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The nook 1.3 update26 Apr, 2010 | Posted by: Adam Posegate | RSS | Google Reader
I got a nook for Christmas (thanks, parents!). It's the e-reader from Barnes & Noble (www.nook.com).
I have a crush on Google21 Sep, 2008 | Posted by: Adam Posegate | RSS | Google Reader
Google came out with a web browser called Chrome. Just search for it, and you'll find it. I love it. I especially love the "Create Application Shortcuts" you can use to make web apps look more like desktop apps. It's geeky, I know, but I don't care. I've also started using picasa to make the online web album to track progress on my house building. I'm considering switching our family email system to the gmail for your domain program. It's a pretty nice deal... it's all just... google is taking over the world, but in a good way.
Review: Kodak 510018 Feb, 2008 | Posted by: Adam Posegate | RSS | Google Reader
We got a Kodak 5100 all-in-one printer/scanner/copier last week. All in all I've been very impressed. It was $99 at Wal-Mart, and for a combo pack of Black/Color ink cartridges at Sam's Club it's only $19. That's less than $10 per cartridge. What a deal!
The setup was very easy-- a cord for power and a cord for USB. Attach a printerhead, insert cartridges.
Pains in the butt:
1. When installing from the CD-ROM, it recommends installing from a download. 90% through the downloaded installation it fails with errors everywhere. Not good. Start over from the CD-ROM and all is well.
2. I had trouble with weird colors-- so, I followed the instructions for resetting the printhead. This fixed it, but it was a pain I could have done without.
3. Anytime you put in a new ink cartridge, you must remember to have 4x6 photo paper in there so that it can be calibrated.
Bottom-line:
I would buy this printer again if I needed to. $10 for a cartridge of black ink (when purchased separately) is amazing enough, but the marketing materials indicate that the ink will last 50% longer for the same price. The printer we replaced cost upwards of $32 for black
and $35+ for color cartridges. At those prices we could have bought a new printer every single time. Looking forward, I can't see anything happening that would easily sway us away from this deal. Check it out at www.kodak.com.
Engadget08 Sep, 2007 | Posted by: Adam Posegate | RSS | Google Reader
I've been obsessing in the loosest sense of the word over www.engadget.com this week. They're at something called CEDIA, which is showing off all sorts of new technology. I love it.It was on this site that I learned about just how far some people will be able to go to resist technological advances in home audio. Click the link, it's totally worth it.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/06/btos-plusdeck-ex-could-save-your-marriage/
I was also saddened to learn that the new iPods won't be backwards compatible with many current iPod accessories. What a joke! I was thinking of selling off my current one to save up for a new one, but if I have to get all new accessories, why should I bother?
More on Apple07 Sep, 2007 | Posted by: Adam Posegate | RSS | Google Reader
I'm looking forward to the day, now the Apple Computer has become Apple, Inc. (which they should spell as Apple, iNc., get it?), when Apple is a technology manufacturer and provides the opportunity for the MacOS to be divorced from the iMac in its entireity to allow for an Apple Computer with only Microsoft XP. And yes I wrote XP, because the jury is in on Vista, and people are angry.» Read more | Leave comment (1)
Good luck! Break an Arm!03 Sep, 2007 | Posted by: Adam Posegate | RSS | Google Reader
There's a arm-wrestling game machine in Japan that is breaking peoples' arms!
"Arm Spirit" arm wrestling games will break your arm if you lose. They company is saying things like, "The machine isn't even that strong! What's the big deal?" But three people have broken their arms using it.
"We think that maybe some players get overexcited and twist their arms in an unnatural way," the spokeswoman said. I'm no sports trainer, but I have been an athlete (pron. ath-uh-lete) in the past. Combining what I know about painful interaction in sports and what I know about video games and Chuck E. Cheese like pandemonium, I think that Ms. Sakiyama is painfull mistaken. Or super strong. Or a contortionist. At the most she's a super strong contortionist.
There's a recall in effect, but I think that's the wrong move. They just need to rename it from "Arm Spirit" to "Arm Breaker." That's a marketing problem, not a bone breaking problem. They could have a whole franchise-- up next, "Thumb Breaker." Battle your way through the ranks as a collector for the mob. "Leg Breaker" -- conspire your way to 16th place in Olympic Figure Skating! "Jaw Breaker" -- Hang out with Rose McGowan, eat candy, and find out what it was like dating Marilyn Manson.
Good luck everyone! Break an arm!