Friday Link Dump
December 16th, 2005 -- by Augie De Blieck Jr.
* In case you need to know what auctions are ending on eBay in the next minute.
* What do you do if you find a lost digital camera and don’t know whose it is? Post all the pictures on Flickr and ask for help.
* Bands are allowing bootleggers to thrive, and it pays. Thanks to this article, I can also sorta understand The Grateful Dead’s recent overreaction to Archive.org. That web site is what made me an O.A.R. fan.
* Today’s Apple rumor: All Apple rumors are wrong. Or, at least, don’t expect Intel Inside at MacWorld next month.
* The other one: HBO wants to offer video for the iPod.
* A hands-on Nintendo Revolution review. It’s more good news for Nintendo.
December 16th, 2005 at 7:18 pm
OK, posting the pictures from lost digital cameras is fantastic. I lost a memory card on Halloween night and would love to get those photos back. But without any sort of identification on the card, I figured it was a lost cause.
Someone should set up a “photos lost and found” web site maybe. Sure, there’s no money in it, other than the love and thanks of folks who’ve lost their cameras.
December 19th, 2005 at 11:36 am
The thing with digital camera cards/sticks, is that they’re easy to load small files onto. Everyone should put a little .TXT file on their sticks or cards or other compact/flash media with their name and address in there. Or e-mail address at the least. It’s a variation of the old technique where people would suggest writing your name and address on a piece of paper and taking a picture of that piece of paper at the top of every roll while you’re on vacation. If they film gets lost (in processing or in travel or anywhere else), developing the first pic can locate its owner.
Not that I’ve done any of the above, of course, but it’s an idea.