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Gadgets, And Women Who Love Them -- Courant.com
Ten sites for the unisex home-entertainment consumer:
CNET ( www.cnet.com): For quality and quantity of reviews on all things technological, no site is better. Its "HDTV Basics" is required reading for the novice.
Remote Central ( www.remotecentral.com): Now that you have an HDTV, a high-def cable box, PlayStation 3 and an audio-video receiver, how to best control them all with a single remote? Remote central has the answer.
iLounge ( www.ilounge.com): The former iPod Lounge changed its name, broadened its focus slightly — the iPhone is part of its iWorld — but remains an online iPod landmark.
Projector Central ( www.projectorcentral.com): Want a real home theater, with a real projector that flashes a monstrous picture on a screen? Start here. Also try Projector Reviews ( www.projectoreviews.com).
The Digital Bits ( www.digitalbits.com): If it's on DVD or Blu-ray, it's at Digital Bits: movie-related news, reviews, upcoming features and rumors. Hollywood's best friend.
Blu-rayStats.com: A nerd's guide to Blu-ray. Click on "Blu-ray Statistics" for the real down-and-dirty numbers: aspect ratio, bit rates, run time and box-office gross in a no-frills presentation.
The Computer Audiophile ( www.computeraudiophile.com): Everything you want to know about setting up wireless music distribution in your house is here. Click on "Computer Audiophile Academy."
Monoprice.com: The best place, with the best prices, on the Net for HDMI cables, connectors and everything else for your home-entertainment system.
Mac Rumors (www.macrumors): News, rumors, adulation and complaints, all part of the cult of Steve Jobs. (Be sure to track down the artist's rendition of the forthcoming Apple tablet computer, a jumbo iPod Touch.)
Tech Bargains ( www.techbargains.com): I gave up Woot long ago for this site that aggregates the best tech buys on the web each day. For the non-techies, try PlanetBargains.com.
36 Hours in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif. - NYTimes.com
WITH its architectural mishmash of storybook English cottages and Swiss Alpine chalets, the small town of Carmel-by-the-Sea in Northern California resembles a Disneyland version of Europe. You half expect a bereted Parisian to saunter out of one of the ridiculously cute, Euro-themed bistros. But walk a few blocks to Carmel's steep, sandy beach and the view is pure California: a rugged Pacific coastline spangled with rocky outcroppings, ghostly cypress trees and the electric green slopes of the famed Pebble Beach golf course. The one-square-mile village has no street lights, parking meters or even-numbered addresses, but you wouldn't call it low-key. Once a bohemian outpost for folks like Jack London, Carmel today is prime real estate, and the surrounding valley is abuzz with top-notch restaurants, boutique wineries and precious shops.
Web yields deadly tricks for crime writers - Yahoo! News
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Web-based forums like www.crimespace.ning.com and the Crime
Writers Association www.thecwa.co.uk have flourished, bringing
together writers and fans around the world.
Authors I spoke with for this column rated among their
favorites the crime fiction sites "Confessions of an
Idiosyncratic Mind" at www.sarahweinman.com,
www.thrillerwriters.org and www.crimespot.net.
Seasoned or aspiring writers also track blogs run by police
officers where they can read tales and learn jargon --
something that was not possible a few years back.
Child said one of the great benefits of tapping into the
right police blog site is that writers can learn about tension
between departments, staff and bosses, personal concerns and
how they balance the "banal with the extraordinary."
U.S. government web sites you didn't know you could use - Lifehacker - Technophilia:
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Overlooked and difficult to find, there are hundreds of thousands of U.S. government web sites that can help you accomplish a variety of tasks. At the right federal .gov destination you can locate historical documents, keep tabs on Congressional happenings, view presidential paperwork, and a whole lot more. Keep reading for the most useful U.S. government web sites out there.
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