Monthly Archives: January 2007

Method to make your tenant’s day miserable

1. Tenant ask about possibility of having a cat. 2. Landlord says yes, you can have a cat. 3. Tenant lets landlord know when they can expect a call from SPCA. 4. Landlord says it’s all good. 5. Tenant goes … Continue reading

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CNET gives Vista a yawn

With any consumer products, there are two signs that you’re really in trouble: 1. You’re only being compared to the same product of last generation. This type of comparative review where you’re evaluated mostly against the last generation, perhaps even … Continue reading

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Driven to Mac by Vista

It’s nice to see that I’m not the only one that’s been driven to Mac by the disappointment of Windows Vista. From The Unofficial Apple Weblog: MIT writer says Vista drove her to Mac And the original article here: Uninspiring … Continue reading

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Gear Diary reviews Presto – part 2

Gear Diary had done a very impressive and thorough out-of-the-box experience & review for Presto before. They also apparently followed it up with a Part 2 of the review that shows the experience from the receiver’s side (the previous review … Continue reading

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More signs that apocalypse is coming… VirginMega France without DRM?

The industry trend to start selling DRM-less music seems to be growing. Independent artists & small labels were where I expected to see those changes taking place. However, it seems that even some major labels has throw themselves into the … Continue reading

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Alas, not all is perfect with the Mac

From a person who complains about the nuisances… well, just about anything, would you expect anything less? Every product, may it be a car, my choice of toothpaste and shaving cream, and as incredulous as it may sound, even my … Continue reading

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Best quote about the iPhone so far

Courtesy of Time Magazine online: The iPhone breaks two basic axioms of consumer technology. One, when you take an application and put it on a phone, that application must be reduced to a crippled and annoying version of itself. Two, … Continue reading

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Mac was very quiet at Macworld

This year’s Macworld keynote was all about the iPhone, and a bit about appletv. Despite that the next release of OS X, Leopard, is pretty much around the corner (anywhere between now and summer?), there had been very little talk … Continue reading

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Apple just killed CES

It’s not typical for CES and Macworld to happen on the same week. Usually CES occurs a week before Macworld, and it was due to the weird calendar dates following New Years this year, that both events were held at … Continue reading

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Is it finally time for DRM to be over?

A few, rather small & quiet, news items caught my attention shortly over the holiday season. During the season of CES & Macworld, or the blissful orgasmic gathering of tech geeks as I like to call it, it’s easy for … Continue reading

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