<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635386</id><updated>2011-12-14T22:09:35.165-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hard and Soft - Hardware + Software Reviews</title><subtitle type='html'>This blog will post reviews of new and old hardware + software. All opinions are mine, but I try to remain objective.  Please feel free to comment on my postings. If you want something reviewed, either post a message here or visit my consulting site (Chameleon Integration - see Links) for contact info. Please do not email me software unless I ask.) Note: This blog is a precursor to the online revival of my old print magazine "Chaos Review - visions of the fringe". (URL to be posted later.)</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hardandsoft.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14635386/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hardandsoft.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>blogslinger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09263250561416943757</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635386.post-112922369010813030</id><published>2005-10-13T13:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-13T13:14:50.136-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Back From Vacation</title><summary type='text'>Hello everyone. I'm back from vacation. (Hey, I still worked 16-20 hours a day on my blogs and websites, so it wasn't really a vacation). I apologize for the batch posting of this message to all of my blogs, but I'm still madly reorganizing my blogs and this is the fastest way for me to communicate with readers... (The most current links to most of my blogs and website projects can always be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hardandsoft.blogspot.com/feeds/112922369010813030/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14635386&amp;postID=112922369010813030' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14635386/posts/default/112922369010813030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14635386/posts/default/112922369010813030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hardandsoft.blogspot.com/2005/10/back-from-vacation.html' title='Back From Vacation'/><author><name>blogslinger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09263250561416943757</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635386.post-112796165201598166</id><published>2005-09-28T22:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-28T22:40:53.510-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Note: Taking A Vacation Until About Oct 12</title><summary type='text'>I'm taking a vacation until about Wed Oct 12, during which time I may or may not post to this blog.raj</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hardandsoft.blogspot.com/feeds/112796165201598166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14635386&amp;postID=112796165201598166' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14635386/posts/default/112796165201598166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14635386/posts/default/112796165201598166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hardandsoft.blogspot.com/2005/09/note-taking-vacation-until-about-oct.html' title='Note: Taking A Vacation Until About Oct 12'/><author><name>blogslinger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09263250561416943757</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635386.post-112673004087470584</id><published>2005-09-14T16:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-14T16:34:00.880-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hardware Reviews - Wacom Graphire 3 4x5 Sketch Tablet</title><summary type='text'>I can't remember the first sketch tablet I ever used, but I do remember using digitizing tables the size of small tables back when I was doing a lot of work with digital maps and GIS (Geographical Information Systems). I found using a digitizer far more efficient than a computer mouse for a lot of everyday computer use. Sketch tablets are close cousin to digitizers and typically sport a point </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hardandsoft.blogspot.com/feeds/112673004087470584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14635386&amp;postID=112673004087470584' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14635386/posts/default/112673004087470584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14635386/posts/default/112673004087470584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hardandsoft.blogspot.com/2005/09/hardware-reviews-wacom-graphire-3-4x5.html' title='Hardware Reviews - Wacom Graphire 3 4x5 Sketch Tablet'/><author><name>blogslinger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09263250561416943757</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635386.post-112649362582663570</id><published>2005-09-11T22:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-09-11T23:32:32.270-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Inkscape Vector Graphics Drawing Program (Open Source)</title><summary type='text'>I know I've been remiss in posting to this hardware/software review blog. I'll post more frequently as now: at least once a week, most likely on Saturdays or Sundays.Several months ago, while doing an exhaustive search on SourceForge for vector drawing programs similar to Adobe Illustrator, I came across Inkscape. While it's still pretty new (V 0.42) at the time of this writing, it's a delightful</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hardandsoft.blogspot.com/feeds/112649362582663570/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14635386&amp;postID=112649362582663570' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14635386/posts/default/112649362582663570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14635386/posts/default/112649362582663570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hardandsoft.blogspot.com/2005/09/inkscape-vector-graphics-drawing.html' title='Inkscape Vector Graphics Drawing Program (Open Source)'/><author><name>blogslinger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09263250561416943757</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14635386.post-112180455093374178</id><published>2005-07-19T16:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-08-17T14:43:21.633-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hardware+Software Blog Begins</title><summary type='text'>Greetings!This blog will focus on hardware and software reviews. The difference between this blog and other similar ones, I believe, is the fact that I'm including reviews of older packages and equipment as well as newer packages. There seems to be a market for used computer products. As well, there are some old software packages whose makers got swallowed up by certain huge corporations who then</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hardandsoft.blogspot.com/feeds/112180455093374178/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=14635386&amp;postID=112180455093374178' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14635386/posts/default/112180455093374178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/14635386/posts/default/112180455093374178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hardandsoft.blogspot.com/2005/07/hardwaresoftware-blog-begins.html' title='Hardware+Software Blog Begins'/><author><name>blogslinger</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09263250561416943757</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
