Sunday, November 28, 2004
New camcorder: Sanyo Xacti
I bought a few weeks ago a new camcorder, Sanyo Xacti VPC-C4. It's one of these ultra small camcorders that save video to a memory card. Xacti is not only a camcorder but also a 4 Megapixel camera. Here's a picture I took at the nearby Japanese supermarket. There are more sample pictures and videos taken with an earlier generation (3 Megapixel) of the camcorder in this review. This earlier camera is sold as Sanyo Xacti VPC-C1 in Japan and as Fisher FVD-C1 in the US. Other reviews of the older model are et epinions and camcorderinfo. So far I could only find a review od my model in French.At the moment the newer model that I bought is not officially available in the US and I bought a Japanese version that came with a Japanese manual. I found the English manual for the older camera to be quite useful.
I am overall very happy with Xacti.
Saturday, November 27, 2004
Sixteen Candles
Today I watched Sixteen Candles.
Posted by at 12:53 AM
Edited on: Sunday, December 12, 2004 12:17 AM
Categories: Art and pop culture, Films
Edited on: Sunday, December 12, 2004 12:17 AM
Categories: Art and pop culture, Films
Friday, November 26, 2004
Before Sunset
We had a party until about midnight and after all the guests left we watched Before Sunset.
Posted by at 12:23 AM
Edited on: Sunday, December 12, 2004 8:33 PM
Categories: Art and pop culture, Films
Edited on: Sunday, December 12, 2004 8:33 PM
Categories: Art and pop culture, Films
Thursday, November 25, 2004
Joy Luck Club
The long weekend started today with Thanksgiving. In the afternoon I watched the Joy Luck Club based on Amy Tan's book that I read many years ago.In the late afternoon I went to a Thanksgiving dinner hosted by our friends.
Posted by at 12:14 PM
Edited on: Sunday, December 12, 2004 8:37 PM
Categories: Art and pop culture, Books, Films
Edited on: Sunday, December 12, 2004 8:37 PM
Categories: Art and pop culture, Books, Films
Sunday, November 21, 2004
Google Scholar and CiteSeer
I discovered recently the Google Scholar. The idea is a little similar to CiteSeer. The Google Scholar is faster but it only points to the official version of the paper. CiteSeer is nicer in that it also shows links to copies of papers at other sites.National Treasure
Today I watched another movie that we got free tickets for from Microsoft. This time it was National Treasure. Not very different from similar movies like the Tomb Raider or the Indiana Jones trilogy but it was entertaining enough for a Saturday afternoon.
Posted by at 12:07 AM
Edited on: Sunday, December 12, 2004 8:36 PM
Categories: Art and pop culture, Films
Edited on: Sunday, December 12, 2004 8:36 PM
Categories: Art and pop culture, Films