Posted by btr
Tue, 04 Jan 2005 05:26:53 GMT
Minolta (actually it's Konica Minolta now after Konica bought Minolta) has Maxxum 7D DSLR now. You can get it at amazon.com for
$1,689.95 including an AF 28-100mm f/3.5-5.6 Zoom Lens. I'm thinking about buying a new DSLR to replace my current Maxxum 7xi SLR.
Here're the Product Specifications.
* Type: 6MP digital SLR camera with anti-shake technology
* CCD resolution: 6.3 megapixels
* ISO equivalent: Auto, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200
* Maximum shutter speed: 30 seconds
* Minimum shutter speed: 1/4000 second
* Resolution modes: 3008x2000, 2256x1496, 1504x1000 pixels
* Image quality mode: Standard, Fine, Extra-fine, RAW, RAW+JPEG (Fine)
* File format: JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG, (DCF 2.0 compliant,
DPOF supported by printing functions in ver.1.1, Exif 2.2)
* Memory: Type I and Type II CompactFlash Cards
* LCD monitor: 2.5-inch TFT color
* Autofocus modes: Single-shot AF, Continuous AF,
Automatic Autofocus (DMF is selectable in menu).
Predictive focus control for moving subjects.
Auto-tracking focus point display
* Metering type: Direct TTL metering; 14-segment honeycomb-pattern
metering, Center-weighted metering, Spot metering
* Flash modes: Fill Flash, Pre Flash with Red-eye reduction
* Viewfinder: Eye-level fixed system with optical-glass pentaprism
* Self-timer: 10- and 2-second delay
* Other functions: Instant playback, customizing, zone matching
* Video output: NTSC/PAL
* PC interface: USB 2.0 high-speed
* Battery: 1 NP-400 Li-ion battery
* Width: 5.91 inches
* Height: 4.17 inches
* Depth: 3.05 inches
* Weight: 26.81 ounces (without battery or media)
* In the box: Maxxum 7D camera body, wide strap (WS-4),
remote cord clip, eyepiece cap II, eyepiece cup (FC-1400),
shoe cap (SC-1000), body cap (BDC-1000),
video cable (VC-500), USB cable (USB-2),
LCD monitor protect panel (MPP-1000),
lithium-ion battery (NP-400), lithium-ion battery charger (BC-400),
DiMAGE software CD-ROM (includes DiMAGE Viewer)
You can compare it to a
$8,000 Canon EOS-1 Ds Mark II 16.7MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)!
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Posted by btr
Wed, 01 Dec 2004 02:07:59 GMT
I bought a terminator dongle on EBay to unlock my SE T610 cell phone. The first trial failed since the software didn't work on Windows 2003 Server. I got "Phone Not Power Up" error. Then I tried DIV4 from the instruction and got "Error 101". I switched to my laptop and it worked nicely. So I unlocked the phone and flashed it with new firmware R4C003 US3 and Standard Modem R4C003. Lastly I un-branded it so it has the OEM version of everything.
During the flashing process, my laptop lost power due to used up battery:-( Luckily, everything was fine eventually. Now I have the latest firmware R6B and finally get rid of those "predefined contents" that I could not delete previously. The free memory is about 2.7MB now.
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Posted by btr
Mon, 15 Nov 2004 03:33:16 GMT
The migration is finally over. I have got the following system set up: Sendmail/Dovecot/SpamAsassin for SMTP, POP3 and IMAP; Apache and PostgreSQL for MoveableType.
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Posted by btr
Mon, 15 Nov 2004 03:33:16 GMT
The migration is finally over. I have got the following system set up: Sendmail/Dovecot/SpamAsassin for SMTP, POP3 and IMAP; Apache and PostgreSQL for MoveableType.
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Posted by btr
Sat, 13 Nov 2004 23:51:01 GMT
Out out blue, I decided to migrate to the latest
Fedora Core 3. So I backed up all the database data and all custom scripts and rebuilt the server last night. One of feature is
SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux backed by NSA), so I chose to turn it on. Soon I knew I made a mistake and it's a nightmare to deal with the complications at its current state. That's De Ja Vu like when I upgraded with Windows XP SP2. Suddenly, many applications just stopped working.
