I will share a piece of advice. When walking in the African bush at night, be SURE that your flashlight has useable batteries so that you can see what just made that sound not too far away! Sorry that the photo is not clearer, but it is hard to hold a camera and a flashlight at the same time, and keep both still, while wondering if you are next on the menu :bigsmile: .
This was not one of my most interesting encounters, but it was flashlight related .
On wikipedia if you hit alt-shift-X it will take you to a random article. The very first time I tried it, I was at work, and it went somewhere with a funny name.
For those BLF members not familiar with the history of flashlights, here is a valuable site where you can search for the value of your most recent flea market/garage sale flashlight discovery……
Anyone considering a inexpensive tv media player?
Cubox-i1 $45 (shipping in november) looks like it will be the best option at the price. XBMC media player. HDMI 1080p. 2 inches cubed. Wifi via usb.
Costs slightly more then a RaspberryPi but it can do a lot more. A few things it can do that RasPi can’t:
Runs android 4.2.2 (games) & std arm ubuntu.
USB that isn’t permanently a bit broken! Real ethernet (raspi is over usb). Decode video in hardware without paying extra for codecs.
MPEG-2 MP, HP
VC-1 SP, MP, AP
MPEG-4 SP, ASP
H.263 V2 + Annex J, K (RS=0 and ASO=0), and T
H.264 BP, MP, HP
H.264-MVC BP, MP, HP
DivX v3,4,5
MJPEG Baseline
On2 VP8
Interesting thing: if you are ready to change your tv i think now one of the best for the money is the lg la660s, impressive technological thing. The smarttv is sweet!. The remote control (magic control) is like the wii console.
(Lg don`t pay me nothing haha, i only share my tv investigation of tv models for buying).