Category Archives: Web/Tech
iPhone 3.0
OK, I know there are lots of iPhone users on the list. Did you download the 3.0 update today? If so, what did you think?
I’ve only had a short time to play around with it and here are a few thoughts.
The Roku Netflix Player
I’m horribly unqualified to do a tech review, but I have to tell you I love this thing. Read the rest of this entry
The Interesting Thing About the iPhone 3G
After following the coverage of the stevenote this morning I’m impressed, but not by what I thought I’d be impressed by.
Apple TV: So I Finally Did It
Well. I finally did it. After my kids manage to lose yet an other DVD and I looked at what replacing a Disney DVD cost I realized it was time to get the AppleTV. The way I figure it I need only justify the cost of 12 DVDs and I’ve paid for the AppleTV. Plus I get the convenience of having all the movies handy without having DVDs in a place where prying little hands can scratch them or worse put them in the trash.
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Kindles, iPhones, and AppleTVs
Devices that I’d never have thought would be hits are. To me the Kindle looks ungainly, it’s LCD too slow refreshing, and why would I read on that rather than a book? Yet, according to Amazon, it’s a hit. They are selling more than they can make.
Ditto the Apple TV. (Or, if you’re reading on Safari, TV) Underpowered (although at least it now has 5.1 sound). With HD content that is better than cable or dish, but not in the same ball park as HD-DVD or BluRay. At best an excuse to use Netflix to rip DVDs.
And the iPhone, as cool as it looks, has little RAM, no cut and paste, no spreadsheet, and won’t have 3rd party applications until June.
So have any of you consumed?
Here’s why I’m waiting.
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Music gizmos
Here are a few internet music toys that I have found useful. Please share others. Read the rest of this entry
Did I Choose Poorly…?
OK, like at least one other person here I got an HD-DVD player over the holidays. It was extremely cheap at the Thanksgiving sale at Costco ($170) so I said, “Dang. How can I miss that?” Especially since I now had an HD-TV and the Dish shows only play at 720p not 1080i. I’ve only watched a few HD-DVDs. (Oceans 13, Bourne Ultimatum) However I noticed that at Walmart, while the BluRay section was slightly larger it had fewer movies I wanted. Further the HD-DVDs were always sold out while the BluRays never were. Plus, since Microsoft was pushing HD-DVD I figured momentum was on that side. Dang. I should have paid attention to Microsoft’s failure with Vista.
Amazon’s Kindle
This week, Amazon introduced a gadget that has the potential to change our world—or at least the way we read about it.
Marshie Attacks: Halloween Interactive Driveway Activity
UPDATE: All Laser Pointer, iSight, and even WiiMote head tracking info is now located at InsightVR.com.
This was the scene in our driveway yesterday evening. It took a few weeks worth of spare time to hack it together but I think the result was worthwhile.
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