Aapche didn't work at all. After I inspected the error logs, I realized that it's been denied access to the web content folders. Finally I figured out to use chcon to change security context on the web content folders with httpd_content_t.
It got worse later when I restored PostgreSQL database and found out that it's not working anymore. It turned out that Perl was being denied access to some important file for socket connection to the database server. Since I don't intend to become a SELinux export, so I decided to just turn off SELinux to have a working system back in my hand.
SELinux will be a great feature, but I won't use it until all major applications have deployed working policy. Without a working system first, a security enhanced system may just be a pile of hardwares without turning on the power:-).
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Posted by btr
Sun, 07 Nov 2004 14:15:59 GMT
I have six GMail Invite to give away. If you need one, leave your email and subject GMail Invite in the comment. First Come and First Serve.
Edit: Sorry, I have used up all Invites. If it's available again I will send you right away.
Updated: I sent six more today when it became available.
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Posted by btr
Sat, 06 Nov 2004 20:01:19 GMT
The server hosting this site now has 512MB memory. This will be the last upgrade on the box. Since it runs on Red Hat Linux 9 and Apache 2, the memory requirement is not too demanding.
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Posted by btr
Fri, 05 Nov 2004 21:51:39 GMT
I have successfully configured my SE T610 via a Bluetooth USB adapter to connect my PC to the internet using T-Mobile GPRS.
Here's my setup.
Laptop PC (Windows 2003 Enterprise Server)
Sabrent 2.4 GHz USB Dongle USB Adapter (I bought from AxionTech for $16.95 this afternoon)
Sony Ericsson T610
T-Mobile T-Zones Unlimited Plan ($4.99/month)
Installation steps:
Install Bluetooth Software for the USB adapter
Pair the device (be sure to select a passkey to secure the connection, confgiure the services for the cell phone as bluetooth device, select Dial-up Networking)
Configure the Dial-up Networking (select PPP connection and set the phone number to *99***2#; no need to set up user id and password)
Add a new data account in SE T61o Connectivity/Data Comm (APN: wap.voicestream.com, CID will be 2. if not, change the dial up phone number according. The digit before the # is the CID number)
Click on T610 Dial-up Networking on PC. It should show connection up quickly if everything is configured OK
I am getting 38 kbps through Road Runner Speed Test. Compared to 2655 kbps over a broadband connection. It's very slow, but it's fast enough for usage on-the-go.
And it's so hard to believe that I can use HTTPS on the PC while T-Mobile blocks HTTPS on the cell phone. It's very hard to comprehend what T-Mobile is going after.
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Posted by btr
Wed, 27 Oct 2004 05:47:31 GMT
With the $4.99 Unlimited T-Zones plan, I'm able to set up email access to corporate email and personal email via POP3 and SMTP. However, RoadRunner's SMTP does not work, so I can only read emails from RR.
I have managed to login IB's Mobile Trader, which requires SSL, with T-Zones GPRS security ON, but none of the links works after login.
Interestingly, according to T-Mobile, we can only access corporate email with its $9.99 Unlimited T-Zones plan.
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Posted by btr
Sun, 24 Oct 2004 17:42:26 GMT
I'm spending the weekends researching options on WAP security with my Sony Ericsson T610. I signed up a plan with T-Mobile with its T-Zones, which supports GPRS for web browsing, email, SMS and MMS. T610 also supports Bluetooth and IR connectivity. Using Bluetooth is really easy, there's nothing to configure other than turn on the Bluetooth. Setting up IR with a PC is more challenging since it involves with PC and modem driver issue. I'm gonna get a Bluetooth USB adapter instead.
While playing with the phone, I found that the four trusted CA certificates were gone for reason unknown. I did do a master reset after changing many settings. Trying to figure out how to install trusted CA certificates looks impossible. I found no useful information on Google, Sony Ericsson and T-Mobile sites. Calls to the T-Mobile tech support were not helpful either.
I can not connect to T-Zones with security turned on. With security turned off, browsing web works, but I can not login into passort site, nor any other msn mobile sites such as hotmail and msn messenger.
I start to think that maybe T-Mobile does not support secured T-Zones on its unlimited T-Zones plan. It does have another unlimited T-Zones Pro plan, which supports additional WAP gateway other than T-Mobile's.
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