Here’s a quick note to update my ongoing struggle to ensure that my Apple TV doesn’t fall out of usefulness before its time. As you may remember I posted several months ago a wishlist for Apple’s next Apple TV update. It included some of the obvious things like responsiveness, performance, and video playlists. Unfortunately, none [...]
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Apple TV 2.3 Finally Includes Video Playlists, 3rd Party Remotes
Published by November 19th, 2008 in Apple and Technology. 2 Comments
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
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240 pages
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Director: Alex Gibney
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Rated R (Restricted)
Label: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Release Date: 2008-11-18
Synergy - Dual Monitor Desktop Solution for MacBook Pro
Published by October 9th, 2008 in Apple and Technology. 0 Comments
Have you ever been sitting at your desk with your laptop open, working away on your dual-monitor desktop setup and thoughtlessly tried to move your mouse from your desktop monitor straight over to your laptop? What about copying a URL to the clipboard of your laptop then jumped over to your desktop to try to [...]
There really is magic in those mushrooms
Published by July 1st, 2008 in Miscellaneous, News and Technology. 0 CommentsFor years I have believed that everyone should experience, at least once, a full fledged mushroom trip. A 2006 study shows that the long term effects of such a trip are both profound and positive.
From Wired magazine:
For the 2006 study, Griffiths recruited 36 people who hadn’t previously taken the drug. Six were given a ritalin [...]
Clearwire has always claimed a 256kb/s upload speed. Not bad if all of your upstream traffic is related to requesting a web page or sending an email. But when you start using Flickr, Picasa, or, god forbid, YouTube, that trickle is woefully inadequate. But Clearwire doesn’t care. They got you to sign up for two years, idiot.
I saw X at The Showbox on Monday night, and they sounded freaking fantastic. If you’d closed your eyes so as not to see how the band members have aged since they started out, you’d swear you had been transported to Los Angeles circa 1981 – complete with mosh pit. Not quite as crazy as [...]
Apple TV’s 32nd Anniversary Announcement
Published by April 1st, 2008 in Humor, Panties and Technology. 1 CommentQuietly this weekend, Apple, Inc., released a minor update to its so-far disappointing Apple TV software. The update, delivered around 3 o’clock Saturday morning, was quietly announced in a press release on ReutersYE (Youth Education). The computer maker and self-described New Media Darling has struggled to make the Apple TV, once known as the iTV [...]
The transit system in Seattle is pretty good, even without light rail, but what is one to do when they miss the bus? Should a person walk to their destination or simply wait for the next bus?A recent article in the NewScientist article addresses the topic:
Scott Kominers, a mathematician at Harvard University, and his colleagues [...]
Unshackled - Set your iPhone free
Published by January 4th, 2008 in Miscellaneous and Technology. 1 CommentA friend recently showed me his iPhone. It was no big deal, I had my own in my pocket. But then he showed me the NES games he could play on it. Mine didn’t do that…
So, a couple nights ago I went about unshackling my iphone. The key to unshackling an [...]
Volvo XC70 - Immobilizer. See Manual.
Published by September 16th, 2007 in Miscellaneous, Technology and Travel. 2 CommentsI had my 2001 XC70 parked in the hospital’s garage while my son was being born. On one of my many trips to the car over those 3 days I found a set of keys I had lost and replaced long ago. Since it cost me $300 to replace them, I was happy to have [...]
I made a very clear and sensible decision to stay clear of the iPhone hype. I don’t need a phone that does all that. Actually, I have a phone that browses the web, gets my email, wi-fi, bluetooth, mp3, and a gorgeous screen. I use the phone feature only.
Unfortunately, I have friends who are not [...]
