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New Toy
New Toy
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The Polaroid PoGo which prints 3"x2" sticky labels. The device is nice to hold, pocket sized and not too heavy, lighter than my iPhone. It’s powered by a rechargeable battery and comes with a clunker of a power adaptor. I think it’s reasonably priced, at £49.00 and media isn’t extortionate, with each sticker working out at 20p each. The paper is all you need to buy – there’s no separate ink, hence "Zink". Quality is acceptable, depending largely on the image size, which must be a jpg, not png/pdf and has to be bluetooth transferred to the device (??B on the Mac when selecting an image does this). It takes about half a minute to transfer and print a 1.5MB photo out, which is automatically resized to the paper length, meaning an image which is not 3×2 will be cropped, rather than surrounded by whitespace. I’m finding that annoying. You can’t add the device as a printer, which is a shame! There’s also a campaign to petition Apple to support bluetooth printing from the iPhone. It’s a pity Apple didn’t support Bluetooth transfers from the get-go.
Heavy mode – Lowepro CompuTrekker Plus AW
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Heavy mode – Lowepro CompuTrekker Plus AW
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To carry ALL my computer and camera equipment for overseas travelling (work or leisure) if there is a need. Weight 14kg including the tripod which is not in the picture.
Wii sensorbar
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A homemade wii sensorbar made with worth of stuff from Radio Shack.
Sorry this is a crappy phonecam picture, but there’s a good reason. Phone cameras pick up infrared light, but normal digital cameras filter that out. So the only way to "see" that the lights are working is to use a cameraphone.
The Wii "sensor bar" is really just a bunch of IR-emitting lights. You can prove that by pointing a cameraphone at it. So, if you want to simulate the sensor bar (so you can use your Wiimote with a computer or something), you just need a couple of strong IR emitters. Two candles will work, or two 60-watt bulbs. This is the less-flammable, low-power solution.
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Ah that one’s on my wishlist, too!
You could add custom white space to your photo in order to avoid the automatic fitting.
I’ve experimented with 3×2 images, but it seems to be clever enough to skip padded white space. Sigh. Also wanting to script sending from the command-line, but haven’t got much further than:
$ open -a "/Applications/Utilities/Bluetooth File Exchange.app" file.jpg
Which still requires a manual click of the BlueTooth device.
Oh how I hate smart devices. Did you try to put some light pixels in the corners?
I never understand Bluetooth stacks. Actually that’s not hard since I’m no code monkey, what i don’t understand is manufacturer’s inability to support a decent set of functions on thri implementation. Nokia do a good one, but HTC’s is patently crap.
Bah. Full functionality throughout.
NIce printer though, how durable are the stickers?
The stickers look pretty durable – I’ve stuck some on the lid of my MacBook, so we’ll soon see! They’re certainly much nicer than my attempts with glossy paper or even Moo stickers which never last more than a week before the plastic film peels, and you’re left with a white plastic blob. I guess they work out cheaper than Moo stickers given you could cut each page into 8, though that wouldn’t be as professional.
I think I’m going to want one of these.
Lovely. Look forward to seeing the results.
Now if it had a built-in camera…
Light mode – Lowepro Off Trail 2
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Add on – Lowepro S&F Light Belt, Bottle Bag & SL 30
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You have a good shooting team, you have a happy new year!
Thanks. Happy New Year to you too.
Yes. Those orange bags are together with Lowepro when i purchased it.