April 2008 Archives

Well I would never pay 1199$. If you put that much money on your workplace's desk, you should just get it custom made. Allthough the material changes from aluminium to wood, but simple acrylic glass over the top parts and the result is just the same. Plus you can add wheels into inner/outer part (explained later), And you can choose the color etc...

And i wonder how much weight that table is gonna support. When you add computer (laptop goes ok but a 22"-> TFT) + laserprinter on it, and in old-school case, a CRT...

And in the worst case scenario: You gotta confirm the secretary's weight before letting her hop on to it, heheh :)

And what i saw in the gallery on their site... Well the OneLessDesk doesn't have "wheels" on the inner/outer piece, so when you pull it about ten times a day back and forward it's gonna leave marks on the floor. OR if they give guarantee that it won't leave marks. I hope that they've tested it with some weight on. And I haven't seen that many offices with carpeting covering entire floor. Plus those curves, well atleast you get some exercise at work while pickin' up your papers.

And the pricetag is probably high cause I only see Mac's on the OneLessDesk... :)

Add these and minus 300-500$ and then i might reconsider it:

- Wheels on both parts for easier moving aka no more floor destroying
- Cut curves straight or make them go up instead of down?

Nextel phones with the Direct Connect walkie talkie service that have GPS are supposed to be able to be tracked. The Eloy school district has that kind and they told me they can keep track of where the maintenance men are now but I haven't tried it myself. There are also other services besides Navizon that will track smart phones.
www.nextel.com/en/services/why_sprint/walkie_talkie.shtml

Thanks for the great feedback. Ben is mistaken in the video. The desk is made of solid stainless steel, not aluminum. The rising cost of the desk corresponds with the dramatic, recent increases in the cost of stainless steel. Also, each desk must be finished, painstakingly, by hand. It is by no means a mass produced product.
However, we are working on a lower cost version of the desk to be made in regular steel with a powder coat finish. Color requests anyone?

Thanks for the kind words Cazzie. It's 39" wide, so there is more room than you might think. With two decks plus the hidden shelf, there is three spaces to put all your stuff. I don't expect you will see a drawer on the desk in the near future. The desk is designed to appeal to those folks who dig all things digital and minimal. Since these folks, like me, are a little crazy, the desk is a good fit. :)
Though, I do expect to release a piece that holds your printer and other stuff. Thanks again.

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The Swann Digital Private Eye camera got 2 really bad ratings on Amazon. The customers experience seems to be a lot different from what the official description says about the product. They say on Amazon that it takes a photo every 30 seconds and can take 30000 images on a 1GB SD memory card which is quite different from what the user said that it took a photo every second and would only take 10,000 images because it put them all in just one folder. I wonder why such a big disparity? Also it doesn't seem very secure. If someone didn't want to be on camera couldn't they just unplug it or take the SD card out? Or they could steal the whole thing for that matter.
BTW, reCaptcha isn't even spelling real words today! Come on now!

I love Ben's shirt.

The Zylight is great and well worth the money, but the paucity of information and instructions for things like their accessory kit are very frustrating.

If you buy one avoid extra's that rely on their accessory adapter. The Chimera lighting diffuser add-on, barn-doors etc rotate loosely according to gravity owing to a poor design - the adaptor may clamp tightly to the lamp but accessories don't clamp to anything so just freely rotate at will. Very disappointing.

And if, like me, you're in Europe and order the "Worldwide adapter" kit and battery you may be surprised to find out that there's no British plug attachment/lead - I had to rescue a lead from another unused piece of equipment which given the price paid and the "worldwide" tag seemed somewhat ridiculous.

That's one butt ugly radio!
Won't my laptop do the same thing for free?

Check out the Com One Phoenix User Discussion Forum for more information on this product:

http://comonephoenix.messageforums.net

Also - per the review, a USB cable is not needed to add stations or podcasts, this is accomplished by using the Com One Phoenix web interface. The USB cable us for connecting a MP3 player to the radio.

As Steve mentioned, the Phoenix is available online for around $160.

Lastly, beauty must be in the eye of the beholder! I think the Phoenix is fairly attractive. :-)

Wow, $149 for the Phoenix radio! You can sure find a lot of different prices on Amazon depending on how you search.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000VMUFA2?ie=UTF8&seller=A2VDD79ZI55NNM&sn=cincynow

> sam said:

>Check out the Com One Phoenix User Discussion Forum for more >information on this product:

>http://comonephoenix.messageforums.net

Sam, I went to the forum and read some of the comments but when I tried to sign up I can enter my Username, Email address and Password but then it asks for a Confirmation code to be entered but there is no code on display anywhere so I was stumped at that point.
This whole operation is just too amateurish, the website don't work, the forum don't work, etc., etc. so I'm giving up until someone who knows what they are doing decides to give this a try.

BTW, those reCaptcha words are getting harder and harder to read and I haven't even been drinking or anything.

Sam, I thought the problem with the websites might be because I'm using Mozilla Firefox so I tried them in I.E. but that won't work either. On your forum, when I try to register I just get a box with a red X in it instead of the Confirmation code. With Mozilla Firefox there isn't even a box with a red X.
I tried emailing Com One about their player wanting me to download Windows Media Player but they wouldn't reply.

Good show.
You could probably use something like a minty boost http://www.instructables.com/id/MintyBoost!---Small-battery-powered-USB-charger/ to power the AW1 in a more portable manner. I do think $150 is high.

Howdy...

Just received word from Audioengine that the AW1 does indeed transmit through the USB port, so if you're hooking it up to a computer, you don't need the audio cable.

Also, they're coming out with an iPod version, and a battery powered version that will be coming out shortly...

-Ben

I would give the wireless pair 1/5. One point for the innovation. It's ugly to have the receiver sticking out from the speaker's top. Also, like you guys have mentioned, it lacks the battery powered capability.

One thing I don't understand is: how does the computer transmits sound through the usb port without having software installed?

Anyway, I prefer my current setup. A typical laptop & wired Creative 2.1 speakers. I can control Winamp with my Nokia phone via Bluetooth. Free of charge =)