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Well, if you are a massive data user, the iPhone 3G makes a lot of sense. But what if you want the nice iPhone interface but don’t want to pay the incredibly high $30/month data charges, what do you do. Well, some choices are:

Get a iPhone first generation on the “grey market”. Yes it will [...]

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The entire registration system is online with Bonzi, unfortunately, there are still people who don’t have Internet access, so what are the choices. Well, there are two, have the person come by your office or home to do a registration with you.
A better one though is to recommend the person go to a nearby [...]

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Well here are the choices right now in rough order and the net is that if you can hold off, the Canon G10 is probably good. I’d say for quality the LX3 is probably going to give higher quality shot but be larger.

Panasonic DMC-LX3. Good quality to ISO 400 and great Leica lense. Reasonably compact. [...]

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While some kids come in knowing they want to play on Team X. Actually, while we acknowledge the preference, they really sign for the league in Recreational and then get assigned. In practice most people get their preference. The rule in Seattle is that you don’t get assigned unless you submit your proof of age [...]

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Had a chance to record a concert with the Taxcam DR-1 highly recommended. It is quite a bit bigger than the iPod, but has really high quality builtin microphones. I was amazed at the quality. The user interface is primitive but it lets you record in real time in MP3 format and most importantly [...]

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Well, been looking for a high end compact camera. When I was on film, used a Yashica which was compact, but had a great fixed focus lense and excellent quality. There really isn’t a good answer yet for digital. What do you need for a prosumer that is different from a point-and-shoot. Well, the ideal [...]

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I never thought I’d see the day when I’d be shopping for four terabyte drives just for backups. Amazing how things have changed. Even more amazing is that it is so easy to fill a terabyte server these days with music, videos and home movies. In any case, if you need a backup for these, [...]

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