: review

Carnival invests in upgrade to emergency power systems

Carnival Cruise Lines said it will spend $300 million improving its fleet in the wake of the engine-room fire that disabled Carnival Triumph in February. It has already started the improvements, which broadly involve more redundant systems, connecting more hotel functions to emergency power and increased fire-detection and fire-suppression systems. Carnival said an additional emergency … Continue reading

Steps Pedometer iPhone App Review

[youtube]LQO5JLhQm1k[/youtube] Installer Apps reviews a pedometer application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Unfortunately it looks like nobody has done a video review of what I think is a better pedometer called Steps, so I’ll have to do one as soon as I get more time.  Steps is brought to you by Edovia and turns … Continue reading

Canon PowerShot A640 Digital Camera Review

[youtube]hteeELnuNpM[/youtube] Gordon Laing of CameraLabs.com reviews the Canon PowerShot A640 compact digital camera.  The PowerShot A640 has 10 megapixels of resolution and a 35mm – 140mm 4x optical zoom lens.  The A640 is larger than most compact digital cameras, but the good thing about this is how easy the camera is to grip.  It has … Continue reading

31 Days to Build a Better Blog: Day 1

 A few days ago I bought a copy of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog by Darren Rowse, founder of Problogger. Darren offers awesome advice on a consistent basis, and I thought it was time to tune up my blogs… especially since most of them are looking pretty lame and I need to increase … Continue reading

Nikon D200 Digital Camera Review

George Schaub has a Nice review of the Nikon D200 up over at Shutterbug, the kind of review that makes me wonder why I don’t remember to read them more often. (Actually, that’s easy, no RSS feed. Which is a shame, really). What I like about George’s reviews is that he’s a photographer first, a … Continue reading