Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Twas the night before Apple, and all ’round the net,
All the rumors were flying, but no real news yet.
Speculations were read, with the utmost of care,
With the hopes that the keynote, soon would be aired.
Apple faithful were restless, their iPhones held steady,
In hopes that Cupertino soon would be ready
To announce a new tablet, for which [...]
Saturday, January 16, 2010
This is really more about the paid online service that comes with the Xbox and specifically, how it works with one game.
Specifically, in this case, Borderlands.
In order to start a multiplayer game of Borderlands on the PC. I had to remember my GameSpy account. And that was a pain. Then there was something that I [...]
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
I really didn’t think that internet speed was going to be a make or break Quality of Life issue for me.
I’ve gone over to cable from DSL, and while the speed varies from time to time, it’s still about four to five times than what I was getting with my old provider. And there was [...]
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
I threw away some old Motorola Talkabouts today. So old that they did not even have LCD screens to show you the channel ID and the security code. Instead, you did some strange button combination that required fingers to be in different places on your hand.
That button combination is now lost in the sands of [...]
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
I’ve been playing the Champions Online Beta now for a couple of days and I can honestly say that I am probably going to get my money’s worth. Especially since I went ahead and dropped the money for the lifetime subscription.
That is, unless it folds in six months.
Champions hopefully, will not fold in six months. [...]
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Evernote is a service that I didn’t realize I wanted I gave it a shot.
It is, at the simplest level, a note taking service. Now I call it a service because it’s not just an application. There are multiple clients, but they all sync to a central server. Meaning that I can use Evernote on [...]
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So the WWDC came and went and I’m disappointed, as usual. Still nothing compelling enough for me to buy into the iPhone as a service. It’s like cable for me, I guess. This monthly fee is in addition to the apps that I would have to pay money for anyway.
Gaming on the platform is right [...]
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