For more than 50 years the Billboard Hot 100 has tracked the most popular songs in the country. Of course, for nearly that any years there have been payola scams, chart manipulation and other industry shenanigans that have tainted the songs that appear on the list. But make no mistake – whatever means are used [...]
Archive | February, 2011
End of an Era: Frank Buckles, Last World War I Veteran, Dies at 110
I grew up in a time where not only were military actions and anything related to the government held in disdain and mistrust, but soldiers themselves were treated poorly by much of the public. So regardless of any feelings I have about whatever military or government actions happen in any given year, I love that [...]
Pop Goes the Music Diary: Britney $pears New Commercial … um, I Mean Music Video
After starting my ‘Music Diary Songs of Note’ I quickly realized that I wanted to look at both pop music for the music video trends, and also at some of the great jazz and other recordings I hoped to feature. So I’m going to use the ‘Music Diary Songs of Note’ label for the times [...]
iPad Accessory Review: ProClip’s MultiStand
In just a few days Apple is expected to announce the iPad 2 (or whatever they end up calling it). Yes, Apple’s runaway success with its first entry into the tablet market is nearing its first anniversary. Along the way I’ve had the opportunity to look at a wide variety of different mounting solutions for the [...]
The eBook Piracy Boogeyman
(image courtesy Port Wallpaper) Publishers looooove to complain about piracy, and how it’s going to destroy the very foundation of bookselling. That’s why they say we need digital rights management, and why there’s an ongoing cat and mouse game between content providers and enterprising users finding ways to strip out the DRM and truly own [...]
Altec Lansing Takes Us Behind the Scenes: Creating a Speaker Prototype
When I visited Altec Lansing’s headquarters back in January I was able to spend some time in the back area of the complex where the company develops their speakers. I didn’t write a great deal about it at the time because I had signed an NDA, and I wanted to make sure that I didn’t [...]
eWallet GO! for Windows
Too much information Runnin’ through my brain Too much information It’s driving me insane . . . Is that you The Police are singing about? Do you have a Windows machine? Well, Ilium Software wants to help you out (and make money, too, of course; this is Capitalism, baby!): they’ve just release their eWallet GO! [...]
GoodReader Updates for iPhone and iPad Now Available
As much as I love my iPad, one thing is true–reading some file types on it is, well, a pain in the tuckus. And that’s where an app like Goodreader comes in. Goodreader gives you the capability to view those pesky TXT and PDF files, and annotate them, on your iPad and iPhone. I wouldn’t [...]
Gear Deal- $300 Coupon HP dv7 Quad Edition Laptop
Today’s Gear Deal brings us the 17.3″ HP Pavilion dv7 Quad Edition (dv7tqe) Laptop. This powerhouse laptop sports a brushed aluminum chassis and is just 1.25″ thin. It features Altec Lansing speakers with Beats Audio and an HP Triple Bass Subwoofer. A 2nd generation Core i7 CPU, 6GB of memory and 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon [...]
Enjoy Monty Python on Your iPhone!
“Moooooo!” “Run away! Run away!” It’s an iconic Monty Python movie moment: the irritating (fake) French person has decided that he has to get rid of the irritating “ka-nig-it” (whose father smelled of elderberries, and whose mother was a hamster, apparently), and so he fires a cow over the castle wall at Arthur and his [...]
World’s First and Only “Made of Plants” Printed iPhone 4 Covers Now Available
What Lou Reed has on his iPhone? Okay look, let’s be honest here: There are a b’zillion iPhone cases out there. Well, maybe not that many, but a lot. A lot a lot. I’ve told you about some that I like–the iFrogz selection, the Speck cases–and Dan and Judie have told you about even more. [...]
The Keurig Mini Plus Personal Brewer Review
Given the long hours I spend editing and writing, there are a few things that I need to have available at all times: a good desktop or laptop computer, a decent camera for taking pictures, a comfortable chair, and an ever flowing source of caffeine. The refrigerator behind me takes care of my Diet Cokes, [...]
iPad Accessory Review: Sena Keyboard Folio
There are times when you need to write something on the iPad that is just too long for the software keyboard. Sure you can carry a Bluetooth keyboard, but that may become cumbersome and heavy. That’s where having a mini Bluetooth keyboard built into a case for the iPad comes in. Sure, it is a [...]
Honeycomb’s Strawman
I’ve noticed a troubling and confusing theme in reviews and comments about Google’s new OS, Honeycomb. It seems everyone thinks it’s great, but there’s an anti-Xoom, anti-Honeycomb meme that keeps appearing about the lack of Honeycomb specific apps in the Marketplace. This is what’s called a “Straw man” argument. Rather than argue Honeycomb on its [...]
Is THIS the Future of the RPG? If So … the RPG is Dead!
Several years ago a variety of games started adding things like experience, skill building and other forms of progression as elements to their roster. Games like Grand Theft Auto San Andreas allowed you to ‘pump iron’ to make progress, online shooters like Battlefield 2142 tracked your progress and allowed you new ranks and skills as [...]
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