From the monthly archives:

June 2007

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June 30, 2007 · 98 comments

There are several milestones for kids growing up in the US. There’s the 16th birthday which is when you can get your driver’s license, the 17th birthday when you can view R rated movies, the 18th birthday when you are legally an adult and then there’s the 21st birthday. On your 21st birthday you can [click to continue…]

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Quick Sprout; Top-notch Branding Blog

June 29, 2007 · 14 comments

As of recently I have been more and more interested in reading about branding, image and recognition – things to better promote my site. My logo work and subtle redesign were part of that effort to come off as [click to continue…]

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Review: Dell 30-inch LCD Display

June 27, 2007 · 108 comments

Last week I wrote about my first impressions of the new Santa Rosa Apple MacBook Pro, which I purchased after selling my 24-inch iMac. Since the MacBook Pro is now my main machine I had to spice it up with a larger external LCD. I bought myself an early birthday present, the Dell 3007WFPHC display. [click to continue…]

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U.S. Internet Access Speeds Paltry on Global Scale

June 26, 2007 · 34 comments

I had always known that high-tech countries like Japan indulged in amazing Internet connection speeds but a recent article in USA Today was a real eye-opener. Take this tidbit for example, the current median download speed in the U.S. is 1.97Mb/s. Compare that to 61Mb/s in Japan, [click to continue…]

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How To: Rapidly Restart Mac Firefox

June 26, 2007 · 37 comments

I am not going to lie, Firefox for OS X is horrible reliability-wise. It crashes all the time, uses exorbitant amounts of physical and virtual RAM, sometimes won’t let you use the address bar… you get the point. The best fix is to restart Firefox whenever it begins acting sluggish, selfishly uses a lot of your CPU, etcetera. Unfortunately, that seems [click to continue…]

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Carnegie Mellon Succeeds at DARPA Event

June 24, 2007

As I mentioned in my post last Sunday, GM flew me out to Pittsburgh, PA last weekend to check out Carnegie Mellon’s autonomous SUV compete in a DARPA site visit. The event determined whether CMU’s robot named Boss would pass onto the national qualification event and then the final DARPA Urban Challenge in November, by [...]

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First Impressions: Santa Rosa MacBook Pro

June 22, 2007

In response to news that Apple will be revamping the iMac lineup in the next few months, I sold my 24-inch iMac to take advantage of its current higher resale value. Today I purchased a 15.4-inch MacBook Pro to go in its place. This revision of the MacBook Pro has some notable updates from its [...]

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Begin Developing for the iPhone with iPhoney

June 21, 2007

As you many of you may know, the (overly-hyped) Apple iPhone is set to debut on June 29th. While there is no true SDK for developing third-party applications for the iPhone, applications can be created using the same technology as traditional web applications. Some

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Opera Mini 4 Beta Released

June 19, 2007

Opera Mini, the popular mobile browser saving users from the generally horrid proprietary browsers included on most phones, has hit version 4 and the beta is touting some great features. Most notably, the new zoom feature which allows you to see sites in their full form and then zooming

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Carnegie Mellon DARPA Event Tomorrow

June 17, 2007

In preparation for DARPA’s 2007 Urban Challenge competition in November, Carnegie Mellon University will be holding an event with their autonomous SUV tomorrow. The DARPA Urban Challenge involves several universities and many companies helping to develop advanced automotive technology that will one day be integrated in consumer vehicles.

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Review: Slim Devices Squeezebox

June 16, 2007

Last month I wrote a comprehensive review of the Sonos Digital Music System. While the Sonos is an excellent piece of equipment, it is aimed at the high-end audio audience looking to control multiple rooms with the same device. Meanwhile, the Squeezebox by Slim Devices (a Logitech company) is priced at a reasonable

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Review: Herman Miller Celle Chair

June 13, 2007

Anyone working in the tech industry or simply involved with technology is likely to spend more hours in front of a computer than is healthy for them. This is where the importance of a quality chair comes into play. Living in dorms for my first 2 years in college, I have finally come to appreciate [...]

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Review: BlackBerry Curve

June 12, 2007

BlackBerry’s latest smartphone offering, the sleek Curve, fits right in between the Pearl and the QWERTY keyboard sporting 8800. The Curve is aimed at a slightly different demographic than your traditional BlackBerry user, a business professional. As such, RIM shaved off some weight as well as a few “strictly business” features such as

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WWDC Keynote Taking Place Now

June 11, 2007

As expected, MacRumors Live is keeping Apple fans and enthusiasts up-to-date with all of the WWDC news (Engadget also has great live coverage). WWDC is an annual developer’s conference held by Apple in San Francisco where new products are often announced. I am flying back to Atlanta shortly so I will miss all of the [...]

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MIT Demos Wireless Power

June 8, 2007

When I was younger (and still now), I always thought the future would completely embrace wireless technology for everything, including electricity. In an extreme idea of that, there would be no power lines – only wireless electricity transmission towers similar to the abundance of cell phone towers. Well thanks to MIT, we are one step [...]

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