Comments on: Three New Awesome Pieces of Gear

By: mc

mc — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:08:07 +0000

Tynan, I have never experienced a slowdown with software-based encryption. I can’t comment on bitlocker, but dm-crypt on linux leaves my systems pretty snappy.

With an 18-day uptime on this desktop, Xorg has consumed twice as much CPU as the kcryptd process that handles disk encryption; 130 minutes vs. 60 minutes. That’s significant overhead, but my CPU idles at zero and I certainly don’t notice any difference when doing disk-intensive operations.

There are also concerns about the potential for a backdoor in hardware encryption implementations, but that’s not really a consideration for your use case.

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By: Tynan

Tynan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:11:42 +0000

@Jason I have no real interest in Android. There are too many Winmo programs I want, plus I want to keep my phone plan, which you can’t do with Android on Sprint.

@Bobo I have the pancake. Smaller + better low light.

By: bobo

bobo — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:55:55 +0000

Tynan, do you have the pancake lens or the kit-zoom for the GF1?

By: Jason Sares

Jason Sares — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:46:37 +0000

Just started reading you blog and I can’t understand why you choose a Windows Mobile phone over the Android Hero? Did you get it before the Hero was available?

By: Matt Payne

Matt Payne — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:23:05 +0000

HTC phone’s rock, just got one a couple of months ago and not looked back, incredible piece of gear :)

By: Polprav

Polprav — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:15:08 +0000

Hello from Russia!
Can I quote a post in your blog with the link to you?

By: Skurry

Skurry — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:55:14 +0000

The first two pics on Flickr with the GF1 look great, a worthy successor to the R-D1. I’m never taking my point-and-shoot because the pictures are disappointing, and I never take my DSLR because it’s so large and heavy. The GF1 looks like the perfect compromise. I only fear that I won’t take it on trips because it’s so expensive…

By: matt

matt — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:03:27 +0000

That phone has Windows Mobile or Android? I’m not a fan of the “touch” version of WiMo. Though I’d guess Android doesn’t have some of the software you need.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:07:34 +0000

Steve Jobs is a misanthrope, but windows is bloated; the dial-up of the OS world.

Rumor is, there’s a tablet macbook on the way.