Go Ahead Punk – Make My Felicia Day
Felicia Day firing an M4 rifle. So much hottness! Felicia’s related blog entry
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Archive for April, 2009
Cheap Stocks and Cheap Brokers
So I’ve been thinking about stepping back into the stock market, and I’m looking at cheap online brokers with low or no minimum account requirements. I’ll be starting small, so both points are important. A $5 commission on a $500 investment is a 1% front load, and I’d like to avoid anything higher than that. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Shiny Apple
Engadget: Apple reports best ever March quarter with a $1.21b profit, calls netbooks “junky” Well, some netbooks are kinda “junky” compared to expensive laptops — that’s why they’re so affordable. I love my Asus Eee (which I’m using right now), but I’d trade it for an Apple laptop in a second — any takers? [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Get Vostro A90 for under 2 bills
The new Vostro A90 netbook is available from Dell in a basic configuration for just $199. It’s one of the best-looking netbooks out there, in my opinion – basically the Dell Mini 9 in “Obsidian Black”. Specs – Ubuntu Linux 8.0.4 – 512MB RAM – 8GB SSD – 802.11g Wireless – 0.3MP Webcam – Bluetooth [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Price Matters
The rise of netbooks and cheap noteboooks “In 2004, only 2 percent of notebook computers sold in the United States cost less than $800. In 2008, some 35 percent did, according to data collected by the NPD Group”
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Da Vinci’s Birthday
He was a scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer. The archetypal renaissance man was born on this day, April 15, 1452. Wikipedia
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The World of Steampunk
G4 has a cool segment on steampunk culture featuring Abney Park and Jake von Slatt. Watch it here:
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Who Would Have Thought…
The price increase on some iTunes songs is hurting sales. Apple (and the record labels) may actually be losing revenue on higher-priced songs. The self destructive anti-consumer behavior of the record labels continues. By the way, all MP3 stores have now raised prices on certain tracks — at the request of the labels. But the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Happy Easter From Badooble
I hope the Easter Beagle brought you a giant chocolate bunny! It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown is one of the best holiday specials evah! I just forced my two teenagers to watch it with me. Enjoy… Peanuts: Specials: It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown by Peanuts
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Exo-Skeleton Brings Out Your Inner Iron Man
Would be super heroes with an extra $4,200 can get in line to buy the HAL Suit, which runs for up to three hours and multiplies the wearer’s strength by ten. Now you just need a kick-ass backstory and a cool mask. Me, I’d rather be an arch-villian – does the suit come in black?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Why I Hate Local TV Affiliates
I’m trying to watch the first installment of the big CBS mystery event, Harper’s Island. CBS has been hyping this program for what feels like months. And my local CBS affiliate just broke in so a stammering local weatherman could tell me about a tornado warning on the other side of the state. It may [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Free AntiVirus Update
There are at least 7 applications that offer free real-time virus protection for Windows users. The most popular seems to be AVG Free. I personally use Avira on my laptop and desktops, but I put AVG on my netbook just to try something different. I don’t have any complaints about either. Avast is another popular [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )A Failed Saving Throw
Dave Arneson, co-creator of the Dungeons and Dragons pen and paper role playing game, has died. Arneson was less well known than fellow creator Gary Gygax, who died in March of last year, but he was an important part of D&D’s creation. Every player of World of Warcraft or Everquest (or any other fantasy rpg [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Searching For Nirvana
Kurt Cobain was found dead 15 years ago today. He was a flawed man, but one hell of an artist. And much of the decent music we listen to today (and a lot of really bad music) was heavily influenced by him.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Foobar2000 – Easy Audio Conversions
For Windows: Foobar2000 calls itself a lightweight media player, but it really comes in handy when you need to convert music files from one format to another. For example, I recently found a bunch of .m4a files (AAC) left over from my iPod days (years ago). These were files I had ripped before realizing iTunes [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Apple Raises Price On Many iTunes Songs
The new 3-tier pricing structure for songs on iTunes went into effect today. This means older, less popular tunes may drop to 69 cents (these seem to be few and far between at the moment), but it also means newer hits will cost $1.29 while most songs will still cost 99 cents. According to the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Firefly DVD Deal
Firefly – The Complete Series is currently available from Amazon for $19.99 with free shipping on orders over $25. If you don’t already have this awesome series on DVD, what are you waiting for?
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Commodore P64 – From The Brain of Ben Heck
Ben Heck’s latest portable project is a Commodore 64 laptop using original hardware. Disk images are loaded onto an SD card. Ben really captured the look and feel of the early 80′s design aesthetic. The finished product is just amazing:
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hang You From the Heavens
Jack White’s latest project, The Dead Weather, looks promising. Their first album, Horehound, will be released this summer. Hang You From the Heavens is a great track:
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Random Photo
Missouri Capitol, taken today with my phone (click to enlarge):
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Documents To Go, Android Edition
DataViz Documents To Go is now available for the T-Mobile G1 and other Android phones. This application allows users to view, edit and create Microsoft Word & Excel files. Documents To Go can be purchased in the Android Market for an introductory price of $19.99 (regularly $29.99).
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Personas For Firefox
Firefox Personas are lightweight, easy-to-install and easy-to-change “skins” for your Firefox web browser. Basically, a background image is inserted behind the header and footer area – buttons and icons aren’t changed. Unlike themes, no restart is needed. Lots of very cool skins are available. Personas is a Firefox Add-on for Windows, Mac or Linux.
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