Mirrors

mozdev Seeking Mirrors 01/22/2004 02:38 AM

Transforming XML: Seeking Equality

Transforming XML: Seeking Equality 06/17/2005 04:28 PM
Bob DuCharme looks at how XSLT 1.0 and 2.0 let you evaluate whether two elements are equal.

Desperately Seeking Juror #3

Desperately Seeking Juror #3 12/23/2003 08:03 PM
Steve Davis, this was your life. The most interesting spam I've gotten in a while. This fellow apparently served on a jury with the woman of his dreams. Having not gotten her number, or apparently her name, he decided that spamming was the way to find her. In this world, at this time, one would think he would know better. I smell a new meme arising! (Text of the email inside.)

Desperately Seeking ... Algorithms !

Desperately Seeking ... Algorithms ! 03/11/2003 01:22 AM
Desperately Seeking ... Algorithms ! I know, I know. Single guy on a Sunday morning shouldn't be searching for algorithms. Such is the nature of a dedicated geek though. Here's the request, appropriately enough written as a personals ad: You: Small, petite, memory shy algorithm able to take a few hundred bytes of text and return to me the correct natural langauge codes i.e. give me "jp" or "il" or anything more correct than what's normally in the element. Me: Aspiring RSS search engine looking to broaden my horizons, experience new urls and (gasp) boldly recognize languages correctly. Other: Special points given for being written in PHP. Extra points given to red heads (oops -- wrong context; scratch that). Goal: Long term embedded relationship but will date before marriage. I know this exists. I can even remember sitting in an office in Albany, NY one day talking with John Munson (whose email address I no longer have) and discussing it. I cannot, for the life of me, remember how it worked or its name. And I'm googling poorly this fine morning. Thoughts? Anyone out there got any code to toss my way? Example of Why I need It: Here's a blog and here's its rss feed. Now here's its language element: en-us. And there's the problem -- this isn't english by a long shot. But I don't think the problem is to require everyone out there to set this properly. As they say "sh*" happens and computers are supposed to be smart enough to recognize this. Note to hlb -- I'm not singling you out here guy, you're just one of the hundreds if not thousands of blogs with a mis-set language field and you're just the example I happened to grab at random. This posting also ensures I can find my test case when I need it again so at least by posting this, you know that I'm going to try and get at least your case fixed.
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Dell Inspiron 9200 17-inch laptop review

Dell Inspiron 9200 17-inch laptop review 12/27/2004 08:50 AM
Engadget Dec 27 2004 1:12PM GMT

Dell Inspiron 700m

Dell Inspiron 700m 08/08/2004 08:42 PM
ZDNet Aug 9 2004 0:31AM GMT

Dell Inspiron 600m Review (pics, specs)

Dell Inspiron 600m Review (pics, specs) 01/04/2005 03:28 PM
NotebookReview.com Jan 4 2005 6:31PM GMT

Dell Inspiron 600m

Dell Inspiron 600m 07/10/2004 10:05 PM
Washington Post Jul 11 2004 2:24AM GMT

New Dell Inspiron XPS Gaming Notebook

New Dell Inspiron XPS Gaming Notebook 02/14/2004 01:29 PM
I4U Feb 14 2004 5:10PM GMT

Review: Dell Inspiron XPS

Review: Dell Inspiron XPS 04/21/2004 06:16 AM

Dell Inspiron 1150 Review

Dell Inspiron 1150 Review 05/20/2004 08:33 PM
EarthWeb.com May 21 2004 0:49AM GMT

Dell Inspiron XPS

Dell Inspiron XPS 02/12/2004 10:18 PM
CNET Feb 13 2004 2:37AM GMT

Dell Inspiron 6000(d)

Dell Inspiron 6000(d) 04/09/2005 09:04 AM
Hot Hardware Apr 9 2005 1:34PM GMT

SP2 Bogs Down Dell Inspiron

SP2 Bogs Down Dell Inspiron 09/04/2004 05:07 AM
Owners of Dell Inspiron laptops are complaining that installing Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 causes significant slowdowns in system performance. Users are particularly irritated at a lack of response from both Dell and Microsoft to resolve the issue.

