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Sunday, April 8, 2012
National Review fires columnist accused of racism
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Saturday, April 7, 2012
AOC e2352Phz
If you've been waiting for 3D monitors to break the $300 barrier, your wait is over. The AOC e2352PHz ($299 list) is a 23-inch full HD (1,920-by-1,080) monitor that delivers 3D content to your desktop using passive Film-type Patterned Retarder (FPR) technology. You get two pairs of lightweight glasses in the box as well as TriDef's 3D software, which lets you convert 2D movies, photos, and games to 3D, but with mixed results. The monitor does a good job of displaying real 3D content and delivers good overall 2D image quality as well. However, the e2352PHz couldn't reproduce small fonts cleanly, and it suffers from a few annoying design flaws.
Design and Features
The e2352PHz uses a relatively thin cabinet that measures 0.75 inch at the top and juts out to
1 inch toward the bottom, where the ports and speakers reside. The 2-watt speaker system is adequate for low volume listening but bass response is lacking. The rear panel is matte black and the screen bezels are glossy black. A shiny silver AOC logo is affixed to the bottom bezel. The panel is perched atop an oval base and mounting arm that is a bit wobbly but not to the point of tipping over. The cabinet has forward and backward tilt maneuverability but cannot be swiveled, pivoted, or height adjusted. At the rear of the cabinet are HDMI, DVI, and VGA ports, as well as an audio input and a headphone jack. This model does not offer USB connectivity.
On the bottom edge of the lower bezel are five buttons, one of which is a power switch. The button labels are etched into the black bezel and are virtually impossible to see in a normally lit room without shining a light directly on them, and even then they are ridiculously small and difficult to identify. There's a button that lets you toggle between 2D and 3D viewing modes, a volume control button, a source select button, and a menu button. Pressing the menu button launches the OSD (on-screen display), which is arranged along the bottom of the screen.
Luminance settings include contrast, brightness, gamma, dynamic contrast ratio, and eco mode. Eco mode is typically called picture mode on most other monitors and includes standard, movie, sports, text, game, and internet presets. Movie mode works well for dark room viewing but standard mode offers the best all around picture. Sports mode, on the other hand, is over-saturated and much too bright for everyday use. If you're using an analog signal you can adjust clock, phase, sharpness, and screen position.
The "Color" screen offers four color temperature settings (warm, normal, cool, sRGB) and a user defined setting. The DCB (Dynamic Color Boost) settings can be used to enhance skin tones, greens, and blues. Or, you can set it to enhance the entire picture, but I found that reds and greens are way too saturated in this mode. There's an off timer that you can set to have the monitor shut itself down at a predetermined time, or you can use the included e-Saver utility to tell the monitor when to power down, go to sleep, or activate s a screen saver. If you'd rather tinker with picture adjustments from the comfort of your keyboard, the included i-Menu utility lets you do so and is much easier than trying to figure out which buttons to press.
3D Performance
As with the Acer HR274H ($599 list, 3.5 Stars), the AOC e2352PHz uses a passive 3D technology known as Film-type Patterned Retarder, or FPR. It uses lightweight, polarized glasses to create depth, unlike active shutter glasses, which are battery operated and heavier. The e2352PHz comes with two pairs of lightweight glasses so you and a friend can get your 3D on right out of the box. It also comes with TriDef's 3D conversion software, which lets you view your 2D photographs, movies, and games in a simulated 3D mode. I watched clips from several (2D) DVD movies and was not impressed; the 3D doesn't have the depth that you get with real 3D content (content designed to be watched in 3D) and isn't very convincing. The same goes for converting photos to 3D: depth was lacking, and sometimes the conversion can make things look freaky. For example, I converted a picture of my son and me sitting together on a couch. The software pretty much left my image alone but brought my son's head to the foreground while the rest of his body remained in the background, sort of like a funhouse mirror. Other pictures looked good in 3D when the correct objects are given depth, but its hit and miss as to how the software will convert your photos.
