A New Medium
I read an article on Wired yesterday about SanDisk pushing to replace CDs with "SlotMusic," basically an album, complete with artwork, on a MicroSD card. Five to 10 years ago, this might have caught o...
Tag: technology
Sony ICF-C1iP Dock with Clock for iPod or iPhone
A few weeks ago I bought the Sony ICF-C1iP Dock with Clock for iPod or iPhone. I was at Target and started listening to all their iPod/iPhone docks. The Sony was one of the systems with the best sound...
Backups with Jungledisk
I recently started backing up my computer with Jungledisk. I previously used Mozy to backup but Jungledisk intrigued me for a few reasons. One is you can add your storage as a mapped drive. You couldn...
Blockbuster Online is Lackluster Online
Blockbuster Online launched a new design today. The look isn't bad but there are some things that concern me. First, each new page I go to I see a welcome back message at the top of the screen under t...
My iPhone
I've only had my iPhone for a day and I am in love with it. I love being able to get on wifi networks on my phone, having a full html browser, the applications. To be honest, while the phone is great,...
Computer Frustrations
I've been really frustrated with my Windows Vista box. When I first got the machine, last summer, I loved Vista. Now, with each day, I tend to loathe it more and more. This is due to many frustrations...
Hope for Songbird
I recently downloaded and installed Songbird .6. Songbird is the open source music player that is based on Mozilla code. With each release Songbird gets better and better. With this release comes supp...
Firefox 3 Download Day
Firefox 3 will be released later today. There are quite a few improvements in Firefox since version 2 was released. Memory leaks have been fixed, there's a new download manager, the introduction of th...
Stand in Line for Me
So, the day that the iPhone 3g comes out, July 11th, I will be having my wisdom teeth removed. All four of them. What I need to do is find someone to go stand in line and buy one for me at one of the...
Lego Indiana Jones
In celebration of the end of the school year, I went out and purchased Lego Indiana Jones for the Wii. I've been watching videos of this game for a while and was looking forward to playing it. This ga...
Dropbox
I was given an invite to Dropbox. In a nutshell, it's an online storage service that allows you to sync files across multiple computers. I'm syncing files via my PC running Vista and my MacBook runnin...
Boom Blox
I purchased Boom Blox last night because it looked like a simple fun game. I've been watching videos of gameplay for months and with Steven Spielberg creating it, I thought it must be fun. I'll tell y...
Scrobbling on the Mac
I love letting other people see what tracks I listen to and I love being able to find artists similar to what's on my playlist, that is why I love last.fm. Even though I don't use my MacBook for liste...
Mario Kart Wii
I got Mario Kart Wii on launch day. This was one of the titles for the Wii that I've been looking forward to for a long time. I loved Mario Kart 64 and couldn't wait to see what Nintendo would come up...
Wanted: More Real Estate
I love my MacBook. I love it more than my previous Compaq laptop. It's so much lighter, thinner, and well, OSX is much better than Windows. The reason I went with a MacBook and not a MacBook Pro was b...
Installing Ubuntu with Wubi
I installed the Ubuntu Hardy Heron release onto my desktop via wubi. This isn't a how-to on how I did that. You don't need a how-to, the installation was that easy. You burn the cd, put it in the tray...
It's 3 AM
This is Shep and I approve this message: It's 3 AM and something terrible just happened. Somewhere, someone is trying to call me. Unfortunately, my battery has died. Instead of hearing my voice, the c...
I'm Getting Old (School)
My favorite channel on XM is The Rhyme: Hip Hop from Day One. It's an old school hip hop station. After listening to it almost exclusively since I got XM, I've come to a conclusion. I'm getting old. R...
Super Smash Brothers Brawl
Today I purchased Super Smash Brothers Brawl for the Wii. I remember playing a SSB game on the N64 and finding it entertaining, but I never bought it. That was one of the only times I ever rented a ga...
Wii Wishes
Yesterday I read an article on how to turn the Nintendo Wii into a media center. Now, remember, this isn't a real media center. The Wii has no hard drive, it doesn't play DVDs. This was essentially a...