Jun
28
2008
Paul Stamatiou points out that his internet connection was actually being maxed out with using 802.11g. He had to upgrade his network to 802.11n to get the full throughput his internet service provider offered.
Maybe Comcast will get us DOCSIS 3.0 pretty soon so we can at least have 30Mbit/s connectivity.
His connection speed:

Read his post, link is below:
My Internet Connection Maxed Out 802.11g - PaulStamatiou.com
Tags: 802.11g, 802.11n, Comcast, DirecPath, DOCSIS 3.0, Internet, ISP, Speedtest.net
Jun
26
2008
Good to see that the folks at Mozilla have made great strides to make Firefox a fantastic browser when it comes to memory management. It used to be that Firefox was a nasty memory pig.
Firefox 3 Memory Benchmarks and Comparison
Tags: Browser, Firefox, Memory Management, Mozilla, web
Jun
23
2008

I have been fascinated by HDR images I’ve seen over there years, and I’ve always wanted to try to create some myself. This one, I took with my handy-dandy Canon SD1000. I just used exposure compensation by putting the camera in manual mode and mapping the print button to the exposure controls. I took (5) images at -2, -1, 0, +1, and +2 EV and used HDR Soft’s Photomatix Pro 2.5.4 on the Mac (PC version exists as well).
One of the tutorials I’ve read is this one, which goes through the process and has some dazzling images to feast your eyes upon as well. Here is another tutorial.
Tags: Canon, HDR, photography, Photomatix Pro, tutorial
Jun
18
2008
Hands on: Flock 2 steps up the social browser game
I always respect the folks at ArsTechnica, so I figured I’d share this nice article on Flock 2. They mention that it’s still in Beta, and there are always issues with Bets, but, like the author of the article, I’m seriously considering using Flock 2 when it makes its official release. For now, I’ll stick with Firefox 3.
Tags: Firefox, flock, web
Jun
17
2008
Firefox 3: Power User’s Guide to Firefox 3
It seems that lifehacker.com puts out some great information. I ran across this on my iGoogle.com page a few minutes ago. I’ve been using Firefox 3 for quite some time now (as a supplement to my normal Firefox 2, Safari, and Camino browsing habits). As the releases neared release, they kept getting more stable. Now that I’ve had it installed for a few hours, I have to say I’m pretty happy about it.
I’ve also installed Flock 2 Beta 1… a great browser based on Firefox 3 if you’re heavily into social websites and sharing your media (like photos with Flickr, for instance).
Tags: Browsing, Camino, Firefox, flock, Safari, web