It probably is.
My eBay auction ended last night and the winning bid for my Nikon Coolpix 8700 digital camera was $1,925.00!
A few hours before the end of the auction the bidding was progressing as normal between two people (starting at $250.00 and working its way to around $300.00) until a third bidder entered the auction. [...]

Posted in Personal Happenings, Technology 4 Comments »

Most HD Radios start at $200. Of course they are name brands like Bose and Boston Acoustic with wood cabinets and fancy speakers. This little unit looks cheep and is probably 99% plastic. BUT the price is nice. I’m tempted to get one and check out this Hybrid Digital Radio stuff. Hummm…

Posted in Personal Interest, Technology 5 Comments »

I got this really cool Wireless Rain Center with Self-Emptying Rain Bucket.
Features:

Self-Emptying Rain Bucket
Total Rainfall
Past 1, 24 Hour Rainfall
Rainfall History Graph
Rain Alarm

Specifications:

Rainfall measuring:
tipping bucket, 0.0105″/tip
Rainfall accuracy: +/- 0.02″ (+/-3%)
Rainfall range: 0.01″ to 199.99″ (total)
Transmission range: Up to 80 Feet
Transmission frequency: 433.92 MHz
Power Requirements:
Receiver: 2 “AAA” Alkaline batteries
Wireless sensor: 2 “AA” Alkaline batteries

Only thing is, it [...]

Posted in Personal Interest, Technology 5 Comments »

Airline Northwest
Flight Number 1719
Departure City (Airport) Nashville, TN (BNA)
Departure Time 03/22/2007 03:58 PM
Arrival City (Airport) Detroit, MI (DTW)
Arrival Time 03/22/2007 06:05 PM
Remaining Flight Time 01:35
Aircraft Type DC94
Current Altitude 12,900 feet
Current Groundspeed 458 mph
Flight Status In Flight
This is pretty cool. You can track flights in the air at www.flyteComm.com and get all sorts of data like [...]

Posted in Family, Technology 2 Comments »

New Daylight Saving Time Changes
Beginning in 2007, Daylight Saving Time starts on the second Sunday in March (March 11, 2007), and changes back to standard time on the first Sunday in November (November 4, 2007). This is a change from the current start/end date that is built into some Palm devices.
Palm devices, both smartphones and [...]

Posted in Technology 2 Comments »

Sharon wants to listen to music in the kitchen. Since we don’t have any counter space to spare, we looked into an under-the-cabinet CD player. Unfortunately, there aren’t too many models that were the desirable size, price, or had a decent rating. There seems to be a very small market for that type of application. [...]

Posted in Technology 1 Comment »

My Hard Drive at work is scaring me. Strange noises and error messages upon booting up can’t be a good thing. If you recall, this kind of thing has happened before. There is just too much valuable data on my drive to wait for it to die completely. I burned six DVDs and backed up [...]

Posted in Personal Happenings, Technology, work 3 Comments »

(Click on image to download a PDF.)
We’re having revival meetings at church in a few weeks. Pastor always asks me to make up flyers for the congregation to use to invite people. For the past couple years I’ve stuck with pretty much the same look. (We have a week of meetings each Spring and Fall.) [...]

Posted in Technology, work 5 Comments »

Not that anyone cares, but I’m getting new software. The Adobe Creative Suite 2.3 will update my current four-year-old-plus programs. I’m pretty excited to be able to use the new features as well as InDesign (Adobe’s page layout application) for the first time. I don’t foresee a big learning curve. Like I told someone [...]

Posted in Technology, work 8 Comments »

The Ranch received 14 used computers from a hospital in IL. Most are PIIIs with a 20GB HD and 256MB RAM. They also include 17″ CRT monitors with integrated speakers. These are by no means fancy computers but they will replace several ancient machines here around the office. Oh, They also through in 2 Lexmark [...]

Posted in Technology, work 1 Comment »