Cali’s Christmas Gift Guide 2009 | “You” Edition
Posted on: December 1, 2009
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Posted by: Cali Lewis
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Apple’s 27″ Cinema Display is a great bargain. It’s almost as big as the 30″ Display, it’s LED back-lit, it’s thinner, the resolution is almost as high (2560 X 1440) and it costs $100 less than the 30″ Cinema Display.
PogoPlug makes the files on a USB connected drive available for you to access from any computer anywhere in the world. The new version includes four USB ports.
Data Robotics released a new Drobo last week, called the Drobo S. It adds eSATA and a fifth drive bay. I’ll be giving one away during our Streaming Christmas Party with Geoff Smith on December 22nd at 8:00 PM Central. More details to come, but make sure you sign up on Twitter and follow me at Twitter.com/CaliLewis.
If you have a digital camera that uses SD cards, an Eye-Fi is a great tool! It’s an SD card that will wirelessly upload your photos to your computer, or your favorite photo sharing site.
I’ve recommended the Amazon Kindle since the moment I laid my hands on the first version, and I still recommend it.
My promo code GEEK will save you 12% at SquareSpace when you’re ready to create an easy, great looking website.
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December 2nd, 2009 at 12:55 am
You should check out Tim’s List:
I have a few of those items, cool stuff
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/11/30/12-x-mas-gifts-that-can-change-or-save-your-life/
Cheers
Jose
December 2nd, 2009 at 3:18 am
When did Geekbrief get an explicit rating on iTunes ?
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:02 am
I don’t share your enthusiasm for the Kindle for a few reasons. First – Amazon has been on my personal blacklist because of the one click patent.
Second – I won’t buy ebooks with DRM.
Finally, they don’t have adequate support for open file formats. If I’m carrying around a dedicated reading device, I’d like to be able to stuff it with reference material in addition to books that are either free or at least reasonably priced and DRM free… I’ve got hundreds of books from Baen’s Webscriptions which I can download anytime and in a variety of formats. That’s ebook content done the way I like it.
December 2nd, 2009 at 9:08 am
Um….we certainly shouldn’t have an explicit rating in iTunes! I’ll take a look, thank you!
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:23 am
I’ll have one of everything, please. Great list!
And if by explicit iTunes means Explicitly Shiny and Happy – Awesome!
Peace,
Ron
December 2nd, 2009 at 4:57 pm
I’m right with you there about the Kindle. I purchased the international version based on your experience and I have to say too that the addition of native PDF reading is t’riffic.Just a couple of things would make it perfect though. To be able to zoom and resize the PDF’s as well as annotate them , allbeit simply. Other than that find it a joy to you and as I am a Linux guy am stoked that there is such a cool app (Calibre) http://calibre-ebook.com/ that will convert and manage my Ebooks and sync with my Kindle seamlessly.
So now I have given myself an early Xmas gift wonder what else I should get for the day ? ;)
Thanks, as always Cali, for sharing :)
December 2nd, 2009 at 11:27 pm
Thanks as always for keeping us informed.
PS: I believe your link to Eye-Fi is wrong, should be http://www.eye.fi/ and not http://www.eye-fi/.
December 3rd, 2009 at 7:16 pm
I’d like to see epub support on Kindle, but I don’t see it happening as Amazon is enjoying having the market cornered on ebooks and ereaders right now. Well not CORNERED but close enough.
December 9th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Thanks for hosting the Geoff Smith Live Xmas party. Really looking forward to it again this year.
PS. On another note, d you know the link for last years party. I’d like to repost it on my web site?
December 10th, 2009 at 11:45 am
As far as a e-reader go you need to look at Sony’s New PRS-900BC. Kindle doesn’t hold candle to this e-reader……..
1. Free 3G wireless access, Access books and newspapers wirelessly on the go.
2. 7″ display with touch screen-The screen offers a high contrast ratio with 16 levels of grayscale, ensuring that text and images are crisp and easy to read
3. 1.6GB of onboard memory-with dual memory expansion card slots, your reading library is virtually limitless up 10,000 books.
4. Reads in multiple formats, Adobe PDF, MS-Word, BBeB, and other text file formats, as well as E-PUB/ACS4. Additionally with ePub and PDF, you’ll have access to over one million free public domain titles from Google Books.
5. You can play back unsecured MP3 and AAC audio files while you read.
6. Freehand highlighting & annotation
7. Built-in Dictionary-The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition.
8. Portrait or landscape viewing-In landscape mode the Reader Daily Edition allows for comfortable 2-page layout of content.
9. Six adjustable font sizes to customize your reading
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