The Gadgets Page

The hipsters have been obsessed with moleskine notebooks. The geeks have been obsessed with digital storage space. The Geekster? Well, the Geekster is obsessed with BOTH and can finally have both in one convenient package thanks to zonageek!

• zonageek: blog: The Geekster Moleskine

I love things that are disguised to look like something else! Underneath the exterior of a nondescript notebook, lies the throbbing heart of a 80 GB drive. Sexy and nerdy at the same time!

I love the frequently asked questions:

• Why? Because regular enclosures are boring. Because Moleskine notebooks are great looking. And of course, the usual answer: why not?

• Won’t it get too hot? Probably. I did no research at all, but I’m pretty certain paper is not as good thermal conductor as aluminum. But I really don’t care. I don’t plan to run Mac OS out of the drive, or to use it continuously for long periods of time. And you can always open the notebook and expose the drive.

• What will you use the extra blank pages for? Why, writting down my passwords, of course!

Via: Meriblog: Meri Williams’ Weblog » links for 2007-04-28

Josh Leo is a popular video-blogger who is quite prolific. He produces Wandering West Michigan and Josh Leo’s Vlog. How did he review his new camera, the Canon HV20? By creating a video with split screen showing the same footage taken with his new camera and his old. You can see it here: Josh Leo’s Vlog » New Camera

The true talent of this video was obvious in the editing. Josh did such a good job editing this video to make sure everything was synced perfectly that it’s obvious to see that he could create wonderful videos no matter what camera he uses. It all goes to show that your camera does not matter.

In our pockets, our purses and even in our cell phones, we have cameras that are better than some of the early photographers had at their disposal. We carry them around with us everywhere and are able to capture moments that are fleeting and beautiful. The new HD cameras are great and can capture even more detail than the previous versions, but they can’t replace true talent.

Instead of obsessing over the limitations of my camera. I need to just keep filming and keep learning. I can’t buy that.