Yearly Archives: 2004

Panasonic PV-GS400

Posted on 12/1/2004 by Dylan Tweney

If you’re trying to break into Hollywood, you don’t want your brilliant script ruined by poor video quality. Go ahead and plunk down $1,200 for the Panasonic PV-GS400: a superb camcorder with the best-quality video we’ve seen yet. Two factors … Continue reading →

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Canon Optura 500

Posted on 12/1/2004 by Dylan Tweney

If you’re the art-house type, you’ll embrace anything, no matter how stupid — clove cigarettes, turtlenecks, David Eggers novels — as long as it’s outside the mainstream. If this describes you, and you’ve got money to burn, the Canon Optura … Continue reading →

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Hitachi DZ-MV550A

Posted on 12/1/2004 by Dylan Tweney

You know you’re going to burn your video to disc sooner or later. Why not do it the moment you record it? With DVD camcorders, you can browse, edit, and rearrange the order of scenes right on the camera. And … Continue reading →

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Olympus Ferrari Digital Model 2004

Posted on 12/1/2004 by Dylan Tweney

Some brand names transcend price: Rolex. Bulgari. Trojan. And some, like Ferrari, have a value that can easily be computed. In the case of the Olympus-built Ferrari Digital Model 2004, that value is about $400 — the premium you’d pay … Continue reading →

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Storm drain city.

Posted on 11/24/2004 by Dylan Tweney

Underground city? No, it’s a storm drain project somewhere in Japan. (via Anil Dash)

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Handy stickers.

Posted on 11/23/2004 by Dylan Tweney

Kids! Put these on your textbooks! This textbook contains material on gravity. Gravity is a theory, not a fact, regarding a force that cannot be directly seen. This material should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically … Continue reading →

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Philosophy matters.

Posted on 11/22/2004 by Dylan Tweney

I’m not sure who’s behind it (the name “Werbach” suggests it might be Kevin or Adam), but these 19 Theses about the Democratic party’s massive failure in the past election sure make sense. Obvious sense, but sense nonetheless. It’s been … Continue reading →

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Mindfulness In Plain English.

Posted on 11/21/2004 by Dylan Tweney

Useful, practical book on Vipassana (insight) meditation: Mindfulness In Plain English (via Gary Gach

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Why daddy is a doofus.

Posted on 11/21/2004 by Dylan Tweney

Yesterday Clara and I went to the park. I was unshaven (almost no time for personal hygiene in our nonstop weekend schedule), unshowered (ditto), baseball cap pulled down over my messy hair, clothes slightly splattered with food from one of … Continue reading →

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How to fold a shirt.

Posted on 11/21/2004 by Dylan Tweney

Thanks to ReadyMade magazine, I’m now a T-shirt-folding ninja. Here’s the video that shows how you, too, can fold a shirt in 3 seconds and amaze your family and friends. (Old news, I know, but laundry time makes me feel … Continue reading →

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