Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Normally, I’m in favor of holidays that involve candy, but like most men, I’m not a fan of Valentine’s Day. It’s a day where women expect us to shower them with affection and gifts for no apparent reason. How is that different than every other day of the year? That ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
Scientists are working on a device that will interpret what your dog is trying to say when he barks at you. Is this really something people need? Is it that hard to understand your pet? My dog has 3 or 4 different barks, and they're all pretty ...
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008
I was first in line for a Nintendo Wii in November, 2006. Well, that's not exactly true. I pre-ordered mine from Amazon.com and received it the DAY BEFORE it was released to the general public, so I never actually had to stand in line. Based on the ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
I’ve always been a bargain hunter, as my parents used to drag me to garage sales and flea markets on a regular basis when I was younger, instilling in me a sense of frugality. I’m constantly snooping around clearance bins, checking out dollar stores, clipping coupons, and ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
The Etree community was formed in the summer of 1998 for the online trading of live concert CD-R’s. These CDs are traded in a high-quality, lossless digital format which can be burned to CD or listened to on certain media players. While the site was originally formed by ...
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Monday, January 21st, 2008
I don't know what's more scary, the fact that they're putting iPod speakers in just about everything these days, including an indoor/outdoor George Foreman Grill, or the fact that I kind of want one. My only concern is putting my expensive iPod near that heat and grease, although I would ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
So I was checking out the latest spam from Apple about new features on the Ipod Touch, and while e-mail, maps, weather, and stocks on the go are cool concepts, the Ipod Touch requires a wi-fi network in order to supply this data. The problem with this is that when ...
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008
What's so special about the MacBook Air? Well, it's the thinnest laptop of all-time for one, making it extremely light and ultra-portable. Second, the MacBook Air doesn't have an optical drive (meaning CD or DVD drive). Why? Because as Steve Jobs says, it doesn't need one. ...
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
The problem with a large social networking site like Myspace is that there are millions of users on there, and it’s often difficult to connect with people from your specific community. Even if you do manage this, you still have to deal with all of these other voices on your ...
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Thursday, January 10th, 2008
The Optimus Maximus keyboard is insane. Every key is a separate OLED screen with a resolution of 48x48 pixels. This means that you can program your own fonts, reconfigure the letter order on your keyboard (my Dad could stop whining that keyboards have a QWERTY configuration instead of ...
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