Brief 667 | TruePower Outlets, fitPC2 PC, Rocketfish Wireless HD Adapter, 3 Port USB Hub, CrunchPad Soap Opera
Posted on: December 4, 2009
Posted in: Video
Posted by: Cali Lewis
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I love the TruePower AC Outlets with USB Power from FastMac.com. Replace your regular AC outlets with these and add USB power all throughout the house.
The fitPC2i is a very small PC (4″x4.5″x1″). It’ll run Windows 7, Windows Server or Ubuntu.
The Rocketfish WirelessHD Adapter will transmit a 1080p signal wirelessly to maybe an HDTV or a projector.
If you need more USB power while traveling, the 3 Port USB Hub is a good option. It’ll only work during charging, not syncing though.
The CrunchPad was declared in the Deadpool by Mike Arrington, the creator. It’s turned into a bit of a soap opera because, according to Arrington, he was told he’s no longer part of the project. We’ll hear from Fusion Garage CEO Chandra Rathakrishnan on Monday.
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December 4th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
What’s going on with the video quality?
December 4th, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Those power outlets would be fantastic to have around the house, can’t wait for approval. Side-note, your credits are from 2008, just pointing out.
December 4th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
Ah good, it’s not just me with weird video issues. It’s on like a 5 second fuzz/artefact wigg out timer
December 5th, 2009 at 4:14 am
Internet Content Consumption Device? I think you left out a few words there no? Nice background though :)
December 5th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
I ordered 2 of the outlets :) Note to those that haven’t check the website: It says in the description that the order won’t actually be charged until they are ready to ship.
there’s one thing I want to know, though – what’s the little square in the upper right corner of the outlet? My guess is a small LED to indicate usb power usage? I’m quite curious.
December 5th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
I know there is a mac tablet, my brother works on it, 2010 first keynote
December 5th, 2009 at 11:00 pm
Yeah what’s with the low res?
December 6th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
I would love to see how the fit-PC2 handles Boxee loaded on it or MythTV install like KnoppMyth. The DVI over HDMI is a good thing, but it would be nice to have HDMI out.
December 7th, 2009 at 2:24 am
Hej Cali,
I got a bit of a ‘back to the future’-feeling while looking at your scrolling text at the end of the video (don’t know the official word for that, maybe outtro) it said (C) 2008, whoweee :)
I definately will look into those outlets, lets see if they come in European flavour too.
December 7th, 2009 at 7:52 am
Hey Cali, I noticed the last couple of briefs don’t have the higher-res versions…did a breakout box die?
Great work tho…
Happy Holidays!
Mike
December 7th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Cali,
You mentioned the need for a small system with a PCI slot. Have you looked at http://www.polywell.com/us/oem/ITX-30A.asp or http://www.polywell.com/us/oem/ITXModelChart.asp
December 17th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Cali
There is also a lot of work-arounds for cards that are normally installed in a PCI slot.
Devices like the YBox2 Kit can output directly to a TV
http://ladyada.net/make/ybox2/index.html
Audio interfaces can built to use significantly less power then two pcs using something like then an internet radio fashioned out of a wireless router and a USB audio card
http://hackedgadgets.com/2009/06/01/diy-wifi-radio/
December 22nd, 2009 at 1:35 pm
What about any surge protection on the device?
I would hate to charge up the old iphone only to see smoke rises from the ear piece. . .
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