Archive for 2009/05


Sprint + Pre Wants You to Know: We’re Ready

What’s up with Sprint lately? The company is using a mainstream media publication (Forbes) to highlight its readiness for the June 6 Pre launch.
The introduction of the hotly anticipated handset will be Sprint’s biggest product event of the year. As interest in the phone escalates to a frenzy—in part because of rumored shortages—company representatives say […]

Retro Gadgets: Color TV by RCA

A couple of weeks ago, Mike and I went on a trip to Yellowstone. We stayed in West Yellowstone, and some of the hotels there were quite old. I snapped a photo of an old motel sign, advertising that every room had a color television by RCA.
This is not a unique sign. If you do […]

Assassin’s Creed + Freedom Force = $16.73

Up for this weekend: 50% off on Assassin’s Creed for the PC, and 10% off the Freedom Force: Freedom Pack, for a total of just under 17 dollars! The Assassin’s Creed promo lasts over the weekend, while the Freedom Pack goes back to regular price by the end of June 5.
Why would you get those […]

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-29

RT @wardomatic: Cool-ER: better than the Kindle? http://bit.ly/AuaU8
Removable battery, etc. #
Dear HP, Please do NOT program your printers to tell me I’m low on ink after I’ve only printed 10 PAGES! I KNOW I can get at least 100 more! #
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Open Source = Less Global Warming

Steven Chu, the current US Energy Secretary, argues that open source software will cut down on global warming. Long story short, widespread adoption of open source software would cut down on IP- and standards-related conflicts, allowing both the so-called first and third world to quickly reap the benefits of technology, particularly in doing more with […]

See, Even Mac OS X Can Make Life Hard

So someone wanted to replace his eMac keyboard with another keyboard, sans the Eject Key. And he thoughtfully asks “Is there a keyboard sequence, hot key, whatever that will open the drive”? Guess what the solution was!
Go to the root of your hard drive (double-click on it) and open System: Library: CoreServices: Menu Extras. […]

What a Hacked PC Means to You

I have a feeling that many of us know unconsciously what can be done with a Hacked PC, but it took The Washington Post to illustrate the concepts, categorizing the various badness into six neat categories (click the pic below to see the Post’s graphic in full):
I will admit considering the vulnerabilities of Financial Credentials […]

Unibind MyBook Kits

As great as looking at photos on the computer can be, sometimes, I just want to look at pictures in a book. I can sit on the couch with family members and we can turn the pages together instead of crowding around my computer desk and trying to look at the photos together on the […]

Twitter Updates for 2009-05-28

I’ve finally mastered the art of missing all the red lights on the roads. DRIVE THE SPEED LIMIT! It’s amazing and it WORKS! #
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Parents Key to Cutting Down Youth Texting

A growing number of psychiatrists and doctors are worrying about the effects of constant texting on the youth, according to The New York Times:
[they] say it is leading to anxiety, distraction in school, falling grades, repetitive stress injury and sleep deprivation.
Dr. Martin Joffe, a pediatrician in Greenbrae, Calif., recently surveyed students at two local high […]

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