The BlogHer08 Channel!

All over the web, people who went to the huge BlogHer conference in San Francisco are putting their pictures on their websites and encouraging each other to help themselves. On Flickr, there are several BlogHer 08 sets, and I should know, because I have one, too!

Most BlogHers had to wait until they got back home to upload their many BlogHer pictures from their camera’s memory card, but I didn’t. My BlogHer pictures were already slideshowing on my Digital Spectrum MF 8104 wireless digital picture frame before I ever set foot on the plane in the San Francisco airport for my trip back home.

I used an Eye-Fi card at BlogHer, so my pictures were appearing on my wireless picture frame just a few minutes after they were taken; my family in Indiana saw my BlogHer pictures even before I did!

Here’s the thing, you see: I set up a FrameChannel channel for my Flickr BlogHer pictures; in other words, every picture in the BlogHer 08 Flickr set that’s tagged “BlogHer08″ or “BlogHer2008″ is being picked up and included in the slideshow! FrameChannel is like magic! My Digital Spectrum MF8104 is like a magic mirror, and all I have to do is stand and look at it and it lets me relive all those wonderful memories of the good time I had at BlogHer 08 in San Francisco last week.

So, come on, BlogHers!  Tag your pictures with “BlogHer08″ or “BlogHer2008,” and let FrameChannel be your content provider.  Whether you’ve put your pictures in Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, Picasa, etc, FrameChannel can turn them into a channel that people can subscribe to!

You can make a subscribeable channel of anything, you know.  It’s a great way to share reunions, parties, graduations, etc, too!

Pure Digital’s Flip Video Ultra Uploads Directly To Computer, Television, and Wireless/Digital Picture Frame!

This is a Flip Video Ultra by Pure Digital, and I have one!

It’s the simplest and coolest video camera ever, and one of the MANY reasons I adore it is that I can upload videos directly to my wireless digital picture frame.

That’s right.  Directly.  See that usb flash drive coming out of the side of the camera?  That plugs directly into my wireless picture frame, and transfers video just as a regular USB flash drive would upload pictures.

I can also upload the videos directly to my computer, or even to my television!  If you’re a person who utilizes YouTube, or any of the social media networks such as FaceBook or MySpace, this is the video camera you’ve been waiting for!

This ultra-cool Ultra Flip camera is about the size of a cell phone and is as light as a feather.  I keep mine in my purse.  It’s the perfect gift for people who aren’t very tech-savvy because there is really only one main button to push, and it’s very large and smack in the middle of the back of the camera.  Push it once to start filming; push it again to stop. Your grandmother could learn to use this camera in less than a minute!

It comes it your choice of five cool colors.  Mine is orange.

The video quality is quite good, and the audio is good, too.   The Pure Digital Flip Video Ultra camera was never intended to replace your handheld video camera, but for those small things that come up suddenly, this little camera is IDEAL.  It will hold about an hour’s worth of videos.

I LOVE IT that I can shoot a little film, flick the switch on the side of the camera with my fingernail, and immediately plug the USB flash drive into my wireless/digital picture frame.  This would, of course, work with both wireless AND digital frames.

It’s more electronic magic, and more ways to use your wireless/digital photo frame.  It’s AWESOME.

WalMart has the Flip Video Ultra for $160.00, but you can order it directly from the Flip Video Store for $149.99.  However, the best deal on this camera that I’ve found, so far, is WalMart.com, where you can order the Flip Ultra for only $129.84, with 97-cent delivery!

This camera is cute.  It’s tiny.  It’s light-weight.  It’s reliable.  It’s tough.  It takes clear, bright videos with clear, bright sound.  It fits in a purse or pocket.

And, it’s inexpensive and easy to use.  What more could you ask?

Oh, did I mention that it uses standard AA batteries?  And that those batteries last a long time?

eStarling and Facebook Have Joined Forces!

I’ve posted here before about the 8″ eStarling wireless/digital picture frame, but now, it seems that eStarling has made some exciting changes and added a really cool feature for those of us who are into social networking! Your 8″ widescreen eStarling picture frame with black piano finish can now be linked directly to your Facebook account!

GeekAlerts has the story right here.

It’s easy to set up, too.

Once you get your eStarling wireless/digital frame set up, anyone you share your account with can send pictures to the frame. Don’t worry about getting spam - only the email addresses you specify can send you stuff.

Your frame has its own email address, and automatically checks for updates ever few minutes (or whenever you tell it to!) The pictures emailed to your frame will be put in rotation the same way your Flickr or Photobucket pictures are. You can even add or delete pictures with the control panel!

I still believe that FrameChannel, which also works well with both Facebook AND MySpace, is the way to go for RSS subscriptions for your wireless digital picture frame, but this frame is a pretty fine deal, too.

You can get this frame for about $449.00.

MySpace and Facebook People Love Chumby!!!

A Chumby has no keyboard.  A Chumby has no mouse.  To program Chumby, you have to use the touchscreen.

Chumby is soft and cuddly, and it does many of the things a larger computer can do: news, weather, sports, email, music, RSS feeds, pictures. . . .you can even charge your iPod with Chumby, and listen to it at the same time!

Chumby is extremely popular with the MySpace and Facebook crowd.  This is the basic age group that hangs charms off their cell phones, and now, they’re doing the same thing with their Chumbys.

This is a soft, huggable digital picture frame disguised as a stuffie!  Young people are personalizing Chumby and making it their very own.  Chumby even has a store, where people can buy accessories for their Chumby!  There are over 600 Chumby widgets right now, with more every day.  You can even get a Chumby t-shirt!

Basic Chumby is still very affordable: only $179.99.