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Posts Tagged ‘Technology’

iPod Touch wish fulfillment

While I’m not going to complain about what dicks Rogers are, even though they are, and their latest DNS lookup failure redirect is, well, shitty, I am going to instead talk about my iPod a bit. I know, the iPod touch isn’t as cool as the iPhone which by now, most people own and are [...]

On Headphones: Part 1 – Koss Portapros

It is no secret that I am something of a technology slut. I like gadgets and gear, particularly stuff that relates to audio. I have a few iPods and I love listening to music on them. The experience is mediated by the quality of the headphones you plug into them and the quality of the [...]

iPhone in June

Electronista is claiming that there’ll be a Canadian iPhone in June with an all-you-can-eat data plan for $7. With RIM about to introduce a BlackBerry 9000 phone, users are going to have a decent set of options to choose from for hardware. Unfortunately, the BlackBerry plans aren’t exactly competitive compared with the iPhone’s supposed $7 [...]

Wacom Intuos 3

I’ve been an occasional user of Wacom’s Intuos 2 graphics tablets for a few years. I’ve always liked the idea of the tablet if not willing to commit to it for constant use. Last week, while I was visiting the left coast, I stopped into Fry’s and saw a Wacom Intuos 3 6×8″ tablet in [...]

The Honeymoon is Over

Remember when the Xbox 360 first came out? Remember how excited you were about the cool new interface? It looked so next-generation with all those panels whizzing around. I believe there were even a few people who said, “I can’t believe this is a Microsoft product it’s soo good”. Two years (and several replacements) later, [...]

iPod touch 32GB

While in Toronto this weekend, we stopped into the Apple store to play with the new 32GB iPod touch. My feelings about the first edition was, they’re cool, but 16GB isn’t quite enough. Also, they lacked the web-browser, email and calendaring capabilities of the phone so I was, like, fuck that. What a difference a [...]

Cruzer

I’ve burbled about personal storage before and how cheap it’s getting. At last count I was up around 338GB when fully-loaded. I’m now up over 354GB with the addition of a couple of fast CF cards for my camera and this SanDisk Cruzer “Slide” USB key. I picked it up yesterday at Best Buy. Sale [...]

Apple Hates You

I’ve been meaning to get this Nintendo DS homebrew HOWTO out the door in the last month but I keep getting distracted. Right now I’m too pissed to talk about it. Apple’s turned into a complete asshole in the span of about a month. Maybe two. Maybe it’s been brewing for a lot longer than [...]

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