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Archive | April, 2007
Are Professional Landscapers Worth It?
This work was done by Cutler Landscaping here in Tucson, took about a month. Worth every penny. Before After
Continue reading...Mitsubishi WD-65831 White Bloom
30. April 2007
Uh oh. A poster here named Andy pointed me to a thread over on AVS where some Mitsubishi WD-XX732/831 owners are reporting “white bleed” or “blooming” problems with the Mits light engine. Some of the users have replaced their light engines multiple times already and our friend Andy already had his replaced once before and [...]
Continue reading...Gears of War Movie Treatment Summary
30. April 2007
Kotaku pointed me in the direction of Latino Review’s 22 page summary of the Gears of War movie script it looks like. Does anyone else agree with GameSpot’s Brian Ekberg that Batista should play Marcus Fenix? I totally agree: Update #1: I can’t believe I never posted a comparison shot of Fenix so you could judge for [...]
Continue reading...Mitsubishi WD-65831 Personal Tweaks
29. April 2007
I’ve been tweaking my WD-65831 for about an hour and I think I’ve come up with a configuration that looks really good to me, no garuntees that you will like it. In fact it’s quite a bit different than some of the other one’s I’ve seen people post. Disclaimer: I always thought the defaults that this [...]
Continue reading...Addictive Flash Zombie Game
29. April 2007
Kotaku pointed me to another great time-waster, Click here or the image to try it out: The Last Stand
Continue reading...RIAA Claims Royalties on Any Music Streamed on Internet
29. April 2007
Slashdot is running a piece on the RIAA and SoundExchange (owned/run by RIAA) and how they have somehow worked into to god-knows-where a law that SoundExchange can collect, in escrow, royalties for any music broadcast online and then hold that money. Naturally the performer, even if they never wanted to charge in the first place, can [...]
Continue reading...Mitsubishi WD-65831 High-Scoring Review at Ultimate AV
28. April 2007
A long time reader, Gordon Walter, sent along information that the Mitsubishi WD-65831 has been reviewed over at Ultimate AV (months after it’s been out now) and is still raking in the praise for it’s HD picture. After having this TV for quite a few months (the shot above is of standard-def Dr. Phil) now I [...]
Continue reading...Optimus Maximus OLED Keyboard Coming
27. April 2007
Some of us have been waiting for this keyboard since it was first rumored almost 3 years ago I believe. It looks like the keyboard will finally be released late Nov/Dec of this year. The best part? It will carry a $1500 price tag with it. Ouch…. So now you just need to figure out, do [...]
Continue reading...ATI Radeon HD 2900 XTX, Retarded on Arrival
27. April 2007
DailyTech got their hands on the new and shiny ATI Radeon HD 2900 XTX, which is the DX10 card from ATI that everyone has been waiting for. Even with 1GB of ram and some decent clock speeds, the benchmarks suggest that ATI decided to release a giant video card that can’t even come close to [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Trumps Vista w/ XBox 360 Elite in the “So What” Department
26. April 2007
XBox 360 Elite… sounds impressive right? It’s $479 after all, more expensive than any other XBox 360 at launch (except maybe the Platinum bundle from Walmart?) So the Elite brings to the table a 1080p/HDMI connection and a 120GB hard drive… oh and it’s black. But wait, the 1080p over HDMI has got to be amazing right? Wrong, [...]
Continue reading...Use Any USB Drive with Vista ReadyBoost
26. April 2007
Windows Vista Magazine has a great tip on how to use any USB Drive with the Vista ReadyBoost technology. Check out the article to see how, but the gist of it is two steps: Disable the re-testing of any USB drive you have plugged in Go edit the registry and set the drive’s values high enough to [...]
Continue reading...Stolen Phone Charges are YOUR Responsibility Say Carriers
25. April 2007
David Bach over at Yahoo wrote a very interesting piece covering stolen cell phone charges and how the owners are getting stuck with the enormous fees. In one case a Cingular customer had her phone stolen when we went over seas and had a $26,000 bill racked up; Cingular’s response? Pay up, or file bankruptcy. It seems [...]
Continue reading...Vista is a Failure - Microsoft’s Actions Agree
24. April 2007
Dialog above doesn’t make any sense does it? Welcome to Windows Vista… I’ve been holding off blogging on The Inquirer’s piece on Vista being a failure, but wanted to throw my 2 cents into the hat as it seems to be making the rounds. The premise of what The Inquirer is saying is the two most damning [...]
Continue reading...Checking Product Pricing and Reviews Instantly
23. April 2007
How cool is this… The Consumerist pointed me over to Frucall which is a mobile and online comparison service. You essentially text message the number “fru” with the bar code from the item in question, and the response you get back is a summary of the average rating of the product and it’s price online. So [...]
Continue reading...Comcast to Begin Charging for Tech Visits
23. April 2007
If you have been a Comcast customer you may have gotten a warm and fuzzy feeling knowing that your $60/mo bill helped pay for the times when you needed a tech to come out and figure out what was going on with your setup. The Consumerist is reporting that this is all coming to an end [...]
Continue reading...How do Patents Protect Innovation?
21. April 2007
When I think of the patent system, I think of pretty much one thing: the little guy being protected from the huge corporation wanting to rip him off for free. It’s because of this fear that I am worried the patent system may never be revised to allow free-thought and innovation that it has begun to [...]
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30. April 2007
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