Watching real 3D content is a whole different story. I hooked the monitor up to a 3D Blu-ray player and ran my test disc, Disney's 3D Showcase. The picture was bright and colors remained true, and the 3D imagery was top notch. You don't get nearly as much crosstalk (a double image effect) with passive 3D as you do with active shutter, but there was still a trace of it here and there, particularly when looking at text. Even so, the picture looked awesome.
Gaming in 3D mode was also a pleasure; the TriDef software supports over 600 games, including Far Cry 2, which I loaded up for a few rounds of action. As was the case with the Acer HR274H, the game looked great in 3D; there was minimal crosstalk while sitting directly in front of the screen but it became more apparent when viewed from a side angle. The picture remained bright and colors were unaffected by the glasses.
Performance
The e2352PHz performed quite well for a budget-class monitor. Its dark and light grayscale performance, as measured by the DisplayMate 64-Step Grayscale test, was relatively good for a TN panel good, but it was unable to display deep, inky blacks, such as what you get from the BenQ XL2420T ($549 list, 4 stars). Additionally, there was a smidgeon of green tinting in the middle of the grayscale.
Color quality was good; reds, greens, and blues were robust and evenly saturated and skin tones were natural looking. Small text could have been cleaner though; it looked fine at 6 points but smaller fonts set to 5.3 points were a little muddy but were still legible. Viewing angle performance was decent for a TN panel but colors were a bit off when viewed from an angle.
The e2352PHz used 33-watts of power, which is high for an LED backlit display. That's almost as much as the Acer HR274H (35 watts), which uses a much larger panel. The Lenovo LS2421P Wide ($219.99 direct, 4 stars), on the other hand, used only 16 watts.
AOC covers the e2352PHz with a three-year parts and labors warranty. The panel is only covered for one year. AOC's EASE Program provides a brand new monitor, with absolutely no cost to the customer, if the monitor malfunctions within the first three months.
Conclusion
The AOC e2352PHz is a good choice for 3D enthusiasts on a budget. For less than $300 you get solid 2D and "true" 3D performance, two sets of glasses, and the ability to view your photos and DVDs in a simulated, albeit low-grade, 3D mode. Moreover, the glasses are much more comfortable than battery operated active shutter glasses and look like a regular pair of shades rather than something from a sci-fi movie. If you prefer a 3D monitor with a larger screen and a highly adjustable stand, the Asus VG278H ($699 list, 4 stars) is an excellent choice, but it's more than twice the price of the e2352PHz and it uses active shutter technology.
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Let the Staycation Begin!
Hope everyone had a great weekend! We are finally recovering from?the worst virus?ever and?were able to enjoy a relaxing, low-key family weekend at home.
Yesterday, I?went to a lovely baby shower at the childhood home of one of my best friends who I?ve known since the summer before 6th grade. Although I don?t live all that far from where I grew up, I hardly ever?venture through?my hometown?anymore. The?drive to the?shower took me past?several of my old schools and past?the fields where I spent every Saturday morning?for years playing soccer.?It?s such a warm and comforting feeling returning to?the place where you grew up?and spending the day with people?you have known virtually your entire life.?
The shower itself was so beautifully prepared by the grandmothers-to-be. I love going to showers in which they have?added unique little touches that you don?t necessarily?see at every shower.?Yesterday, they hung a long clothesline across two rooms?and everyone was asked to bring something?to hang on it which?contained special?memories that they had shared with the parents-to-be and/or which?represented?their best wishes for the baby on the way. One of the?grandmothers-to-be who is an avid?diver (how cool is that?!) brought a rubber ducky in scuba gear! Other adorable?items?hung on the clothesline?included a dream catcher, an?old photograph of the father-to-be as a child, and?a personalized onesie with the mom-to-be?s hometown embroidered?on it (yes, that was my item). At the end of the shower, the hosts said a little something about each memento. I have never seen this done at a baby shower before and thought it was a?really?sweet idea. Here?s the baby mama looking through some of the clothesline items. How amazing does she look?
