Segmentus clock concept published
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Art Lebedev’s Segmentus clock gives you a digital reading using its analog hands
We’re not quite sure whether you need a really active or a really idle mind to come up with this, but the dudes over at Art Lebedev Studio have just unveiled their latest conceptual design. Continuing the theme of faux-Latin names, this is branded the Segmentus clock, and sports hands just like an antiquated analog clock, but unlike an analog clock it seems to have a good 20 or 30 of them. Working in unison — you might call it like clockwork, but we’d rather you didn’t — they then produce a digital time reading, which might not be easy to read, but we’re sure will tickle all the artistes out there. Art Lebedev calls it “true postmodernism,” and you can find a live demo on the company’s site at the source link below.
[Thanks, Danil K.]
Art Lebedev’s Segmentus clock gives you a digital reading using its analog hands originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Music Planet Waterproof Speaker
If you prefer to enjoy your music while you’re soaking in the tub, this is one speaker that can bob along in the water right with you. It doesn’t just sit on a shelf at a safe distance away from the water, this round speaker can dive into the bathwater and still play your favorite music loud and clear. Which is a bonus for those of you that have the tendency to clumsily knock your electronics into bodies of water.
The MP3 player has an alarm clock, an FM tuner and stereo speakers. On the inside of the protective waterproof cover you can plug in an SD/SDHC card (up to 32GB) or a USB drive. The round speaker can run an SD card for 13 hours, a USB drive for 9 hours and the radio for 28 hours. In order to keep it up and running it requires 6 AA batteries. With having that many it’d definitely be a whole lot more convenient to pick up some rechargeable batteries. It’s priced at about $120, but unfortunately it’s a Japan product. Which means it might be a little difficult to get your hands on.
Source: Crunchgear
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Audiovox Homebase Message Center
Instead of buying a normal digital picture frame, now you can pick up one that doubles as a message board. This message center will show off all of your favorite photos and allow for you to leave messages in all different ways. From leaving a post-it note to writing it down on the dry erase board and even recording your own voice. Either way you’re sure to get the information out there.
This message board has a digital calendar and clock to make sure that you stay on track. It also has 512MB of built-in memory that will hold up to 125 high-resolution photos. If that’s not enough for you, it does support SD, MMC, MS, xD and CF Memory Cards and then USB flash drives as well. The color LCD screen measures 7” and is AC powered. The board includes a dry erase marker, post-it note pad, color-matching wire management strips and then mounting brackets for the wall, fridge and countertop. You can purchase the Audiovox DPF710K Audio Homebase Message Center for $32.
Source: CraziestGadgets
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MultiCharts 6
Well today after NT7 blew up on me again non-stop, I really got fed up and kicked into high gear.
I’m looking at Neoticker as well as MultiCharts. But this thread will be about my experiences with MultiCharts.
First, you can download MultiCharts here:
Trading and Charting Software for FOREX, Stock, Future and Option Markets
I’m running 6.0 beta 2 (the latest available as of this post).
MultiCharts is the same cost as NinjaTrader, at roughly $100/mo or $1500 for a lifetime license.
There are two major differences between MultiCharts 6 and NinjaTrader 7. First, MC does not have a DOM. No manual order entry. It does support automated strategies and executions, but for discretionary traders you’ll have to rely on an external platform for order execution. Version 7 of MC should correct this. Second, MC 6 indicators are built on the EasyLanguage platform, whereas NinjaTrader uses C#.
For me, if I do end up switching to MC I will keep NinjaTrader open just for my DOM and minimize everything else, and rely on MC for charting. It’s the charting in NT that is causing me so much grief lately. It also means I have to convert a handful of my favorite indicators from C# to EasyLanguage. I’ve started working on that.
The list of other differences between the two platforms is extremely long, but I have to make a few general observations.
Advantages:
- MC’s interface seems very polished when compared to NT’s
- MC is incredibly quicker, far far faster than NT. And remember, I have a powerhouse of a system (Core i7 overclocked to 4ghz, 12GB ram, RAID 0 drives w/hardware raid) so this speed improvement with MC is due to better design.
- MC handles multiple dataseries (multiple time frames) with ease. It’s second nature. There is nothing to it. IT JUST WORKS. With NT7, it does everything but work.
- MC has its Quote Manager separated from the primary charting application. This means an easy to use “module”, if you will, to manage everything to do with quotes/streaming data. It was a breeze to setup IQfeed continuous contracts and to tell MC6 to cache the data locally, as well as to define session templates (trading hours).
Disadvantages:
- My favorite indicators have to be re-written from scratch. C# is far more powerful than EasyLanguage, so the hobbyist in me, the one seeking an automated strategy that trades while I guzzle cocktails on the beach, well he’ll be sticking with NT for that development.
- No DOM. Yikes! No more to say. You can’t trade with MC alone if you are a discretionary trader. Huge, huge disadvantage. But rumor has it, MC7 will fix that oversight and is only a few months away. The question becomes: will we get a v1.0 DOM, or will we get a v7.0 DOM (how good will it be?). Sure, it isn’t a huge inconvenience for existing NT users to just have a DOM-only open and trade MC charts, but for new deployments it would really suck, and besides, I want a better DOM than what NT offers and my hopes are that MC will deliver one.
Tie:
- Community support. MultiCharts can piggy back on the TradeStation community, since the majority of all TradeStation indicators work in MultiCharts without modification. NinjaTrader has an huge community as well though, and while in shear numbers it isn’t as large as the EasyLanguage community, the community makes up for size with quality.
I’m just getting started, so I’ll post more soon. Follow the discussion on the trading forum, here:
http://www.bigmiketrading.com/platforms-indicators/2698-multicharts-multicharts-multicharts.html
Mike
