The bloom is not off the rose. In fact, I may be spending a lot more than I had thought on vases simply because the rose is so damn cool! OK, enough metaphors. After picking up the iPad yesterday from a Best Buy in Clarksville, Indiana it has been in nearly constant use. By me [...]
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The iPad after the first 24 hours
April 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments
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Quick test post from iphone wordpress app
July 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Just a quick test post from the wordpress iPhone app. Certainly easier than using the web interface on mobile safari. Should definitely add ability to mod comments. Overall two thumbs up.
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Birthday gifts and Moore’s law
March 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments
My daughter asked for a Nintendo DS for her birthday this year. My wife and I considered it, but eventually decided against it after seeing one too many kid completely detached from the environment around them with their head buried in a DS. Riding in the car, sitting at the restaurant table and sitting in [...]
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Finally – a practical application for a Stirling engine
February 29th, 2008 · 4 Comments
As one who has built my fair share of my own PCs and someone who endured a Junior year of Engineering Thermodynamics, this story Missing Lynx movie download has a special appeal to me. I have always been fasinated with the working model stirling engines that you can sit on your desk, but until now [...]
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My newest gadget
February 6th, 2008 · No Comments
I picked up a new gadget a few weeks ago and I haven’t had time to post about it, but I have to say it is a must buy for anyone looking for the best BT headset ever. It’s the Jawbone boy a movie download . I’ve used it in crowded lobbies ful of people, [...]
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Old guys
January 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Why is that old guys have all the coolest cars and in the case of the ones I know, all of the greatest tech? Probably everyone has seen the stereotype of some sixty-odd year old man driving the latest all wheel drive, twin turbo Porsche convertible…usually in the high speed lane, but only going 65 [...]
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Wish I had some more time to geek out coming up
November 15th, 2007 · No Comments
I have been looking at a few of the different low cost alternative PCs including the OLPC and the Asus Eee. Now it seems you can run OS X Leopard on the Eee. I really wish I had a week off soon to try this out…and get my MythTV box working again…and get Tversity working [...]
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I only have one question
October 17th, 2007 · No Comments
When can I get one: Boogeymen: The Killer Compilation film It was a gadgetfest at the PSR today at Microsoft. At lunch they had the Surface out for everyone to play with. It was one of those demos that you just tell that the gadget is going to change everything, but have no idea how. [...]
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Got my tablet back – now with Vista!
October 16th, 2007 · No Comments
Well as you can probably tell, I got my tablet (TC 4400) working again. I forgot how much I like the inking experience. Went ahead and put Vista on it and so far ft’s great on the tablet.
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Liking the N800 more and more
July 25th, 2007 · No Comments
I just updated my N800 with the new Mozilla browser and it’s great. I can get the full version of Google reader (I was having to use the mobile version), Twitter, YouTube, Google Maps (with side view) and even Google Docs. Why did I want one of those UMPCs again? Gorillas in the Mist: The [...]
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