December 2004 - Posts

• Huygens Probe detaches tonight!

  Wow - the Cassini mission to Saturn has gone well. Tonight, the Huygens probe is going to be released. Descent through Titan's atmosphere is set to occur January 14th. I wonder what we'll discover! Read More... Posted Friday, December 24, 2004 8:49 PM by draper | 4 Comments

• X-Box Media Center Extender reviewed on WinSuperSite...

  I don't entirely agree with Paul: http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/mcx_xbox_review.asp Read More... Posted Friday, December 24, 2004 11:04 AM by draper | 3 Comments

• The MCE vs TiVo cost issue

  I've had a few comments regarding my awarding Windows Media Center Edition a “+” on price in my previous post. Here’s my rationale: I fundamentally challenge the idea that an MCE box needs to be used as a stand alone system. I use my MCE system constantly Read More... Posted Thursday, December 23, 2004 12:49 AM by draper | 5 Comments

• MCE vs TiVo

  Ok, I’ve got my new MCE box up and running and connected to my living room via my X-Box Media Center Extender . General impressions: My wife and I purchased an 80 hour TiVo Series 2 a number of months back for $299 at our local Fry’s electronics. I had Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 21, 2004 3:20 AM by draper | 4 Comments

• Santa was good to me this year!

  Well, I decided to burn some unused vacation time and do a little relaxing through the holidays this year. My wife, Yoshi, proved to be the most awesome incredible Santa ever ! She even came early! My long time interest in assembling a high quality replacement Read More... Posted Sunday, December 19, 2004 10:11 AM by draper | 4 Comments

• Interesting development in nanotech...

  Nanotechnology fascinates me. What other technology in the course of human evolution can even touch its potential? How invigorating it is to be alive and see it unfolding before our eyes… "In a demonstration that holds promise for future advances in nanotechnology, Read More... Posted Friday, December 17, 2004 1:58 PM by draper | 1 Comments

• Editing JPEG metadata (EXIF)

  I've had a few comments asking what tool I use to edit JPEG metadata. The answer is: Picture It! Library which was included in my MSN Premium subscription. The metadata is stored in the EXIF portion of the image data and travels along with the image as Read More... Posted Wednesday, December 15, 2004 8:13 AM by draper | 1 Comments

• MSN Toolbar Suite leverages JPEG metadata!

  Wow, I've been incredibly pleased by the quality of the MSN Toolbar Suite. The guys on the team dig a heck of a good job! For those of you who like me, annotate your digital photographs with JPEG metadata, you'll be pleased to discover that desktop searches Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 14, 2004 9:27 PM by draper | 3 Comments