From the monthly archives:

September 2007

Review: Vudu

September 30, 2007 · 39 comments

Ever since I first wrote about Vudu, a Santa Clara, CA based hardware company that had been in stealth mode for 2 years, I have been wanting to get my hands on their innovative set-top box. The Vudu is a $399 set-top box that lets you browse through a massive library of movies (5,000 at the moment), watch previews and then rent or purchase movies. [click to continue…]

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How To: Amazon S3 + Torrents

September 27, 2007 · 14 comments

While I have seen a few mentions of Amazon S3 supporting BitTorrent tracking and file-sharing, I don’t think it has been a well publicized feature. PSTAM reader Carlton Bale wrote a great guide for getting Amazon S3 to create a torrent for a file of yours on S3 and seed the file. He goes through [click to continue…]

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Georgia Tech Loves Halo 3

September 26, 2007 · 13 comments

I have been trying to ignore the Halo 3 coverage everywhere online as I don’t have an Xbox 360 and the hype has started to make me want one (even though my bank account is at -$44.63). But this type of stuff is hard to ignore when you go to a tech school and campus was noticeably void the [click to continue…]

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The Next Level

September 26, 2007 · 38 comments

Over the last two weeks I have been spending a lot of time thinking about the future of PaulStamatiou.com. It has been around for over 2 years, served up over 4 million pages (1 million of those in the last 4 months), amassed over 15,000 comments over 850+ posts and grown a dedicated readership. PaulStamatiou.com has always just been a hobby as I’m passionate about everything [click to continue…]

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First Impressions: Amazon MP3 Beta

September 25, 2007 · 39 comments

First it was video with Amazon Unbox, now the online retailer giant is venturing into digital music sales with Amazon MP3. Here’s the real kicker – all songs are DRM-free, encoded at 256 kilobits per second and priced from 89 cents to 99 cents each, with most albums costing $8.99. In comparison this is considerably better than [click to continue…]

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Do You Django?

September 24, 2007

Media Temple hosting recently launched a beta test of a new GridContainer for their (gs) hosting service that supports Python and the Django framework right out of the box. Django is an increasingly popular framework as of late, quite possibly all from web designer Jeff Croft’s Django evangelism.

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Review: Sony MDR-EX71SL Earbuds

September 23, 2007

After asking around for headphone suggestions and receiving some great responses, I decided to go with the Sony MDR-EX71SL earbuds. As I didn’t want to order anything online and wait too long, I went with these earbuds, which were easily found at a local Best Buy for around $50 (although they can be found for [...]

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Step 2: Apply for a Provisional Patent

September 22, 2007

A few months ago I wrote an article about ideas, ones that can grow into big things. I received overwhelming response from readers in the same boat as me – tons of ideas and no clue where to go next. Today I shall propose the next step: applying for a provisional patent.

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Headphone Suggestions for Sports

September 20, 2007

As I’ve been into the whole Nike+ thing recently, I have been trying to hunt down a great set of headphones that stay put. The standard Apple iPod earbuds are worthless when it comes to sports activities and fall out quite often for me. I have been using

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First Impressions: Mint

September 18, 2007

For months I have been sworn to secrecy being an early user of Mint, a cutting-edge money management web application aimed at helping college students and the like get a hold on their finances. Now I can open my mouth as Mint has been released to the public. I have written a few things regarding [...]

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Say Hello to Google Presentations

September 18, 2007

With the release of the highly-anticipated Google Presentations (click New » Presentation), Google is one step closer to becoming a complete online office productivity suite and stealing many of Zoho’s users. Similar to Google Docs, Presentations can only do basic things and stays away from animations, sound, video and complex image manipulation. However, the most [...]

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Dash Express – Automotive Genius

September 17, 2007

Dash is the name and revolutionary automotive navigation is the game. Dash has been developing an Internet-connected GPS device that taps into services like Yahoo! Local Search, provides you with ridiculously accurate traffic reports by talking to other Dash units on the road and anonymously checking their location and speed, and much more. I had [...]

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Nike+ How I Love You So

September 17, 2007

When spending hours in front of the computer, it’s important to incorporate some physical activity into your daily routine. Unfortunately, physical activity usually brings up ideas of slaving over a treadmill and doing something you’re repulsive about. At least those were pretty much my sentiments

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Why Private Messages Suck

September 16, 2007

Every site boasting social features has, no doubt, some kind of custom user-to-user messaging system. Each one works differently but they all require that you be logged in to read the message. Don’t worry about missing a message though, most services email you to tell

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Jottit – What a Simple UI Looks Like

September 15, 2007

Jottit is a basic web application developed by Aaron Swartz that lets you create your own web page. Yup, that’s pretty much it. There’s nothing revolutionary about Jottit but I love the user experience. The homepage is nothing but a textbox where you

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