- Totally Geeky – The $14,000 iPod dock doubles as a dining table http://tinyurl.com/2lxd83 #
- Geeky Mods – The LED Origami Cube Lamp http://tinyurl.com/2syx3d #
- Fun Gadgets – The Condiment Gun http://tinyurl.com/33xw54 #
- The Negative Saving Rate and the Age of Easy Credit http://tinyurl.com/2pcxdr #
- Ingrid Betancourt Needs Help http://tinyurl.com/2jox2x #
- Apple Sends TV “Season Pass” Subscribers Refunds for Programs Lost to Strike http://tinyurl.com/3cetrq #
- Rites of Spring II: 1920 http://tinyurl.com/2jlvbr #
- Bluetooth headset with larynx microphone (Looks really dorky) http://tinyurl.com/28zd6x #
- WSJ: Paid Content Painful in Google’s World http://tinyurl.com/243jmt #
- Illustration: Milo Winter’s Aesop For Children http://tinyurl.com/2gumer #
- Adventures in Rechargeable Batteries http://tinyurl.com/3bys9r #
- Unconventional Rules for Success http://tinyurl.com/2ksjqg #
- Detecting Gunshots http://tinyurl.com/2wtr7e #
- Copyright Reversal http://tinyurl.com/39a5kw #
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917 – 2008) http://tinyurl.com/2nvnt3 #
- Bush Picks Security Aide With Wiretap Background (Confront the threats of the new era?! What BS… ) http://tinyurl.com/32bgno #
- Verizon Wireless releases ‘open specifications’ for device builders http://tinyurl.com/2pae7l #
- ComScore data for February: Yahoo’s popular, AOL’s everywhere http://tinyurl.com/2rz5p2 #
- Loving http://instapaper.com. #
Drobo Dashboard 1.1.1 released
Data Robotics has released version 1.1.1 of the Drobo Dashboard, for both Macs and PCs. If you already have a Drobo, chances are you’ve been prompted to upgrade. Details are a little sparse about what bugs it squashed or what new features it introduced. At any rate, it’s an easy upgrade and it went off without a hitch.
One cool thing that I noticed about it is that it introduced a glossy new icon for the Drobo on the Mac. It looks really nice, and it helps differentiate the Drobo from the other external drives connected to the computer.
I wish the cool icon would show up in Windows as well, but that’s not the case, at least not with this upgrade.
Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-19
- Cool Mods – Make your own indestructable USB thumb drive http://tinyurl.com/37p2qg #
- Armenia: The Epic Land http://tinyurl.com/2qyxxz #
- Melodyne studio pitch correction now able to break chords down for editing http://tinyurl.com/2qmd6a #
- Electrolux Inspiro intelligent oven – “auto-focus for chefs” http://tinyurl.com/33dbsl #
- Wally announces new ‘floating island’ gigayacht: the WallyIsland http://tinyurl.com/yw4afh #
- Hollywood Hopefuls: 1925 (:-\) http://tinyurl.com/2z2r6o #
- Smart solar-powered road studs http://tinyurl.com/ynkxnc #
- WTD 436 http://tinyurl.com/2fl47u #
- Ron Paul Goes CG http://tinyurl.com/25crs5 #
- It’s Here: Vista Service Pack Debuts http://tinyurl.com/27r2pg #
- Fed, Brokers Send Stocks Skyrocketing http://tinyurl.com/2cmzk5 #
- Court Orders Copies of White House E-mails http://tinyurl.com/yst5tj #
- On the Street…..Early Evening, New Delhi http://tinyurl.com/2uk3g8 #
- A Thought on the Future of Photography http://tinyurl.com/3yzf64 #
- Adobe confirms Flash is coming to the iPhone http://tinyurl.com/327bbd #
- Corn Spaz (Awesome. Get a load of those eyes.) http://tinyurl.com/39epsw #
- How to Live on Less and Love It http://tinyurl.com/32ahlq #
- More Copyright Conundrum http://tinyurl.com/39jwxg #
- I’d like to take all the people that say the economy is collapsing and ship them on a time trip to the 30s for a lesson in reality. #
- Border Security: the Weakest Link http://tinyurl.com/yp6cpa #
- The Toshiba write-down for HD DVD: $1.1 billion http://tinyurl.com/2xfjfs #
- Finding a ‘greener’ concrete http://tinyurl.com/2qdcbf #
- 12 Essential Rules to Live More Like a Zen Monk http://tinyurl.com/39nj6j #
- Apple close to offering subscription music service? http://tinyurl.com/2n8tju #
- The real story: Charlie Rose attacked by Andrea Jung http://tinyurl.com/2lsrje #
- Free File: A Fast, Easy Way to File Your Federal Income Taxes http://tinyurl.com/34jpza #
- What would NVidia want with a CPU company? http://tinyurl.com/2pbnuk #
