Ditch the mic for a mic webcam combo?

By Rich and Creamy
I need a low system requirement camera for my Open Pandora. I think this will fit the bill, and produce great sound. Hey it's the same makers as the snowflake you know!
 

This will be my new laptop.

By Rich and Creamy


  • ARM® Cortex™-A8 600Mhz+ CPU running Linux
  • 430-MHz TMS320C64x+™ DSP Core
  • PowerVR SGX OpenGL 2.0 ES compliant 3D hardware
  • 800x480 4.3" 16.7 million colours touchscreen LCD
  • Wifi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth & High Speed USB 2.0 Host
  • Dual SDHC card slots & SVideo TV output
  • Dual Analogue and Digital gaming controls
  • 43 button QWERTY and numeric keypad
  • Around 10+ Hours battery life
 

There's a party in my pants.

Category: By Rich and Creamy

This is the best portable speaker money can buy and for $200 you better be serious about your mobile audio needs. My ultimate goal is to have an always portable sound system so if I want to have a random party in a parking lot I can do it for fun. I'm going to test the Foxl when I get it and if it works I'll hook up two using:

The Headroom Total Airhead amp. On a $400 setup I'm going to want to make sure I'm not just splitting my signal in half on 2 speakers. I'm going all the way with this! and for extra on the go power:

4000mAH Duracell mobile battery charger!
 

Magic Pants

Category: By Rich and Creamy



You may have seen their Facebook ads around and while I dug the pants I seriously want the smoking jacket. 2 looks 1 jacket. Speaks for itself!

http://www.cordarounds.com
 

Samson Go Mic

Category: By Rich and Creamy

This USB mic has gotten rave reviews and since I'd like to take www.firehazardgarage.com mobile sometime I'm going to have to pick one up!
 

So my friend Christine Millena ...

By Rich and Creamy

Says her name doesn't show up in google. I'm dedicating this post to Christene Millena so she shows up on the internet LOL
 

DIY Solid State Drive

Category: By Rich and Creamy
I remember reading Gizmodo a long time ago where they had a CF DIY solid state drive. Turns out someone made a SDHC version! If you click the link above it'll take you to the original article. This link below:

PhotoFast USA


Takes you to the people who are selling it in the US. Totally plan to swap this into my laptop sometime so it'll become more damage resistant. Right now it's lost the mounting instructions to my hard drive. At least I know my data is in there doing OK.

 

HipShot Lomo Camera Bag - A Review!

Category: By Rich and Creamy




Even though I just bought this I'm including it in my buy list of 2009.  The Lomography Hipshot Camera Bag is designed for their LC-A 


This is the camera the bag is designed for.



The bag comes in two colors as pictured above.  I actually use the bag for a GX200.



INITIAL THOUGHTS: 

I ordered the bag from  Amazon and it didn't come with instructions.  I was able to poke around for the pdf at the lomo website.  I was going to knock down the bag a few points for not fitting as snug as I would want to.  The Hipshot camera bag feels like it's made out of leather but is actually water resistant plastic.  Everything feels well made and sturdy.  There's also a very nice cushy feel to it and it makes me feel confident that if my camera was dropped inside of this bag it would fair ok.  The 2nd compartment wasn't big enough to hold my slave flash but I was able to store extra batteries, cables, and a cleaning cloth.

At full retail price $35 I think this bag is defitnately worth it.  I broke a point and shoot camera by having it in my pocket so I'm willing to have an camera bag on my hip even if it stands out a little funky like.  You can also shoulder carry it but I'm scared of having it swing around.  Even though I'm carrying around a point and shoot the bag does make me look like I'm serious about my photos so I don't feel too goofy with it.  I might do away with the orange strap though, it just doesn't match what I wear!

 

Drawing Classes

Category: By Rich and Creamy
In highschool I had an early interest in web design and photoshop. I didn't have the best skills but I did make a few club fliers and other advertisements in my early college years. I then gave up on it with the thinking that I should just give my best ideas to my more talented friends and let them run with that. Over time I discovered that even though they may think I have an awesome money making idea for a tshirt the project is going to be low priority for whatever else is on there minds.

I figure the best way to jump into it besides the continuing education classes in Photoshop would to acutally learn how to draw. All the community college classes were full our not compatible with my schedule so this is what I found:

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain: A Course in Enhancing Creativity and Artistic Confidence: $16
Art Academy of San Diego: $230 For 7 Weeks
San Diego Art Dept.: $180 For 6 Weeks
UCSD Extension: $275 Semester

Not sure about teaching myself but I might pick up the book anyways since I like reading about how the brain works. Art Academy I found on google but it seems like everyone love the art dept. Totally not paying for the UCSD Extension class. One thing the art academy has over the art dept is spray can classes!

I'll update when I take my first class.