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Unitasking: An Argument for My nook

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010

I use a Barnes & Noble nook as my primary reading “device” (in quotes because it’s almost completely replaced physical books as well), and have been since the beginning of this year. I’ve found it to be very easy on the eyes with its E Ink screen, sufficient in terms of features and capabilities (although [...]

20,000mAh for $148? Impossible

Monday, May 17th, 2010

I’d love to believe that this thing would actually work as advertised and provide a full day’s power to a notebook and charge via the sun in eight hours (three when plugged into an outlet). But for $148? Hard to believe… Gizmodo has the scoop. This thing deserves some investigation… Here’s the source if you’re [...]

Want to Quit Facebook, but Not Really?

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

Lifehacker has a fascinating article outlining a relatively complex method for dramatically reducing the amount of “private” information revealed by Facebook, without actually quitting the service. Is it overkill? Probably. I figure, there’s really no such thing as "privacy” any longer, unless one completely stops using the Internet and cell phones and other forms of [...]

The Best Gadgets for Late-Night Reading

Sunday, May 16th, 2010

I’ve noticed that the e-ink readers I’ve owned (a Sony Reader from a few years back, and now a Barnes and Nobles nook) just felt better when reading for long periods of time than my other gadgets. I own a Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC, for example, that has a very nice and sharp LED-backlit [...]

Technology In Defense of… What, Exactly?

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

The US remains fully capable of developing and fielding some awesome technology. Boeing’s recent Phantom Ray stealth unmanned vehicle is a case in point, and demonstrates why it would be foolish for any nation or agency to make war against us. Of course, that assumes that we’re willing to defend ourselves, which we’ve not shown [...]

Pirate Bay: Guilty

Friday, April 17th, 2009

As long as it sticks through the appeals process, this is good news: The Pirate bay verdict: guilty, with jail time: The Pirate Bay “spectrial” has ended in a guilty verdict, prison sentences for the defendants, and a shared 30 million kronor ($3.5 million) fine. According to the Swedish district court, the operators of the [...]

Pandora on the Palm Pre

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

I’m a huge Pandora fan, and so I’m really looking forward to Pandora on the Palm Pre:

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