Today, my brother asked me if I would choose his next car for him. He wants it to show up at his apartment not knowing what it is until he is handed the keys. This is quite an honour. It’s akin to being asked to be a godparent, to stand for someone at a wedding, …
No I’m not talking about your penis. This is strictly electronic devices.
While I have yet to see the ultimate handheld device, we are about to reach an important milestone. This year will be the first year to see a cell phone, GPS, decent touchscreen interface running something sensible like iOS or Android, and a camera …
August 17, 2010 – 7:43 pm
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By admin
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Posted in Computology, Neat Stuff
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Tagged Android, Camera, Handheld, iOS, Motorola XT720, Nokia, Phone, Symbian, Xenon
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The missus and I had supper tonight at Oliver’s Restaurant. I have been going there for nearly 10 years, and while I’ve always liked the place, it finally dawned on me tonight just how good it is. (I’m a little slow.) I had the special - pan seared salmon & scallops in a chanterelle mushroom sauce. …
The Book Club folk asked everyone to compile a list of the top-10 books they would want with them on a desert island, not to be confused with a dessert island, where you’d find me at the tiramisu bar avoiding rescue. Here is my randomly-ordered list. I’ve only included fiction in this list.
1. Isaac Asimov - …
I have blogged before about the ultimate handheld device. Today I want to expand that to the ultimate electronic device, period.
I want my computer to eventually be handheld. Obviously that is not a comfortable form factor for long term use, so a wireless keyboard and probably external display (or projector, or fold-out display) would be …
Я изучаю русский язык один год. Я приближаюся к новой вехой. Мой русский язык будет лучше, чем свой французский. Я знаю около пятьсот слов, а я написал зту статьу.
Вы говорите по-русски? Напишите пожалуйста, мне. Мне нужен упражняться!
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I have been learning Russian for one year. I am approaching a new milestone. My Russian will be soon better …
This is a chronological list of all the cars I’ve ever owned:
1. 1985 Dodge Aries. This was my first car, which I inherited from my grandparents. Something on it was always breaking, but they say you never forget your first.
2. 1991 Ford Taurus. (The picture above is not my car.) This was the first car …
May 8, 2010 – 3:36 pm
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By admin
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Posted in Neat Stuff
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Tagged Aries, Avenger, Cars, Dodge, Elantra, Esteem, Ford, Hyundai, Legacy, Subaru, Suzuki, Taurus
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This weekend I took on a rather significant project. I replaced my kitchen faucet and installed valves. The old faucet was attached with solder, so I had to do some cuttin’. Fortunately, all of my fingers are still connected to my hands.
Here’s the closest thing you’re going to get to proof that I actually did …
Through to Iota is an oddly named actiony-puzzle type game for iPhone/iPod Touch written by a friend and former co-worker of mine. I’ll try to be somewhat objective anyway.
For 99 cents, the game consists of 50 levels in which you try to send stones to goals on a rectangular playing field containing obstacles. You can …
Enterprising? Want a fast-food chain idea? Here’s one: made-to-order burgers from a central database of burgers that customers can add to. (Or subs, or pizza, or whatever…)
As a customer, you’d log on to the restaurant’s website, create a burger with whatever toppings you like, and save it with a name. The website gives you a …