Posted in tech on May 31st, 2007 No Comments »
For months now I have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of VIA’s Pico-ITX motherboards. I am a big fan of the Mini-ITX form factor and was excited about Nano-IT before it fizzled. Well, that may not be totally fair- VIA decided that they would be focusing it on industrial uses and OEM instead of consumers. [...]
Posted in me on May 31st, 2007 No Comments »
Wow, yesterday was a big news day. I was away from my computer for a few hours and I can’t believe all the things I missed. It’s my own fault, not for having something to do, but my missing out on D, which is turning out to best the most exciting conference of the year.
I’m [...]
Posted in tech on May 30th, 2007 3 Comments »
Intel Metro Laptop at Youtube
So by now you have probably seen a number of articles about the Metro laptop, the 0.7″ thick notebook designed by Intel. It is pretty slick looking- super thin, glossy, with and e-ink reader on the LCD cover and leather-looking cover that is said to contain a battery.
First of all, it’s [...]
Posted in tech on May 29th, 2007 1 Comment »
http://www.lenovoblogs.com/insidethebox/?p=82
It is pretty incredible to see all the problems people are having with the move to Vista. Matt Kohut over at Lenovo, someone who I know to be technically proficient, has a really interesting post over at Lenovo’s blogs concerning his move to Vista with his Thinkpad T60. He encounters a wide range of problems, [...]
Posted in me on May 29th, 2007 No Comments »
This is pretty off topic for this blog, but consider it a PSA… for contact wearers it could be a big deal.
AMO issues a voluntary recall for their line of Complete Moisture Plus Multi-Purpose Solution. This is a blue bottle of contact solution with a yellow swirl logo on it. Consumerist has more information.
It just [...]
Posted in me on May 29th, 2007 1 Comment »
I don’t know if it’s just me, but it looks like a lot of people really extended their Memorial Day weekend this year.
Like most other people I took off Saturday, Sunday, and Monday and put in about a half day on Friday, but when I started working today I sent out a number of emails [...]
Posted in tech on May 29th, 2007 2 Comments »
http://www.mobileburn.com/gallery.jsp?Page=1&Id=3401
I was never terribly impressed with the first Motorola RAZR (especially the Verizon one which was much worse), but the new models are looking pretty solid. I am not sure if Motorola is finally cleaning up it’s act or if I am in some sort of stupor after using my piece-of-junk Verizon-issue Samsung for so [...]
