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Podcast Coming!

Just this weekend, an old friend and I recorded a podcast about geek news and issues. I’m cutting it now, so it should be a few days, but the idea behind the podcast is to be fairly free form and tangent friendly, while still conveying the various news tidbits we find around the net. Our [...]

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Tablets are not College Supplies

Tablets are not College Supplies

As you can see from the title, this is not my usual technical or even super geeky topic, but a more day to day thing that sprung to mind after observing people around me in my trip back to college. I was only gone for a year, but in that time a change seems to [...]

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Quick Thoughts on Windows 8 Preview

Quick Thoughts on Windows 8 Preview

Firstly, I must say that it is really nice to see Microsoft releasing such an open preview of Windows 8, saving me the trouble of finding a torrented preview or beta. Also, I am happily surprised to see some real changes going on in Windows, both inside and out.As far as the core of the [...]

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DID: Destination Engine

This will be part of an ongoing series I will be doing every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, to get myself to contribute more to this blog. DID stands for Design Idea of the Day, and while the name is a work in progress the concept is simple. Every other weekday, I’ll be posting a design [...]

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Llano Response

Llano Response

After looking through the range of articles (see bottom) exploring AMD’s nearly-released mobile APU Llano, two thoughts spring to mind. One, most every reviewer sees both a current advantage as well as future potential in this new platform approach. Two, not all, but many readers and commenters are either unimpressed or argumentatively confused. Now I [...]

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