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When I was doing IT for Dolby Labs (~2000?) I realized that most of the local disk space issues were MP3s. My solution to this was to grab one of our decommissioned servers, fill it with old hard drives and create a share on it. The disk space issue was immediately solved. Within a couple months...

Indeed. My lesson there was to just carry enough CF and SD cards to cover the trip. Even if I copy them off to a laptop I try to leave the cards full and just set them aside until I get home and things calm down.

Nope. The venue had a nice place for pictures, and some of the guests were only there for the day. As such, we scheduled group photos and a quick shoot with my wife and I for an hour before the ceremony. The photog (friend of my wife but still a "pro" - charges money and not his first wedding)...

The last time I saw one of those was when our wedding photog accidentally formatted all his cards after the shoot and before the ceremony.

I may not get the chance 'til it hits Netflix (darn kid), unless I use my international VPN for evil...

Exactly this. When my $200/hour accountant warned me that his patent attorney wasn't cheap I knew I was in trouble. My first goal is to get as much understanding as possible and assemble all the necessary information. From what I've head this can be non-trivial.

Has anyone here ever filed for a patent? I will be employing a lawyer later, but I'd like to get my prep done before their clock starts.

At 7 months putting things in their mouth is the thing. If you need a laugh give them a slice of lemon.

Yup. Just signed up for 250mb/s, now that my modem can handle it. The local 1Gbps fiber I was going to route in is running into LoS issues that will take some time to resolve.

I still have 3 XP machines in a business environment. Currently changing the configuration so that they won't be on the internet anymore.

New modem and better internet at home.

Nice. I also like their license.

I know I'm not entirely out of the woods, but I'm really happy that none of my systems' first level of authentication from the web is Windows based.

A couple years ago I was into macro. It seemed the best way to get the focus right was with an adjustable rail of some kind.

In my experience accuracy is only better in that you generally can "see" more satellites. More useful in mountains or cities.

Random Win10 glitch. I'm going through this stack of MS Surface books and ran into one that, on first startup after unpacking, went straight to a user prompt without any username being offered. Multiple reboots did the same. Thinking that this was either a corrupted install or a used unit, I...

I use my cell phone as my alarm clock (actually as my only clock). The time is very accurate (even auto-corrects for daylight savings and time zones), the battery backup can last all night, and I test it daily. No other solution that is nearly as effective.

While we don't have a section dedicated to reviews, any crawler should be able to see how many links are posted here that point to Amazon product pages.

Not sure what the appeals process is, and I don't want to waste your time, but it might be worth pursuing further if there is an opportunity to do so.

Way lighter. This is probably twice what you need and weighs 236g. Plus a short USB cable (that you're bringing anyway).

You seem to be drawing the opposite conclusion to what I would? The weight savings is definitely there, the solution is simple enough. Not sure what file format you want the export in, but this one will do GPX and KMZ...

I may have underestimated expenditures a bit. A lot of my purchases have moved to Amazon lately.

Even the smallest of the batteries we've linked will manage a full day, they at least double battery capacity. LG G4 ships with 2.9Ah. Even assuming a 50% loss from self-discharge and conversion (way pessimistic), anything larger than their tiniest will get you there.

That would be some power adapters and DC motors. The Surface Books are shipping later today. Tomorrows report should look pretty good.

I have that one and the 25.6Ah one as well, both are awesome. Both are also overkill for just keeping a phone running all day when weight is an issue.

Hoping someone here knows a way to streamline this part of my timelapse workflow: 1. Copy RAW images to SSD 2. Open sequence in Bridge 3. Choose image from middle of sequence and make changes using Adobe RAW 4. Apply those changes to all images using "develop settings", copy/paste in Bridge 5...

I've had good luck with these. Not only do I have them on my desk and at home, but I gutted one and built it into my car mount.

Running GPS on a phone significantly increases the power consumption of the device. You might need one of these external batteries to get through a day (assuming you can recharge everything at night). I haven't done GPS tagging, so just to confirm your requirements, you need the phone to use...

Sweet.

The pros don't do this kind of thing, as there is no practical or commercial application. There are very few more powerful LEDs, you are quickly approaching scanning laser levels of power. The current most powerful light is the one on top of the Luxor in Vegas, and they use 39x 7kW Xenon bulbs...

This is what I'm looking at for my new system, only skipping the inverter step if possible for efficiency reasons. We have access to lots of cheap porta-potties mounted to pallet skids. I'll probably gut one, install some shelves, stick the batteries on the shelves, and bolt the charge...

The video is from LinusTechTips, and they are based in Vancouver. And the purchase wasn't specifically for the test; just a coincidence of timing. Doing lots of proxy Christmas shopping this time of year.

Just completed another $5k sale after following the link to get to Amazon. Hope that works.

https://youtu.be/o-hheAbrx38

So I would need to take a product link that looks like this: http://amzn.com/B00NRHNPUA and make it look like this? http://amzn.com/B00NRHNPUA&tag=storageforum-20 ??

I can pump 48v into this and power PoE devices. This switch runs off PoE. This should let me pull 48v out of the PoE to power non-PoE devices that can take 48v (like IR illuminators)

Just placed an order after following the link on a computer with ghostery paused. No idea if you are able to monitor it that closely?

I've tried and failed as well. I am far from a Linux expert, and the docs made assumptions of prior knowledge that I fell short of.

One of my upcoming designs is built around everything on the system being 48v PoE and being driven directly by a 48v battery bank that is charged directly by a 48v solar charge controller fed by panels. This should eliminate most of the efficiency losses and allow the system to scale much more...

Totally in. I'd redirect ~$5k/mo through the link. No idea how much income that would generate.

I'm actually really excited by the scalability of this project. I have some friends with more disposable income and a slowly blooming geek streak that might like one 5x to 10x the size.

CamScanner is great. I already use it for some other work-related tasks. As strange as it may seem one of the appeals is to use a different program so the images are automatically stored in their own location.

Awesome. I've shared this project with a few IRL friends (OK, I only have a couple IRL friends...) and not one asked "why?". This is why they are my friends.

I was performing some tests on a very high capacity UPS for low loads (couple hundred watts) over a long period of time. Specifically an APC SMX2200RMLV2U with 5x APC SMX48RMBP2U battery pack additions. The power consumption of the unit itself (control circuitry, fan, etc) was much higher than...

Anyone with a G4 who wants a car mount that supports the folio case and built-in wireless charging, let me know and I'll send you the solidworks file.

This and a simple receipt app are both on my list.

Thanks! Still trying to get the dual 290X system back up...

I feel more comfortable hard-mounting hardcases to the sides of heatsinks. I'll probably use brackets of some kind. When it is on a vehicle or other machine I can draw power from them. When it is handheld I'll need another power source. I'd be running at least 4-6 of them, possibly more...

Yup. I think the price was $1996.50.

For mobile applications, I'll likely power it with a bank of these. Not sure what the power distribution will look like, worst case I run a few off each battery and run them completely independently.