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Best Wi-Fi Portable Browsing Device? 426

foxxo writes "I'm a library worker, so I get lots of questions about our collection when I'm out in the stacks. I'd love to be able to access our online catalog and give patrons more comprehensive guidance without directing them to the reference desk. What options are available for a portable device with Wi-Fi connectivity, full-featured Web browsing, and (most importantly) no cellphone-style activation and service fees? Size is important, too; I need something I can carry in my pocket, not a micro-notebook with full keyboard. (And I am a library worker, so low cost is key!)" One device that sounds interesting in this category is the GiiNii Movit (not yet released, but shown off at CES). What can you recommend that's out there now?

Comment Practical Application? (Score 1) 96

Though knowing what part of the brain is responsible for this feat is a great revelation, it has been known that eye movement helps us to filter the noise and false images generated by our all too imperfect visual system.

With movement our brain tests repeatedly our rods and cones to verify that what they see is actually in front of us and not due to various things like the blood flowing through our retina, or the attenuation of a single or group of rods or cones with respect to others. After such eye movements, if a rod or cone still registers the same value then the brain can filter it out as not being real, or at least part of a smooth blank space (which probably gets ignored as well).

I am wondering if this can be applied to modern cameras, which seem to have problems with image noise. Instead of employing small sensor movements to reduce camera shake, perhaps they could be used to move the sensor in a predetermined path, one in which the final image could be calculated from. It would seem that if such a calculation of the resultant image could be done, then a much better image could be the result.

Comment I drink stuff with splenda (Score 1) 467

My favorite caffinated, carbonated soft drinks are Diet RC Cola and Diet Big Red.

Both have splenda instead of Aspertame.

Yea, RC cola is still being sold. I like it much better than Diet Coke with splenda. I buy that sometimes too when the local store is out of RC (they don't give RC much shelf space, and I think a lot of other people around here like it too). With DCwS the Coke people seemed to have rushed it to market without optimizing the taste first.

As for Diet Big Red. That's an acquired taste, but very addicting once your used to it. By the way, try mixing in some Napoleon brandy with Big Red (no, I not suggesting this for during work--I mean at home when partying). It has a strange synergistic effect together.

Coffee I usually only drink in the winter. It's too hot here in Texas to be drinking anything hot. I drink a lot of tea though (or as you northeners call it "iced tea"--like you would serve it any other way).

In addition to making tea myself, I also like Arizona Diet Green Tea. That too has splenda. It can be very economical when bought in gallon jugs at Walgreens or CVS.

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