Monday, June 11, 2012

MacBook Pro with Retina Display

The new MacBook Pro (full WWDC coverage here including more details) is a powerful and sexy looking machine, but will it run Windows?

Friday, June 8, 2012

DropBox and World Domination

Pinky: Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight?
Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky... try to take over the world!

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Word of the Day: CamelCase

CamelCase. I use it all the time, but I never knew it had a name. It came up in this discussion.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

And Before I Forget...

Happy World IPv6 Day!

Q*bertease

TYT TH-UVF9: Miscellaneous Notes

Once again thanks to Nate for the pointers:

TYT has listed the TH-UVF9 on their site. Also, a Hungarian site has a beautiful close up of the display. It looks so good, I'm assuming it is an enhanced marketing photo.

Today's Trivia: Why did Bell Labs create phone numbers of 7 digits - 10 digits?

andrewchen great answer. Why did Bell Labs create phone numbers of 7 digits - 10 digits? - Quora b.qr.ae/IzAlGATue, May 22 15:33:06 from Timely by Demandforce

TYT TH-UVF9: Kight Radio Update and Service

Also from the 03 JUN 2012 update from Kight Radio (his update, but my links):
"The TH-UVF9 is almost ready. It is not full of bugs, there was one little problem that has been solved and that had to do with the Ch Display / Freq Display. If you order one from Hong Kong, you may get the first production run which has that bug. When you order you want to be sure you get the latest production run. One thing Kight Radio will do, if you buy one that has a factory bug, when the new version comes out, we will exchange the radio for you at no charge. We have already done this with a couple customers for the TH-UV3R."
Exchanging an early model radio for a new version is a fantastic service. It takes all the risk out of being an early adopter.

Chinese Radio Mega List by Nate - Part 2 - HTs

Here is the second part of Nate's e-mail with the information about the HTs. (Most of this is from his e-mail, but I've edited it so assume any errors are mine.) Part I was about mobile radios.

Baojie BJ-UV88

BAOJIE have an HT model: BAOJIE BJ-UV88

HYS TC-UV11 / TC-UV99

HYS have an HT as well: HYS TC-UV11 and HYS TC-UV99 (if you need a larger flashlight). And the HYS TC-UV88 that looks a little bit like the Baofeng UV-5R / TYT TH-F8.




More UV-5R clones / brands:
ZasTone ZT-V8 ($85.50 on AliExpress)
Mstar M-UV1 ($56 on AliExpress)

Mstar M-UV2
Mstar also has the M-UV2 (Totally different radio)



Caption A Ham Radio Photo and Win A Prize

moleculo Caption this funny Ham Radio photo and win a prize: bit.ly/Ki9U6U #hamrWed, Jun 06 12:28:41 from TweetDeck