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Sunday, July 18, 2010

Real Time Farms is a User-Supported, Local Farmers Market Guide [Food]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5589590/real-time-farms-is-a-user+supported-local-farmers-market-guide

Real Time Farms is a User-Supported, Local Farmers Market Guide We've featured one local food guide on the web, but Real Time Farms takes it a step further. You can not only view local market listings, but also a list of what's available from a given vendor and photos of available produce.

The site is very community-based, with most of it being kept up by local food enthusiasts, so your city's mileage may vary. Obviously, the more you contribute (and spread the word), the more useful the site will become—you can share geotagged photos of your last visit, add or edit information about local markets and farms, and view when certain markets are open over the course of the week.

The site's fairly young, and not all cities have a ton of information—if you want to see the site's potential, plug in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the city in which the site was founded—but I searched a few other cities and found at least a small database of markets in the area. If you're already pretty into the local scene, you may already know a lot about the local markets, but you can always contribute data so your area is stocked with more information for those less seasoned. Head on over there to check it out, and let us know what you think in the comments.

Real Time Farms [via The Kitchn]

Panasonic Lumix LX5 outed by tech support page, improvements are black and white

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/panasonic-lumix-lx5-outed-by-tech-support-page-improvements-are/

Panasonic may be pushing Micro Four Thirds tech these days, but that doesn't mean it's forgotten about the pocketable high-end -- in fact, full spec sheets and pictures have just leaked from the company's technical support website, detailing the unannounced latest in the Lumix LX lineup. The 10.1 megapixel DMC-LX5 doesn't have any revolutionary new features, sadly, but it certainly brings the 2008 LX3 predecessor up to spec in nearly every way, with a longer 3.8x optical zoom lens by Leica, 12,800 ISO mixed-pixel sensitivity and a familiar-sounding AVCHD Lite 720p video recording mode. Slightly heavier due to a larger 1250mAh battery, the camera supports SDXC memory cards this time round, has an anti-glare coating on the 3-inch LCD and thankfully replaces those bulky breakout component cables with a mini-HDMI out. There's also an optional electronic viewfinder and a jog dial on the back, but we don't want to ruin all your fun unearthing these gems; peruse the specs yourself at our source link.

Panasonic Lumix LX5 outed by tech support page, improvements are black and white originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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iPhone DSLR: the next generation (video)

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/iphone-dslr-the-next-generation-video/

Everything you know about awkwardly attaching SLR lenses to iPhones is wrong. This is how you do it. What started out as a quick and less-than-perfect mod of OWLE's Bubo iPhone mount by one Jeremy Salvador (pictured above) has turned into a collaboration between production company Vid-Atlantic and OWLE itself on a more finely tuned, iPhone 4-friendly prototype that delivers some truly impressive results. Sadly, the actual iPhone 4 version of the rig won't be available for a while yet, but you can get an idea of what will be possible with it after the break.

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iPhone DSLR: the next generation (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:11:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Antennas Provides a Better Look at Your Cell Coverage [Downloads]

Source: http://lifehacker.com/5587493/antennas-provides-a-better-look-at-your-cell-coverage

Antennas Provides a Better Look at Your Cell Coverage Android: With cell reception cycling through the news, one Android app deserves credit for giving a pretty darned accurate view of how connected your phone is. Antennas shows not only signal strength, but maps out your tower location(s).

You get the best reading of your signal strength if you're on a network that offers both 2G ("EDGE") and 3G connections, and you switch to 2G-only connection in your Android settings (under Wireless & Networks/Mobile networks). You'll see every tower that's connected to you, their individual strengths, and your overall connection strength. On 3G or CDMA networks, you'll only get to see one tower, due to an Android OS limitation, but you can still know where your strongest tower is located, and how you're doing on connection.

Antennas Provides a Better Look at Your Cell Coverage Antennas is a free download for Android systems only. A direct market link is shown here, and more details on the app at the link below. Thanks to OolonColluphid for the tip!

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AMD has record $1.65B second quarter, still loses a little money

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/16/amd-has-record-1-65b-second-quarter-still-loses-a-little-money/

First, the good news: AMD pulled in $1.65 billion in revenue -- a record for the second quarter! Now, the bad news: the company still lost money. Just a (relatively) little bit, though, with a net loss of $43 million or $.06 per share. That's five percent more revenue than the first quarter of 2010, and a massive 40 percent boost over the second quarter of 2009, in which it lost $330 million net. What changed? Sales of graphics hardware in particular, up eight percent over last quarter and a huge 87 percent from last year, driven by success of the Radeon HD 5000 series graphics cards. Likewise, sales of mobile processors were up 18 percent over last quarter. Net profitability? Keep this up, AMD, and it's not far off.

AMD has record $1.65B second quarter, still loses a little money originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Jul 2010 08:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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