Dell Inspiron 9100

Dell Inspiron 9100 06/16/2004 01:18 PM
PC Magazine UK Jun 16 2004 5:21PM GMT

Dell Inspiron 8600 for business

Dell Inspiron 8600 for business 11/11/2003 12:52 PM
CNET Nov 11 2003 11:35AM ET

Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 with GeForce Go
6800 Ultra

Dell Inspiron XPS Gen 2 with GeForce Go
6800 Ultra 04/18/2005 10:04 AM
Hard OCP Apr 18 2005 2:03PM GMT

Insane Dell Inspiron coupon deal ($750
off $1499), take two.

Insane Dell Inspiron coupon deal ($750
off $1499), take two. 04/13/2005 12:05 AM
Dell's (almost) half price Inspirons are back. If you're in the market for a laptop (and live in the US), tomorrow at 8am CST might be go time!

Dell $750 Off Coupon Details and
Inspiron Reviews Summary

Dell $750 Off Coupon Details and
Inspiron Reviews Summary 04/13/2005 01:43 AM
NotebookReview.com Apr 13 2005 5:38AM GMT

Dell Inspiron XPS, a dedicated mobile
gaming machine : Notebooks : MobileMag

Dell Inspiron XPS, a dedicated mobile
gaming machine : Notebooks : MobileMag 02/14/2004 08:03 PM
http://www.mobilemag.com/content/100/334/C2480/ Thick........As a brick............. Dell has suped up their Inspiron notebook with the new XPS. The XPS is the first mobile gaming computer from Dell. Serious gamers can expect ultimate performance and a customized look. The Pentium 4 3.4GHz notebook ships with the Radeon 97000 128MB video card, and is upgradeable. The system will list at $2,849.00.

News Bits: Fujitsu S7020, New Tablet PC
Pics, Intel on Time, Dell Inspiron 1200

News Bits: Fujitsu S7020, New Tablet PC
Pics, Intel on Time, Dell Inspiron 1200 03/25/2005 06:56 PM
NotebookReview.com Mar 25 2005 10:53PM GMT

Betfair in possible £700m float

Betfair in possible £700m float 03/27/2005 01:39 PM
Online betting exchange Betfair could net its co-owners £100m each in a stock market float.

Inspiron XPS review

Inspiron XPS review 02/17/2004 11:54 AM
PC Magazine review of the Inspiron XPS, Dell's new high-end laptop designed specifically for gaming. Read...

Lockheed Martin awarded $700M IT
contract by the EPA

Lockheed Martin awarded $700M IT
contract by the EPA 01/16/2004 10:59 AM
Under the terms of the deal, Lockheed will provide the agency with a variety of nationwide environmental, administrative and research systems engineering services.

Microsoft sees legal charges of over
$700M

Microsoft sees legal charges of over
$700M 04/11/2005 11:27 AM
CBS Marketwatch Apr 11 2005 3:42PM GMT

Antitrust settlements cost Microsoft
over $700m

Antitrust settlements cost Microsoft
over $700m 04/12/2005 07:48 AM
Computer Business Review Apr 12 2005 11:35AM GMT

Due to delays in bid process,
Halliburton's Iraq contracts go from
$700M to $1B since August

Due to delays in bid process,
Halliburton's Iraq contracts go from
$700M to $1B since August 12/08/2003 09:16 AM
Iraq Delays Hand Cheney Firm $1 Billion .. Read article

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Inspiron 8600 Follow-up

Inspiron 8600 Follow-up 06/07/2004 07:15 PM
My follow-up on the first few weeks of owning a Dell Inspiron 8600

Inspiron owners complain of SP2 slowdown

Inspiron owners complain of SP2 slowdown 09/05/2004 06:35 PM
ZDNet Australia Sep 5 2004 10:33PM GMT

SMS Query: Dell C600 & Dell CPx J Laptop
BIOS Version

SMS Query: Dell C600 & Dell CPx J Laptop
BIOS Version 07/20/2004 03:11 AM

Lazyweb: Seeking a Laptop Backpack

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