Category: Hardware
Thoughts about the Kindle DX
Least I Could Do on the Kindle (© Blind Ferret Entertainment) One of the interesting possible uses of the Kindle DX is to “give them away” free with a year (or longer) subscription to a major newspaper. Many people have thought of this, in fact it was used as part of the plot line for…
Thanks for failing CNBC!
Words can’t even begin to describe the amazing stupidity of CNBC in their recent segment on “Money trend: Mac vs PC”. Gizmodo has an excellent article (with embedded video) about the segment, titled “CNBC Is Ridiculous: Macs Come With Photoshop, PCs Need $600 Extra to ‘Perform As Well As a Mac’“. Basically CNBC decided that…
Kindle 2 Review after a few days of use
The Kindle 2 As just about everyone knows, the latest generation of Kindle was released this week. All hail our new robotic voiced overlord, the Kindle 2 (K2). Of course, I bought one. It is shiny, new, and I had to have one. Plus my mother really wanted a Kindle after I loaned her my…
ASUS Eee PC 1000, Ubuntu Jaunty and You!
If you follow my twitter feed, then you know over this past weekend I got an ASUS Eee PC 1000. In fact, I spend a good deal of time tweeting about it on Monday when it arrived. I thought I’d spend a little time sharing my impressions of the device and some of the tinkering…
Dell Mini 10 punches like a 2 year old
Dell posted a blog entry titled “Dell’s Mini 10 Packs a Punch“, but this punch is the punch of a 2 year old. Don’t get me wrong, some 2 year old’s can punch very decently for their age, but that’s nothing compared to a grown man, not to mention a professional boxer. Dell is a…