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Dear Hollywood, Stop Making Spoof Movies

June 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Back in 2000 when Keenen Wayans decided to make Scary Movie, I wonder if he knew the hell he would unleash upon moviegoers worldwide. While Scary Movie wasn’t horrible and some would even argue good, it had a huge breadth of material to pull from, in fact over 100 years worth of horror films. Unfortunately [...]

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Tags: Movies · Rant · Tech

Firefox Mobile aka Fennec coming in September

June 13th, 2008 · No Comments

Firefox Mobile Concept Video from Aza Raskin on Vimeo.
The Crave blog is reporting that Fennec the mobile version of Firefox is set to be debuted in September with a beta release in late 2008! I am extremely excited by this news since the desktop version of Firefox continues to be the best browser for my [...]

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Tags: Phone PDA · Tech

Review: AntiPoleez gets rid of beer breath!

June 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

A week or so a package arrived from AntiPoleez, makers of a product which removes the odor of alcohol, tobacco and garlic from your breath. In my experience mints, freshened my breath but they still left a distinct odor of alcohol. These lozenges did a great job of removing offending odors from my breath. For [...]

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Tags: Reviews · Tech

Unlock your laptop with a webcam and more fun apps!

May 27th, 2008 · No Comments

Adam Pash over at Lifehacker just shared an amazing amount of things you can do with your webcam which range from useful to entertaining and just amusing. My favorite has to be software which lets you unlock your computer using only your face! The software doesn’t work for Vista right now but I may have [...]

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Tags: Tech

What’s missing from ebook readers!

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

I love to read, recently I have split my reading between ebooks and paper books mainly since both have advantages. I have been using my windows mobile phone to read ebooks for some time now and while the experience is good a larger screen and some dedicated buttons would be a huge improvement. I have [...]

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Tags: Tech · books

Check out digg’s digs

April 24th, 2008 · No Comments

 
Office Snapshots, a blog documenting well offices of cool companies recently took a tour of the lair of digg. Digg.com is one of my favorite sights and I probably check it a wee bit too often. I am also a bit of a nut for checking out offices at cool companies. I try to impart [...]

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Tags: Tech

Another Sweet Alarm Clock

April 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Just in case you think I am obsessed with alarm clocks, I actually loathe their shrieking soulless innards. That said, I do enjoy awesome alarm clocks and those packed with nifty features. Take for example this Oregon Scientific clock with a projector! This slick little contraption projects the time onto your bedroom ceiling and has [...]

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Tags: Tech

Tablet PC Link Roundup

April 17th, 2008 · No Comments

I’ve had my HP tx2000 tablet PC for just about a month now and I am still loving it. The ink is really great for taking notes in class and at work. Being able to use it just as my colleagues use their legal pad removes a barrier which is there in my workplace if [...]

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Tags: How To · Tech

Trillian Astra Is Released!

April 1st, 2008 · 5 Comments

This morning Cerulean studios announced that Astra the next iteration of Trillian’s popular instant messaging program has been released!  This is roughly 2 years after Trillian Astra was first announced.  Trillian had recently been relegated to the same vaporware status of Duke Nukem Forever but in a move to prove critics wrong they have chosen [...]

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Tags: Tech

Skooba Design Makes Awesome Bag Straps

March 30th, 2008 · No Comments

I got a new Targus bag from Staples a few weeks ago and my only complaint was the poorly designed shoulder strap.  Thankfully my wife got me a Superbungee Strap from Skooba Design and BAM totally transformed my messenger bag!  The strap from Skooba Design is so comfortable i had to fight with the cottonelle [...]

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Tags: Tech