review
iPhone 4 is PEOPLE!
If something seems amazing, be wary of the hidden costs of singing its’ praises. In this case, you’re excited about something…. that you have no idea what it is! Perhaps on Thursday, they will tell you Apple products are made of people! I like my Mac as much as the next guy, but I’m concerned [...]
Ebooks and innovation – the race is on!
The Apple iPad was a rather disappointing announcement for me. While we have long looked to Apple to give us new computing paradigms and ways of interacting with technology, the iPad felt uninspired, a rehash of what we’d seen. In addition, it felt to me like another lock-in, a way of trying to make the iTunes Store [...]
YouTube enables Captions!
Youtube recently announced automatic captions for YouTube videos. While the technology is imperfect, the system will analyze videos and make best guesses about the script. This is beneficial to Google of course, in analyzing the videos to deliver better ads, and eventually, translate videos into a multitude of languages. The core benefit to me is [...]
Google Chrome OS
I’m behind on seeing the technical details of this one, but from what I’ve seen it seems like a good solution for a small problem. I wouldn’t let this replace a full-fledged laptop any day, but this isn’t for that. The open-source nature of Chrome does for notebooks the same thing Android has done for [...]
Book Review: A Fraction of the Whole
First things first: Would I re-read it? Definitely. It’s pretty good. A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz Toltz tells a fictional story about a truly remarkable but possibly mentally unstable family with a cast of interesting characters that keeps you wondering what they are really like. The book begins somewhat slow – a [...]
Book Review: Lies my Teacher Told Me
A book review! I was recommended this book by a friend on Facebook and so when I got my new library card, I decided to check it out. Lies My Teacher Told Me (James W. Loewen) I love books and I tend to judge them by their ability to enjoy many times. I’ll start by [...]
myTouch review
I finally took the plunge into really-smartphones with the T-Mobile myTouch. Previously I owned a Blackberry Pearl, and I was really interested in a Google-based phone, since I was using Google sync on my blackberry anyway to keep my calendars and phonebooks in-sync. So far, I’ve had it for a few days and so far, [...]
500 days of summer
(500) Days of Summer is kinda sad. Liked the references to “The Graduate”. I want to recreate the music video scene
2012 movie
Watched 2012 at Sony but can’t tell you anything about it. Sorry! (Update: It’s now released so the long and short of it is that it is AWFUL.)
Data Recovery
A reader asks: a long time ago i got a refurbished computer and i was using it normally but one day it turned off and the screen went blue and i think i accidentally restored it when it was starting up again. all my data was lost cuz i guess i accidentally pressed the wrong [...]
