scratch.me.not!

I just got the Invisible Shield from Sharlene this morning (thanks Sha!), the supposed military grade protection for helicopter blades, is now made available for the iPod..now that’s TOUGH!. She was also generous enough to include a vial of iClean cleaning solution with it.



Looks like I'll be able to restore the Nano to its former glory after all :D
But with the ixus gone, I won't be able to snap pictures of the whole process. I'll let you guys know if it really works on my next blog. Let's see if their "Pay once, protect forever" tagline holds true.

out.with.old.in.with.the.new

Two new "versions" of uber techy tools were released this week and I'm starting to drool, so please feel free to visit the links while I wipe my office table dry :D

»»Treo 700p. And I thought Palm was dropping PalmOS. No GSM versions as of the moment, I guess I'll have to wait a little bit longer...better form factor, 1.2 Bluetooth and 128mb RAM...gotta have one
»»MacBook. The iBooks replacement sports a dual core Intel processor, is available in jet black and can run windows XP hmmm could it be that Apple is releasing a Dell notebook? :D

And for those of you who are virtually clueless regarding the difference between a PC and a Mac visit this link »»Mac TV Ad

ixus.goes.bye-bye

Yesterday, wifey woke me with sad news...our digicam (Canon SD110 Digital ELPH aka ixus IIs), the first gadget that wifey and I bought after we got married, has finally given up. A few weeks back I did notice some partial color casts which I manage to solve (temporarily) by doing it the old fashioned way...the ever reliable "beat the hell out of it!" approach, or in this case shake it up a bit till the lines clear. Of course it never really works, but that’s how we’d tend to do it when we’re frustrated at any gadget that doesn't work right? I had a hunch something’s wrong with the camera’s CCD chip but its almost 3yrs old and already out of warranty. The repair is definitely going to cost me.

To avoid unnecessary guesswork we took it to a local Canon dealer and have it checked, to my surprise the store manager told us to take it to their service center ASAP. Hmmm…something is definitely wrong but he’s not talking. These days all the answers you’ll ever need can be found by googling it.

So let see what Google found out »»bad CCDs and this

I guess I was semi-right, it was at least CCD related, no one is confirming it but the evidence points to the package type used for those CCD. Its cheap and as expected turned out to be sub-standard. Initially, I was a bit irritated that the cam needs to be repaired I am a Canon fan and I’ve always thought they made the best digicams, but the Canon shop was quick to point out that in case they won’t be able to repair it (which they probably won’t) they will replace it with a new one or possibly a better model. I talked to a few “victims” and they told me Canon will replace it with an ixus i zoom. I’m not complaining till I get my hands on it. And if it sucks I’ll blog about it :D.

But I’m quite happy how Canon handled the problem, they could have simply told me the item was out of warranty but they offered to repair it or replace it if need be. Let’s see how thing turn out in a month’s time.