Hi
Cardboard is actually the best as it provides some insulation. However, if
it is pretty wet out, it will have to be replaced. I suppose you could
paint it but ....
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Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Jeff Kirk wrote:
> Hey Phil,
>
> Good suggestions! I don't have a convenient truck shell like Richard,
> but I was thinking about clamping some blackout cloth or a thick
> plastic tarp to a rectangular frame I could clamp onto my rickety Orion
> astronomy table. Then I could just draw the blackout cloth shut when
> I'm not sitting in front of the screen.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> On Jan 30, 2004, at 9:42 AM, P T Chambers wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > I find that the dew protection ceases to be an issue if the whole
> > computer
> > has a dew shield. Read that as a cardboard or plasic box and the
> > computer
> > inside it. Prop up the front so you can see it easily.
> >
> > This not only keeps the dew at bay by shielding and also trapping the
> > heat from the computer, but shields the sides so that the glow
> > doesnt interfere with others.
> >
> > ---------
> > Phil Chambers [ptchamb@No-Spam] (S.F. Bay Area - Calif. USA)
> >
> > On Fri, 30 Jan 2004, Jeff Kirk wrote:
> >
> >> On Jan 29, 2004, at 10:49 PM, Rich N. wrote:
> >>
> >>> Come on guys, we haven't done note book screens for at
> >>> least a year. ;-)
> >>>
> >>> Rich
> >>
> >> Yikes!
> >>
> >> At the risk of perpetuating this thread, I thought I'd mention that I
> >> saw a neat little company at MacWorld that sells foldable glare hoods
> >> for PowerBooks and various digital cameras.
> >>
> >> http://www.hoodmanusa.com/default.htm
> >>
> >> These are really intended principally for use in bright sunlight, but
> >> I
> >> thought they might be useful for star parties, too. The digital camera
> >> hoods are particularly interesting, since they come with a transparent
> >> plastic mount that is placed over the LCD screen on the back of the
> >> camera with an easily removable adhesive. I'd been looking for
> >> something to protect the LCD on my Canon EOS 10D, and this might fit
> >> the bill.
> >>
> >> The screen hoods are pretty neat in principle, though I can't claim to
> >> have used one in the field. They're angled inward, so they create a
> >> sort of squared-off cone of protection around the screen. This hood,
> >> coupled with a red filter (ha ha, you didn't expect to get off so
> >> easily, did you? I had to mention a red filter), should be an
> >> effective
> >> combination at star parties.
> >>
> >> My big question is now how to keep my PowerBook from getting
> >> condensation all over it. The design geniuses at Apple have produced
> >> beautiful, powerful machines that get really freakin' cold outside at
> >> night, and attract dew like... well, like telescope lenses. ;) Maybe
> >> if
> >> I packed the machine in salt....
> >>
> >> Jeff Kirk
> >>
> >>
>
>