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Remember the Big Black Phones from AT&T?

In an article on TechCrunch today by MG Sigler, the author is, well, griping about the fact that the AT&T network is slow, that the iPhone is slow, etc, etc, etc.  He uses this issue to illustrate the genius of the AT&T contract/Apple release schedule, in that they have suckered people into perpetually updating and [...]

My New Computer

I decided to take out an advance on my fun money (for the next 6 months or so + some patio furniture for Jess) and get a computer.  More specifically, the components to build a computer.  I’ve gotten a BS and MS in computer science and yet the one thing I never did was build [...]

My War Against (The Wrong Kind of) Geeks

There is a scourge in our society.  Most technology bloggers know about it.  They’ve been teased, mocked, and (occasionally) exposed for the frauds they are but in this economy I think that the best contribution that I can make is to do what I can to marginalize and eliminate this company from the world.  That [...]

Checking in on my Guidelines

I thought it’d be a good time to check in on my New Year’s guidelines.

Lose 15-20 pounds:  Well, good news.  I’m down 5 pounds so far.  Got a somewhat late start in changing diet/workout habits but in only about 2 1/2 weeks, I’m down roughly 5 pounds.  Bad news:  I have more to lose than [...]

Happy Earth Day

I think most of my close friends would agree that this title is somewhat humorous, since most of the time I do whatever I can do to belittle environmentalists, greens, or whatever you want to call them.  While I was at work today, they were having an Earth Day presentation in the cafeteria and I [...]

Two Big Things for Twitter This Week (Not Counting the virus last weekend)

Well…sighs…it finally happened.  One of Oprah’s researchers told her about Twitter and how it’s kind of a neat idea.  The one consolation that I have is that she’s actually late on this one in that everyone else is in on this before she was.The second thing is #AmazonFail.  For those of you who haven’t heard [...]

E-Books vs. P-Books

I’m strongly contemplating getting a Kindle.  I have started reading a lot of books online and I have come to really like it.  Even though I enjoy reading a regular book, I always have a psychological block because I always see how much I have left to read.  With an e-book, this block is gone [...]