So maybe Verizon is starting to finally come around and figure out it needs to offer some compelling new smartphones? I hate the “cool new products will be available in only [6 months | 12 months | 2 years | etc.]” game, but I’m really crossing my fingers that by the end of the year [...]
Two reboots and 10-15 minutes later, I’m running the newly dropped Internet Explorer 8 final release, upgraded from RC1. As far as my experience goes, it feels a lot snappier than IE7, but still a lot slower than Firefox or Chrome. I still won’t use it unless I have to, but at least I finally [...]
Does it really cost close to 200 bucks a month for a two-cellphone household that does more than talk these days?
I was reviewing our Verizon plan this weekend and came to this conclusion. It’s one of those things that I tuck in the back of my mind and try not to think about – I [...]
and why you should, too.
This has been bouncing around the hopper for awhile, but thought it somewhat appropriate given today’s MacWorld announcement that iTunes Music Store would finally be dropping it’s Digital Rights Management on music.
For the past few months I have been getting my online music from Amazon. Their MP3 store offers most everything [...]
Last night I signed up for Twitter. Not that I have any real intention in using it – mostly I was bored and signed up because of a couple of articles I’ve read recently on using the service as an IT tool or as a commercial tool intrigued me.
What I’ve found strange/interesting is almost immediately [...]
Can an ass covet?
I’m aware of the über-expensive Herman Miller Aeron chairs, and have read lots of reviews by people who swear by them for office comfort. But justifying spending a thousand bucks on a chair, heck even $400-500 used, seems crazy. Now they’ve got the Embody chair, and I want. Of course, it ups [...]
Backing up the data on my computers at home has been one of those things that’s been on my list for a long time, but I just kept putting it off. Lately it seems like there’s been a handful of articles bringing it back in the spotlight, so over the holiday weekend I set out [...]
Why in the blue hell can’t I copy and paste between GIMP and Word 2007?!? It is such a collossal pain in the ass to take screenshots, crop them, and put them into Word.
It’s a few days late, but I wanted to comment on the recent news about UAL Corporation, parent of United Airlines, almost being run into the ground at the hands of a bunch of automated computer systems. Slashdot has some good commentary (deliciously titled Automated News Crawling Evaporates $1.14B), but the summary at the Wall [...]
WALL-E is sitting at 98% on RT right now, and this Gizmodo review raves about it. I might have to scrape up the 4 bucks and go downtown and catch it. Pixar for the win!