Ramin Hossaini (blog)

1Aug/070

Death by Caffeine


How much of your favorite energy drink or soda would it take to kill you? Take this quick test and find out

http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine/

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27Jul/070

Firefox extension: DragDropUpload

This extension lets fill an upload input of a form using the drag and drop service from the system. Just drop the file into the input box and then send it.

http://www.teslacore.it/wiki/index.php?title=DragDropUpload

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20Jul/070

Canon 350D (Rebel XT) vs. Canon 400D (Rebel XTi)

  1. Price: approx. $500.00 vs. approx. $700 (on 20-July-07)
  2. Weight: 485g vs. 510g
    • Heavier - but a very insignificant increase
  3. Pixel differences - 8mp vs. 10mp
    • 3456 x 2304 vs. 3888 x 2592
    • 11.52 X 7.68 inches at 300dpi vs. 12.96 X 8.64 inches at 300dpi
    • Verdict: In my personal opinion, this is a insignificant upgrade.
  4. Autofocus points: 7 points vs. 9 points
    • Might be useful to some. However, I still focus on the middle point and re-compose
  5. Burst mode differences - 14 vs. 27 continuous JPEG shots (larger buffer size)
    • Still 3fps though
    • I feel this is a significant improvement, especially useful when capturing RAW in burst mode - Depends on how often you would do this though.
  6. Bigger LCD: 1.8" vs. 2.5"
    • Nice upgrade - Might be more useful for detecting soft/blurry images before transferring them to PC. I would be content with the 1.8" screen though.
  7. Noise levels:
    • Improved at lower ISO's for 400D (e.g ISO 100), however, noiser at 1600 than 350D
    • Some mixed reports about this
    • Both still better than Nikon D200, which was quite surprising (or not so surprising ;-).
  8. Some Firmware changes:
    • Auto rotation with three options (not recorded, record don't rotate, record and rotate)
    • Verdict: I still post-process all my photos anyway - so this wouldn't be very important to me.
  9. Histogram available as brightness (Luminance) or RGB (Red, Green, Blue)
    • Might be useful
  10. Sensor cleaning feature:
    • Questionable effectiveness
    • Some reports show that 400D is more prone to dust than 350D
    • Can get a giotto rocket blaster for as little as $8 - $15
  11. Overall verdict: I would wait till next upgrade
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18Jul/070

http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/

"The correct spelling is definitely.
Not definately.
Not definatly.
Not definantly.
Not definetly.
Not definently.
And certainly not defiantly.
The correct spelling is definitely."

http://www.d-e-f-i-n-i-t-e-l-y.com/

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5Jul/070

Biodegradable ‘plastic’ bottles

It's about time.
Biodegradable "plastic" bottles. This is called Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) - made from Corn. The bottle will begin to break down when the temperature reaches 50°C and 95% relative humidity and takes about 6 weeks to decompose.

http://www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/us/?Page=eco_bottle_qa

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3Jul/070

Web-based Mind-mapping tool

http://bubbl.us/

Also includes a feature to collaborate on other mind-maps (if you're working on one with others) and obviously, you can also export to an image (JPG/PNG) , XML file or HTML page.

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2Jul/070

glossy.js

http://www.netzgesta.de/glossy/

Glossy.js allows you to add corners and shading and shadow to images on your webpages. It uses unobtrusive javascript to keep your code clean.

It works in all the major browsers - Mozilla Firefox 1.5+, Opera 9+, IE6+ and Safari. On older browsers, it'll degrade and your visitors won't notice a thing.

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