Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ Category

The Asus Eee PC and the OLPC XO-1

Posted on November 26th, 2007 by Elliot

Small is back!
I remember many years ago I’d spent hours reading about the Toshiba Libretto. It was maybe 5 years ago. I would use Google and find everything about it I could. I’d read everything I could find on every fansite.
I searched for it on eBay and went on forums to find people who were [...]

OLPC Thank You Order Confirmation

Posted on November 21st, 2007 by Elliot

Confirmation
Thank you for participating in Give One Get One. Your donation will bring education and enlightenment to children of the developing world, and, in recognition of your gift, you will be receiving an XO laptop for the child in your life as well. If you have any questions or problems, please contact One Laptop Per [...]

Revver Google Gadget

Posted on November 15th, 2007 by Elliot

Here’s a great idea I don’t have time to execute on: a Revver Google Gadget.
Want to do it? Leave a comment.

iPhone Won’t Charge?

Posted on October 5th, 2007 by Elliot

Last night, my iPhone wouldn’t charge, whether I plugged into my laptop or directly into the wall with the Apple-provided AC adapter. The icon at the top right showed a green battery with the lightning charging symbol, but the battery just wasn’t getting charged.
It was still showing 20% remaining or 10% remaining warnings, even after [...]

Palm Treo and HotSync Over Bluetooth

Posted on September 30th, 2007 by Elliot

Short summary: it just doesn’t work well. It emulates a serial port, and goes pretty slowly if it works at all.
Then we had this weird error pop up, and I couldn’t find anything substantial on it in Google or Yahoo:
CCMGR.EXE failed to start because PDCMN21.DLL is missing.
Anyone out there have a suggestion?

Still no iPhone FM transmitter

Posted on September 14th, 2007 by Elliot

Here’s my chat with Apple today.

You are chatting with Amy B, an Apple Expert

Hi, my name is Amy B. Welcome to Apple!
Amy B: Good evening!
You: Amy, can the College Mac + iPod discount be used on the new iPod nano with video?
Amy B: The iPod discount can only be used on the older [...]

Palm Cancels the Foleo

Posted on September 4th, 2007 by Elliot

I previously blogged about how cool this device sounded, but Palm decided it wouldn’t quite work out.
As many of you are aware, we are in the process of building our next generation software platform. We are very excited about how this is coming together. It has a modern, flexible UI, instant performance, and an incredibly [...]