- Free Copies of Cult of Mac and Cult of iPod on FileSharing Networks http://tinyurl.com/2kj33w #
- Mr. Chomps (Hilarious) http://tinyurl.com/2nd39t #
Condensed knowledge for 2008-03-18
- Canon EOS 5D v1.1.1 Firmware Update http://tinyurl.com/2emzxn #
- Apple Releases Safari 3.1 With New CSS and HTML 5 Feature Support http://tinyurl.com/2uyu79 #
- Safari 3.1 renders my site faster than Firefox and IE 7. Gmail and Google Reader also load faster. I like it. #
- Safari 3.1 also uses a different color management profile than Firefox and IE. Color temperature is cooler. Interesting. #
- One disappointment of Safari 3.1 is that it still messes up post formatting within WordPress. (Not fully compatible with TinyMCE.) #
- Will Vista SP1 Ship This Week? http://tinyurl.com/yv52sc #
- Amazon: Windows Vista with SP1 to be released tomorrow http://tinyurl.com/28ll5m #
- Continental Airlines to conduct biofuel test flight http://tinyurl.com/27tyhn #
- Interesting Email from Sequoia http://tinyurl.com/3yozhg #
- Cool Mods – The Coffee Printer http://tinyurl.com/26v7r6 #
- Could 1.5km tall Vertical Villages be the solution to London’s growing population? http://tinyurl.com/ytjp4y #
- Geeky Toys – The Office Monkeys Playset http://tinyurl.com/yqrj42 #
- Casa Morini: 1912 http://tinyurl.com/2ezekb #
- Delta County: 1940 (Love the colors) http://tinyurl.com/26r4dr #
- Credit scores 102: A crisis, and some changes http://tinyurl.com/yspddv #
- Big Bang, v2.0 (Two of my photos are featured in this post) http://tinyurl.com/27ultm #
- Crazy Gadgets – The Solar Powered Spy Bat – The COM-BAT http://tinyurl.com/34ejpe #
- WWW creator speaks against usage tracking http://tinyurl.com/2efp7g #
- Uninformed Bearded Man Confuses Malware with iPhone Unlocking http://tinyurl.com/2qyn5m #
- Fully electric, 130 mph Tesla Roadster goes into production http://tinyurl.com/38hazn #
- New levels of efficiency for white OLEDs http://tinyurl.com/33t4eq #
- Mack Titan debuts new 16-liter with 2,060 lb-ft of torque http://tinyurl.com/2pgfc9 #
- Business travel at 800 mph – the Gulfstream G650 http://tinyurl.com/3cnf6k #
- WTD 435 (True) http://tinyurl.com/2krr6t #
- Fire All The Photographers http://tinyurl.com/33a6k5 #
- Second Amendment at Supreme Court TODAY http://tinyurl.com/2jo3kb #
- What to Do If You’re Laid Off? http://tinyurl.com/2uhloh #
- Bomb Squad Defuses Turnip http://tinyurl.com/yvud3y #
- The Continuing Slide Towards Thoughtcrime http://tinyurl.com/2rv3uz #
- TiVo software supports more codecs http://tinyurl.com/2o878u #
The packages return… again
I can’t make this stuff up, seriously. I had another shipment of boxes returned to me by FedEx. I was using pre-printed labels sent to me by Data Robotics themselves. I sent back two Drobos to them a week ago, and the same boxes are now sitting back in my home. One was a replacement unit that didn’t work out, and another was the original Drobo that made questionable fan and chassis noises. See my Drobo review for the details on the Drobos, if you’re interested.
You may remember that one of the RMA Drobos was returned to me already. When I called FedEx this time, I was transferred to a manager who knew how to research the problem, unlike the last time. Still, all he could tell me was that he has no idea what’s going on, and he’s never seen anything like it in the system. Great… What he “thinks” might be going on is that there’s something wrong with the prepaid shipping labels, and apparently, even though the shipper and destination addresses are printed correctly on the label, the barcode isn’t correct, and is causing the packages to be re-routed back to me.
Whatever the case may be, I fed up with yo-yo packages. I want these boxes to go to their destination, and I keep shipping them out, yet they keep coming back to me. I’ve asked Data Robotics to provide me with UPS shipping labels, and will see if UPS can manage to ship them where they belong. I’ve given FedEx two chances already, and I’m not inclined to give them another.
What I’d really like to know is why this stuff keeps happening to me… Sure, it makes for a bit of “entertainment”, but it also frustrates me to no end.
Raoul Pop 