Anyway, hope everyone has a?fantastic week! I decided to take this week off for my second Mini-Maternity Leave! For those of you who have no idea what I?m talking about, every few months I take a week off from work to do nothing but spend quality time with my baby boy. No work emails, no housework, no errands.?Just uninterrupted play time with my baby.?I?m so?looking forward to?a week of reading books, singing silly?songs, and lots of giggling and snuggling?with this little guy.
Can?t wait for him to wake up from his nap so I can kiss those cheeks!
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Corals 'could survive a more acidic ocean'
ScienceDaily (Apr. 1, 2012) ? Corals may be better placed to cope with the gradual acidification of the world's oceans than previously thought -- giving rise to hopes that coral reefs might escape climatic devastation.
In new research published in the journal Nature Climate Change, an international scientific team has identified a powerful internal mechanism that could enable some corals and their symbiotic algae to counter the adverse impact of a more acidic ocean.
As humans release ever-larger amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, besides warming the planet, the gas is also turning the world's oceans more acidic -- at rates thought to far exceed those seen during past major extinctions of life. This has prompted strong scientific interest in finding out which species are most vulnerable, and which can handle the changed conditions.
In groundbreaking research, a team of scientists from Australia's ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, at the University of Western Australia and France's Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, has shown that some marine organisms that form calcium carbonate skeletons have an in-built mechanism to cope with ocean acidification -- which others appear to lack.
"The good news is that most corals appear to have this internal ability to buffer rising acidity of seawater and still form good, solid skeletons," says Professor Malcolm McCulloch of CoECRS and UWA. "Marine organisms that form calcium carbonate skeletons generally produce it in one of two forms, known as aragonite and calcite.
"Our research broadly suggests that those with skeletons made of aragonite have the coping mechanism -- while those that follow the calcite pathway generally do less well under more acidic conditions."
The aragonite calcifiers -- such as the well-known corals Porites and Acropora -- have molecular 'pumps' that enable them to regulate their internal acid balance, which buffers them from the external changes in seawater pH.
"But the picture for coral reefs as a whole isn't quite so straightforward, as the 'glue' that holds coral reefs together -- coralline algae -- appear to be vulnerable to rising acidity," Professor McCulloch explains.
Also of concern is that a large class of plankton, floating in the open oceans and forming a vital component of marine food webs, appears equally vulnerable to acidification. If so, this could be serious not only for marine life that feeds on them -- but also for humans, as it could impair the oceans' ability to soak up increased volumes of CO2 from the atmosphere. This would cause global warming to accelerate.
Ironically, an added plus is that warming oceans may increase the rates of coral growth, especially in corals now living in cooler waters, he says.
However, the big unknown remaining is whether corals can adapt to global warming, which is now occurring at an unprecedented rate -- at about two orders of magnitude faster than occurred with the ending of the last Ice Age.
"This is crucial since, if corals are bleached by the sudden arrival of hot ocean water and lose the symbiotic algae which are their main source of energy, they will still die," he cautions.
"It's a more complicated picture, but broadly it means that there are going to be winners and losers in the oceans as its chemistry is modified by human activities -- this could have the effect of altering major ocean ecosystems on which both we and a large part of marine life depend."
The researchers conclude "Although our results indicate that up-regulation of pH at the site of calcification provides corals with enhanced resilience to the effects of ocean acidification, the overall health of coral reef systems is still largely dependent on the compounding effects of increasing thermal stress from global warming and local environmental impacts, such as terrestrial runoff, pollution and overfishing."
Their paper "Coral resilience to ocean acidification and global warming through pH up-regulation" by Malcolm McCulloch, Jim Falter, Julie Trotter, and Paolo Montagna, appears in the latest issue of the journal Nature Climate Change.
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- Malcolm McCulloch, Jim Falter, Julie Trotter, Paolo Montagna. Coral resilience to ocean acidification and global warming through pH up-regulation. Nature Climate Change, 2012; DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1473
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