the new york times is reporting (registration required) that tivo may (once again) be in trouble. there’s talk that a blown deal with comcast may be one of the reasons why. as a supporter of tivo since the very very early days, i do not want to see this happen; however, there are [...]

Posted in news from the web

that could have been me. ’nuff said. thank you martin luther king jr for all your efforts in making my life what it is today.

braytek, mlk
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Posted in holiday

technorati introduced a new feature a few days ago called ‘tags’. those of you familiar with del.icio.us and flickr know what tags are and how cool they are. adding this feature to technorati brings a lot of cool things together. if you wish to read more about technorati tags, check out this [...]

Posted in plugins, wordpress

while awaiting for my macmini to arrive on jan 22(ish), i’ve been doing some research on some of the possiblities on what i can do with it. one obvious thing is to attempt to use it as a media center. although, apple is not marketing it as such, it can be used for [...]

Posted in apple, macintosh

my thoughts: apple has a winner. a very tiny, very capable computer that runs mac os x for $500. i broke down and ordered one myself. i’ll post my thoughts when it arrives

braytek, apple, mac os x, macmini
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Posted in apple, macintosh

google has put up a neat little timeline of some significant events according to usenet. some notable ones i’ve enjoyed are:

aug 1982 - first mention of apple’s lisa and macintosh products

nov 1982 - first reference to emoticons

feb 1989 - first mention of irc

aug 1991 - tim berners-lee’s announcement of the world wide web project

oct [...]

Posted in news from the web

i actually got two checks in the mail for $0.99 each. can you believe that? it costs more to make/send/process those checks. guess i’ll go on a shopping spree and pick up a pack of gum and bottled water. who knows, i may have enough left for a pack [...]

Posted in rants about anything

the newest addiction: wow. kecia and i can’t stop playing. (well i can when the hotel internet doesn’t allow me to play, but thats another rant). penny-arcade described us perfectly:

she was supposed to wait on me, but has a habit of playing the game normally and surpassing me by many levels [...]

Posted in video gaming, world of warcraft

so after completely dropping the ball on bloghost’s decision to go out of business, i have resurrected braytek courtesy of dreamhost. unfortunately (giant sigh), i was unable to get a copy of my files before they went offline. i have emailed them regarding this but i’m not holding my breath.
here’s to a new [...]

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