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Entries Tagged as 'Gadgetry'

TwitterBerry was mean to me

March 1st, 2008 · 7 Comments · Gadgetry, Twitter

I’ve got a thing for Twitter and I own a BlackBerry, so naturally I use TwitterBerry. It’s a downloadable BB app that lets me post updates, get replies, read my friends timeline and the public timeline — all without having to load Twitter in the mobile browser. It isn’t perfect, but it usually works pretty [...]

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links for 2008-02-27

February 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Linkage

clash flowchart Song lyrics meet flowcharts, Via Livlab: http://twitter.com/livlab (tags: flow diagram infographics fun music) Touchpad for iPhone Turn your iPhone into a wireless mouse for your computer. Via Gizmodo (tags: Apple howto wireless hardware mouse hack iphone) Macworld | Master your image library Explore hidden powers in iPhoto ’08 (tags: Apple photography iphoto tips) [...]

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Nine Reasons Why I Love the Roomba

February 17th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Gadgetry

My manager Josh talks about his Roomba a lot. His family owns two — one for each floor of their house — and he swears it has helped to avert arguments with his wife because they no longer have to vacuum. Despite the fact that I live in a studio and basically have no excuse [...]

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My MacBook Air finally arrived!

February 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Gadgetry

I ordered a MacBook Air the day of the Steve Jobs keynote at MacWorld Expo, and today the package arrived, four days ahead of schedule. Specs: 13.3-inch glossy widescreen LED screen 2GB memory 1.80GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor 64GB solid-state drive Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR 3.0 pounds I also bought [...]

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Apple’s Most Notorious Flops

January 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Gadgetry

Failure isn’t the opposite of success. Failure is not trying at all. And no one is capable of success all of the time. With the good comes the bad, otherwise how would you be able to tell them apart? Apple is currently seen as the most innovative consumer electronics company in the world. Their products [...]

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