Need to travel on business a lot? If you fly most of the time, chances are you are sick and tired of the constant roaring of the aircraft engines. Have you done anything about it?
Noise canceling headphones are great accessories for this type of situations. Just imagine how nice it would be to fly without having to devote half you hearing power to engine noise.
Simply put, noise canceling headphones work in a pretty straight forward way. A microphone attached to the headphone records the ambient noise and the speakers on the headphones play a sound which has an exactly opposite wavelength than the outside sound. This way the two sounds cancel out and you have lots of quiet moments for yourself.
One thing you have to understand, though, is that none of the headphones of this type are 100% efficient. Since sound travels by air and through solid matter, you are bound to hear some sound that travels through the aircraft through your body to your ears. But still, the difference is almost surreal.
There are may types of noise canceling headphones available in the marketplace. A lot of people (including yours truly) seem to like the Bose Quiet Comfort model. It is a little expensive, but well worth the price when you are taking that long plane-ride home after a hectic day.
How does that sound? Or are you already canceling the noise?
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Saturday, November 25, 2006
iPods for Presentations
Think the iPods are for your listening pleasures only? Well, think again...
One fascinating way I put my video iPod to use is for presentations. Whether you are talking about Powerpoint presentations or a simple speech at a small (or large) gathering, Steve Job's creation can be a tremendous asset. Why haul your laptop when this little pocket device can do the trick? A few times, perhaps, that bulking up isn't necessarily all that good!
PowerPoint has a feature to save its slides in JPEG format. SLAM DUNK! Simply transfer those images as photos into your video iPod (I guess, the same thing applies to the Nano as well) and you are all set. Just plug your iPod to a projector and go through your "photos." Pretty convenient!
You'll lose the animations of PowerPoint, but I hardly use them anyways.
How about speeches? Same concept. You can just as easily use your iPod as your note card. Create your speaking points in PowerPoint and transfer them to your iPod (nano may not work well here because of its small screen) and there you have it... Your speech prompts are literally at your finger tips!
So what do you say? Time to put your iPod to a slightly different use?
One fascinating way I put my video iPod to use is for presentations. Whether you are talking about Powerpoint presentations or a simple speech at a small (or large) gathering, Steve Job's creation can be a tremendous asset. Why haul your laptop when this little pocket device can do the trick? A few times, perhaps, that bulking up isn't necessarily all that good!
PowerPoint has a feature to save its slides in JPEG format. SLAM DUNK! Simply transfer those images as photos into your video iPod (I guess, the same thing applies to the Nano as well) and you are all set. Just plug your iPod to a projector and go through your "photos." Pretty convenient!
You'll lose the animations of PowerPoint, but I hardly use them anyways.
How about speeches? Same concept. You can just as easily use your iPod as your note card. Create your speaking points in PowerPoint and transfer them to your iPod (nano may not work well here because of its small screen) and there you have it... Your speech prompts are literally at your finger tips!
So what do you say? Time to put your iPod to a slightly different use?
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