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Blue Yeti Nano

2019-04-16

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Hardware > Microphones >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/streaming-gear/yeti-nano-usb-microphone.html

A high quality budget microphone.

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IPEVO VZ-R

2019-03-01

audio hardware, cameras, desktop hardware, hardware, input devices, internet hardware, liked, live, owned, proprietary hardware, reviews, things, USB hardware, video hardware, webcams

Hardware >

https://www.ipevo.com/products/vz-r

A document camera.

On-device buttons, optical zoom, native H.264 hardware.

Garbage; do not buy this overpriced toy. It's only "good" because it comes with a stand, but newer webcams are coming out with the threading for mounting to a simple $20 stand.

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Scanners

2018-03-03

archivism, desktop hardware, hardware, scanners

Disambiguation: Scanners - (1981 movie)

Hardware >

(on Wikipedia)

See also OCR, to scan stuff, and examine the picture to find language and store that as usable text characters.

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CanoScan LiDE 120

2018-03-03

desktop hardware, hardware, input devices, live, loved, misadventures, owned, proprietary hardware, reviews, scanners, things, USB hardware

Uses a single cable

Hardware > Scanners >

support page
product page

Canon CanoScan LiDE 120

I checked SANE's supported devices list, and saw that the LiDE 120 is supported, however the model I received uses a different and Linux-unsupported chipset! (GL848+)

Herein are notes of my misadventure.

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Intel SSD 320 Series

2016-10-16

desktop hardware, glances, hardware, IDE hardware, live, loved, owned, proprietary hardware, quiet computing, SSDs, storage, things

https://www.newegg.ca/intel-320-series-160gb/p/N82E16820167391

An fast, moderate-sized and extraordinarily cheap drive.

Refurbished, but these seem to be in good shape. Don't expect the intel manufacturer's warranty to have much, if any, time left. You're leaning on newegg, and then perhaps your credit card's insurance policy, if it has one.

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Blue Yeti

2016-10-08

audio hardware, dead, desktop hardware, hardware, input devices, loved, microphones, output devices, owned, proprietary hardware, reviews, things, USB hardware

Hardware > Microphones >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.logitechg.com/en-us/products/microphones.html

A stereo microphone just shy of being studio-quality. Very high quality and very highly recommended.

With no drivers needed, this thing has been tested and works on various Linux distributions, Windows XP, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. I've also tested it as an audio output device (a "sound card") and it works great.

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