"You're supposed to report the news, not make it." Sorry, I'd like to just take a small time-out to mark this milestone of hitting 1 million views yesterday. I was expecting it to happen today but the higher than usual traffic yesterday led it to surge past 1,000,000. Like missing that milestone on your car's odometer, there's no going back. At this momentous occasion, I'd … [Read more...]
Archives for 2011
Best Buy Sends NewEgg Cease & Desist Letter For Using The Term ‘Geek’
Put me down under the column of "Hates Best Buy's Geek Squad". They are one of the reasons I've done a lot of freelance tech support over the years. Where am I going to send somebody that needs some help with their computer? Geek Squad who charge $89 for installing RAM? I don't think so. I'll do that for a fraction of the price. They also have their ridiculous high prices for … [Read more...]
The HP TouchPad Gets A Date And Price
HP's first WebOS tablet is coming to the US at the beginning of next month. July 1, the US will get the HP TouchPad with other countries to follow according to an announcement on The Official HP Palm Blog. The tablet will retail for $499.99 for a 16GB model or $599.99 for a 32GB model. It is currently WiFi only but HP is working with AT&T to get a "connected" version (3G?) … [Read more...]
Strum Some Music With Today’s Google Doodle Celebrating Les Paul’s Birthday
Today's Google Doodle celebrates Les Paul's 96th birthday. Les Paul is a well-known guitar maker and musician. His solid-body electric guitar was the foundation for rock and roll. Google's Doodle today is strummable. By putting your cursor over a string, a tone will play. Comments on the Hacker News story have also mapped the keyboard to the strings, which might help you play … [Read more...]
Netflix Redesigns Site To Focus On Instant Streaming; Users Split But Mostly Dislike
Netflix just announced and activated a redesign to some of their pages that focuses on Instant Streaming content. The movie covers are larger and it's more visually appealing, especially on a large monitor or TV. While the comments that follow any post to the Netflix blog are usually incredibly negative, this change seems to be met with a lot of people disliking the change. … [Read more...]