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Monthly Archives: March 2005
Wallflower digital picture frame
A colleague of mine mentioned he had ordered a digital picture frame from Wallflower Systems. They are rather expensive – $800 odd – but have handmade wooden frames, large LCD panels (12.1" or 14") and seem to have pretty good features. Curious as … Continue reading
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DIY Digital Picture Frame – The software
Once I had the laptop booted into XP, the next step was getting the right software on it – for rendering the photos and to help me manage it. I started off with Google’s Picasa (which is what I envisioned using … Continue reading
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DIY Digital Picture Frame – The laptop
After a week of patient waiting, the well-packed package finally arrives via FedEx. I open it and inspect the contents. All items as stated in the eBay listing were there and it seemed to be in good physical condition as … Continue reading
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DIY Digital Picture Frame – Buying off eBay
I was initially looking for laptops (and laptop parts [*]) in my CPU speed range – 166MHz to 350MHz – made by any of the manufacturers (IBM, Toshiba, NEC, etc.) This gave me a large number of items that was … Continue reading
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DIY Digital Picture Frame – Getting a feel for eBay
The specs I had in mind for the picture frame was a 500MHz+ CPU, a 10"+ LCD panel capable of at least 1024×768 with at least 64MB of RAM, a small hard disk (5GB+) and with onboard WiFi or a … Continue reading
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DIY Digital Picture Frame
For the past 5 years I have been clicking digital photographs, first with a Nikon Coolpix 950 and now with a Nikon D100. I post a few of them on my website to share with friends and family. I also print some … Continue reading
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