ISO: Webcam with fill lite - 4 days ago

Any recommendations for a inexpensive webcam with fill lite? Looking at spending up to $50 and Mac compatibility. 720 p - 1080p,0. Thanks

Re: Current Alternatives to Photoshop? - 6 days ago

Gimp if you want a PShop clone.

Re: Twins/White Sox (corrected) game postponed--20 inches of snow at Target Field - 7 days ago

Last April 15 2017 - it was a high of 62 degrees in Minneapolis.

Re: Epson Workforce 2750 Review - 8 days ago

I have a epson 2740 which I bought a couple years ago. Works pretty well no complaints and no Clogs. I use third party ink. And make sure run a clean cycle once a month.

Re: Season 10 of X Files free to watch - 11 days ago

It was a very underwhelming season......

Re: Season 10 of X Files free to watch - 11 days ago

It was an underwhelming season......

Re: Rechargeable AA's... does the phorum still prefer Enelooops ? - 28 days ago

I’ve switched over the eneloop pro batteries. They are slightly higher capacity and the forums say they are better at holding their capacity.

Re: Any recommendations for hard drives for NAS? - 28 days ago

I have seagate ironwolf in my synology. No problems and synology supports the ironwolfs in drive health.

Re: Mini rant: I don't like the current state of computer monitors - 4 weeks ago

Hehe how soon we have gotten used to inexpensive monitors.... remember when a cheap lcd was $500 and 1024 x 768...

Patent applications by country - 4 weeks ago

Re: Important announcement: New Apple Watch - 4 weeks ago

I have not bought an Apple brand watch band... the variety of options outside of Apple is so less expensive and interesting...... it baffles me

Re: I have been changed....for GOOD?!....PSA: 'Toy R Us' may be going bankrupt soon [ for good ].... - 5 weeks ago

QuoteSteve G. Looted by 'private capital'. Sunk by 'loans'. Toy R Us was robbed of the money to succeed by the private capital groups. When those groups bought it in the 2000's, the debt load they added was so huge that there was no money to compete and modernize. And the new owners didn't care....

Re: Video conference lighting - any advice? - 6 weeks ago

Selfie ring light? They can be pretty cheap:

Re: Know anyone in Adelaide? - 6 weeks ago

Seems like a craigslist search may turn up a girl or boy Friday who could it as an odd job.

Re: iPhone 6 touch failure - 2 months ago

I have a iphone 6 which I switched over to it recently. I was told that the thiness caused susceptibility to flexing which in turn caused problems with ic traces separating. The solution was preemptive and using a rigid case to minimize flexing. I use a lenmar battery case. My two cents. Not sure what to suggest except maybe putting it in a case and see if it helps....

Re: "Frenzied demand for Nvidia's graphic chips shoot prices through the roof" - 2 months ago

Ahhh.... Remember the days when all we had to worry about was a fire at a ram factory pushing up costs....

Re: 3D printing class and 3D CAD software - 2 months ago

Learning curve is fairly steep. They have 3d scanner so the cad program maybe to.patch rather then create.

Re: 3D printing class and 3D CAD software - 2 months ago

Autodesk fusion 360 (altho you need a connection to net)

Re: $400M in cryptocurrency goes missing - 2 months ago

Quotepdq I'm an old fart, but I thought that the thing about cryptocurrency is that it carries with it a record of every transaction. How does it just get lost?: it sounds like the exchange company screwed up and somebody stole or used the cyrtocurrency, whatever kind it was. cryptocurrency is absolutely secure only when the user holds the wallet, usually a hard drive on their computer. a lot o

Re: Amazing Amazon GO store opens in Seattle - 3 months ago

I stayed at a residence hotel for a while that implemented a similar system in a lobby shop. Every item was tagged with an rfid chip as was your room keycard. You just walked into the shop with your keycard and walked out with whatever you wanted. They read the chip and added it to your bill. If you walked into the shop without a room key card, somebody at the front desk would remind you. An elec

Re: Whatever possessed me to order a coconut milkshake at a Thai restaurant? - 3 months ago

You know that coconut has diuretic properties.

Re: Satisfied with your IRA... - 3 months ago

I’ve got a tsp acct so the allocation example is helpful. Aside from that, I will say that IRAs can be made up of any investment vehicle. And if you didn’t contribute last year and not yet for 2018, you can double up. You’be got until April 15 and after that you lose the 2017 year.

Re: Apple Employee Purchase Program - 3 months ago

Darn the ms office is $150.

Re: Want to start trading online... any suggestions on which service to use? - 3 months ago

QuoteGuyGene I use TDAmeritrade and like it. Web site is good, fairly easy to understand. I also use USAA, but I don't think it's so easy to join. I like what I've heard about Scott Trade too. Go online and visit their sites. Scottrade got bought out by tdameritrade and is expected to be completed in a month or two.

Re: SOLVED: Bluetooth Air Filter Will Tell You Just How Filthy Your Air Is - 3 months ago

You can directly monitor indoor particulates using a sensor.

Re: all powerful Oz?!.....Amazon may take over 'Target'..... - 3 months ago

If I read the numbers right, Amazon share of food market is the USA is large but still only a sliver of the total market. It is around 2-3%. Publicity and mass media has certainly publicized their purchase of Whole Foods.

Re: Bought an Apple Watch today - 3 months ago

Enjoy! I like my 38 mm Series 1. Have fun picking out watch bands from Amazon.

Re: HELP seeking compensation from Comcast after partial loss of service - 3 months ago

If you want more compensation, you need to document how the outage cost you in concrete terms (ie: a potentional customer couldn’t get a hold of me and went to a competitor and this cost me X dollars.) my 2 cents.

Re: copyright violation? - 3 months ago

Quotemax The Chinese dont even have the watermarks... Watermarks are easy enough to remove. They only occur once or twice a movie and are a couple of lines of type, a bit like smaller sub captions

Re: Very nice graphical representation of tax cuts, at NYT.com - 4 months ago

I pay a few hundred more, mostly because of the itemization changes.