Archive for April, 2008

Blockbuster makes offer of $1 billion to buy Circuit City, I scoff

Published April 14th, 2008 in The Interwebs. 0 Comments

I’ve never had a good experience at Circuit City or Blockbuster, and now, with Blockbuster’s aspiration to buy the obviously-doomed Circuit City, I’m afraid to imagine the kind of shopping experience one would have at a merged location: “Hello, welcome to Blockbuster City. Would you like us to take your money now, or waste […]

Pystar releasing cheap Hackintosh: Why this is really, really awesome

Published April 14th, 2008 in Apple and Computers. 3 Comments

Pystar (offline right now, presumably by either digg or Apple’s hand back up now) has announced availability of a new ‘OpenMac’ system, going for $399. While this is probably illegal in about five ways, it seems awesome (and logical) from my point of view. For one, it finally makes an “Apple” computer cost […]

Sony DSC H3 Camera: Very nice, but only for “that guy”

Published April 13th, 2008 in Cameras, Gadgets and Sony. 0 Comments

I was in need of a new camera a few weeks back, since my mom wanted hers back, and there was no other way for me to finish my 365 Challenge at the time, so I went looking around. My eventual decision was the Sony DSC H3, and I’ve been pretty happy with it […]

Alert Thingy Shows Just How Annoying I Am

Published April 13th, 2008 in Applications and Services, Blogs, Communication, Design, Software and The Interwebs. 0 Comments

FriendFeed, the highly-praised social content aggregation service just got a little cooler, with the new companion application, Alert Thingy. The program is just as charming as its name implies, and offers quick aggregation for your and all of your friends’ online activity, right to an aesthetically pleasing little window on your desktop. And […]

Pandora GP2X sounds like something Ben Heck once made (still impressive)

Published April 13th, 2008 in Gadgets and Video Games. 0 Comments

The next generation of GP2X is shaping up to be quite the portable, I’ll definitely be getting one if it fulfills the current feature promises—because at the moment, they’re just promises. But if it does come to fruition, Ben Heck will be proud.
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