Archive for the 'tech' Category

New Feeds: November

Friday, November 9th, 2007

My last feed update was in September. Since then I’ve discovered a few new gems. If you like finding new feeds you might find some here you like.
Free Speculative Fiction - http://www.freesfonline.de/rssfeed.xml
Speculative Fiction, a superset of science fiction, is a latent passion of mine. When my Xbox died I spent a lot of time reading [...]

Your hitcounter is so Web 1.0

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

One of the first things I did when I made my first website was to add a hit counter to the bottom of every page. Do you remember seeing those? They were little tags that said: This page has been viewed 000210 times since January 11, 1994. Every time you went to the page or [...]

New feeds: August

Thursday, August 2nd, 2007

I think I'll start doing a semi regular update on new feeds I've added to my reader. I love discovering new cool things so maybe you will too.
Webcomics
KittyBot - http://www.kitty-bot.com/rss.phpThe title should be all you need. Kitties? Bots? Sign me up. It's actually much better than that even. Gorgeous artwork, engaging writing, and some really [...]

Marriott’s New “Ultra Adaptable Room”

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

For the last few months I’ve been seeing ads for Marriott’s new “Ultra Adaptable” rooms in various video podcasts. The ads feature stark white rooms with shape shifting futuristic furniture: giant pulsing speakers, a massive fold-out multi-screen display, a magic spinning holocube.
All the ad says is: “Plug in: the first ultra adaptable room from Marriott.” [...]

Finally blinging out my machine

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

I just ordered, and am now waiting for, a pair of 17″ Samsung 731B Syncmasters and an nVidia 8800 GTS 320MB. It’s not top of the line but it’s the best I’ve ever had. I’m really stoked to get my game on with those.
Actually though, it is part of the overall system upgrading I am [...]

Review: Speck Toughskin for Sandisk Sansa e200 MP3 Players

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

I recently picked up a Sandisk Sansa e270 MP3 Player. I’m usually pretty rough with my gadgets, particularly the small ones, so getting the right case is the first thing I do whenever I get a new device. There are a few things I look out for when shopping for a case (in no particular [...]