A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods

I just found out that If I use the Firefox browser and a plugin called “Better Gmail” for Google Gmail, which i use for my personal email. I just found out that Gmail is secure.
So no matter where you are, or what connection you are on when you
access Gmail it is secure. If you use Gmail it is secure and no one
can hack into your email. It is secured by 256bit encryption which has
not been comprimised yet.

All banks and online stores use this kind of encryption.

Just an FYI

La-z-boy has a room planner that is pretty slick.

Check it out here
Room planner

It enables you to rearrange furnature. Set your own room dimensions, etc.

I should try this with Google Sketchup. Then I could save the file and own the file.

Here is another for Delta

Here is another by mydeco

This was started by our friends. Price comparison for major grocery stores in our area. enjoy.

Price list PDF
Price list Google Spreadsheets

I ended up going with the Hawkings N-male to N-female 30 ft

A friend suggested using http://www.cablexperts.com.

I looked up a 30ft plug to jack cable from them made of 9913 and they would charge $55.00 for it. I think that is more expensive than what you are paying. They do indicate that Belden #9913 is equivalent to LMR400. The cable you ordered is HDF400 so they are similar but different cable materials, don’t know how to read the letters.

CableXperts best material seems to be LMR600 now. At 900MHz, 100ft of LMR400 has 3.9dB loss while LMR600 has 2.5dB of loss, but the LMR600 will cost you $115 for a 30ft cable assembly.

I guess the 9913 was the “best” grade for high frequency usage.  His information is useful. He also mentioned that your antenna should not be around metal, which includes siding.  Grounded metal effects your signal differently than non-grounded metals.  He also mentioned that the signal gets drawn to earth.  I will be attempting to put it about 8 feet up in the air for my next test.  Cable quality is king - there can be a lot of loss when making your own cables or using cheap “Radio Shack” cables for this use.

Stop the interference! - Network World

Microwave ovens are No. 1. They provide a pulse form of inference and typically hammer the middle of the Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz band. When they send their pulses, the majority of consumer ovens occupy 802.11 b/g channels 5, 6 and 7, but they may start their pulse on channels 1 or 11.

The second biggest interference comes from older continuous wave frequency modulated cordless phones.  These are not the more recent frequency hopping variety.  These continuous wave cordless phones typically occupy channels 0 through 2.

Fourth on the list are Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) and Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) cordless phones.  These phones are in both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz spectrums, and are a little nicer because both 802.11b/g and 802.11a access points can recognize the traffic and treat it somewhat like another Wi-Fi device.  The catch?  When these phones are handling a call, you can lose half of your bandwidth for the duration of the call.  If you have multiple handsets on a single base station, though, the second remote handset will permanently cut your Wi-Fi bandwidth in half.

Dad, you will love this.  Records directly from anything to your iPod and is immediately available to view on the iPod.  Analog in and converts it on the fly.  No waiting.

iRecord Personal Media Recorder for iPod, No Downloads… No iTunes… Simply iRecord

My Dad would love the idea of being able to watch his dish from anywhere in the house.  Slingbox player on mobile devices like the iPod Touch.

Mac Rumors: SlingPlayer for iPhone and iPod Touch?

The Apple Keynote is Tuesday around noon.  This is my wish;

• A phone
• that is under $100.00
• will sync with my mac and ALL the cool new Leopard features
• will work with verizon wireless phone plans
• has bluetooth
• has a decent camera
• has decent resolution screen 320×240
• has upgradable memory
• can play videos I put on it

That’s it.  I can’t afford much else.  We will see what shows up.

This is an awesome guide for iPod headphones.

Anything 4 stars or above are much much better than the iPod headphones from Apple. 

Playlist: Product Guide: iPod Headphone Reviews (Product Guide)