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Life…at 33-1/3 RPM
Somewhere in time I’m going to take a guess that most people reading this blog post have never bought a vinyl album. I’m not going to say it’s a shame because I can understand how the CD dominated after it became popular around 1984. However, this isn’t going to be a post about how one [...]
Do not buy Gears of War 2
This morning, Maximum PC posted an article saying that Epic will not be releasing Gears of War 2 for the PC. The reason why? Frontman Cliffy B. said, “Here’s the problem right now; the person who is savvy enough to want to have a good PC to upgrade their video card, is a person who [...]
What does the new Comcast bandwidth cap mean for HD downloads?
On October 1, 2008, Comcast will implement their new 250GB/month bandwidth cap. They say that this won’t affect most users. This is true….today. However, there are so many things chaninging online that people may not realize their 250GB have been eaten up as fast as they think. One aspect in particular is the online rental [...]
After all the G1's hype, it's just like every other phone
I have to admit that I was looking forward to the G1. The idea of an open source phone that allowed you to write any app you wanted really appealed to me. As time went on, many people speculated about what carrier would get the phone, and what features the phone would have. Today, Google [...]
Twitter needs a mute button
During this historical time of our next presidential election, I found that people I like are more than enthusiastic about their candidates. That’s fine, people have the right to say what they want, but unfortunately some spew more than others and I found my Twitter stream was filled with more about Obama, McCain, Hillary, and [...]
Is this political race showing the ugly side of Twitter?
When Twitter first started becoming popular, everyone rejoiced. For the first time, we all knew what we were doing in real time, and it brought a sense of community to the internet. We could all feel as if we were connected to everyone in some way, in real time. This past year however, I’ve noticed [...]
Sensors detect another quarter in your pocket
I grew up with arcades. The one I used to go to the most was “Space Port” in the Woodbridge Center Mall. The mall was split into 4 wings and “Space Port” was downstairs from “The Game Room” which had all the D&D and roleplaying merchandise. TGR is still there, but Space Port closed soon [...]
Why I'm anxiously awaiting Google's Chrome browser
I have no loyalty to a browser. On Windows I use Firefox because it doesn’t screw up like IE does, and on the Mac I use Safari because I like how it works on the Mac vs. Firefox which seems clumsy on the Mac. However, as good as these browsers are, they have a few [...]
Should Twitter change their tagline?
I wasn’t around when Twitter first started. If I was, I’d have the username “starman” instead of missing out on it by four hours. From what people tell me, it was supposed to be a service where you could tell people what you’re up to. Hence, “what are you doing?”. The tagline worked at first, [...]
Dear Disney, please don't screw up TR2N
Tron was one of those revolutionary films that was really pushing what movie makers could do back in the early 1980′s. The bluescreen process that Star Wars used had been invented decades before, but was really put to the test by Lucasfilm. Even though computer graphics (CGI) had been used in vector form in the [...]
