From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Unwiring for a Week

July 30, 2008 · 18 comments

For the next week, I will be completely unwired as I embark on a camping trip with several friends (an electrical engineering student and three pre-law students) in the Middle of No Where, Texas (about 2-3 hours from Austin). According to AT&T’s coverage map, I won’t have much of a cell signal and paired with the iPhone 3G’s horrid battery life, I won’t be getting much use out of it. As far as geeky survival tools are concerned, I’m bringing the [click to continue…]

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I know what you’re thinking – another lounge chair review? Not too long ago I purchased a Sumo Omni and declared it to be the ultimate blogger’s chair for its ability to conform to variety of comfortable computer-friendly positions. Not much has changed with Sumo as I feel the same way about their largest offering, the 6ft by 4ft SumoSac. [click to continue…]

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I’ve never been a fan of bluetooth earpieces. I always thought it was kind of weird to see people walking along and seemingly talking to themselves, or emitting a bright blue pulse from a LED on their earpiece. After hearing about the Aliph Jawbone 2 bluetooth earpiece all too much, I decided to see what all the fuss was [click to continue…]

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Unlike the name implies, Apple’s MacBook Air laptop is not lighter than Air nor does it float on Air or any such nonsense. It is actually quite prone to falling and the minimalist nature of the laptop does not protect internal components as do the larger MacBooks. I accidentally put this theory to the test when I dropped my MacBook Air two feet onto a hard surface. [click to continue…]

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For the past three weeks I have been toting around a Nikon D300 camera, courtesy of John Ratcliffe-Lee and his team at the MWW Group. While my Nikon D80 is considered an entry-level DSLR camera, the D300 is more along the lines of a mid-range offering, only bested by the full-frame Nikon D700 and the D3. That privilege doesn’t come cheap though; the current D300 [click to continue…]

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Recap: TTI/Vanguard Generation Techs Conference

July 20, 2008

Earlier last week I had the chance to attend and speak at a private TTI/Vanguard conference entitled Generation Techs. Due to the nature of the conference I am not allowed to say who was in attendance but I hope to share some of the more interesting things discussed. As I told the conference organizers, it [...]

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CBS Launches HD Player

July 17, 2008

Taking a note from Hulu, CBS launched an HD video player not too long ago. Their HD video gallery sports streamed, ad-supported clips and full episodes from their primetime shows. The site is plastered with Intel ads and unlike Hulu, videos are not embeddable.

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Pictures: How I Got My Apple iPhone 3G

July 16, 2008

Now that I have recovered from my jet lag, I have been catching up on news, the biggest story being the iPhone 3G launch that I missed. Well, not entirely – there were quite a few stores in Rome that had the new iPhone. Today I began standing in line for an iPhone 3G at [...]

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When in Rome..

July 10, 2008

As a reminder, I am in Rome for a while attending and speaking at the TTI/Vanguard “Generation Techs” conference so there won’t be any typical PSTAM posts until I return early next week. I have been hanging out with Josh Spear and we’re wondering if you know of any interesting things to do in Rome. [...]

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Thoughts on the Future of the Web

July 6, 2008

Many people have predicted what the future of the Internet holds. To each his own comes to mind as there are many different takes on what that future will be like. For some that future shows a vastly improved mobile web or the proliferation of open standards while to others the

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Thoughts on Google Docs PDF Support

July 2, 2008

It’s no secret that I love the cloud and try to keep all of my data in it. So when Google announced that they added PDF support a few weeks ago, I was listening. Last night I had the bright idea to move my treasured PDFs from my S3 account to Google Docs, where I [...]

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Startup Warrior – Find Startups Near You

July 1, 2008

The recently launched Startup Warrior from former Georgia Tech classmate Andrew Cantino utilizes the Crunchbase API to help visitors visually browse startups and view startup hubs. Since the launch, Crunchbase has added similar mapping functionality but it’s up to you to decide which implementation is more effective.

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