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Archive for September, 2008
Apple: There Is A Storm Coming
In: geek
29 Sep 2008Hurricane flags are popping up over Cupertino, namely, at Apple‘s headquarters. Why? The RIM-pire is at it again with a sweet new device that’s coming out soon for Verizon called the Blackberry Storm. This will be RIM’s first touch screen device that is obviously built to compete with Apple‘s widly popular iPhone. Recently, Google, T-Mobile [...]
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- Tags: apple, at&t, Blackberry, cellphone, electronics, Gadgets, hardware, iphone, phones, RIM, smartphones, storm, verizon
Twitter Teases Us With Election Site
In: geek
26 Sep 2008We’ve always stated how Twitter is a great way to gather data from the masses on certain topics. No one will ever disagree with that. Tonight is the highly anticipated Presidential debates and Twitter is buzzing with colorful commentary from both sides of the race. Twitter has seemingly tapped into the technology from Twitter Search [...]
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- Tags: 2008, biden, debates, election2008, elections, mccain, mccainshot, obama, obamashot, palin, twitter
Adsense For Feeds, Awareness API, Oh My!
In: geek
25 Sep 2008I’ve recently moved Bwana.org’s RSS feed to utilize Google’s Adsense for Feeds program which allows advertising embeds within your RSS feed. I was reluctant at first since I didn’t want to hand over control of my feed to FeedBurner. Anyway, after I got a setup with Adsense for Feeds, I ran into an issue which [...]
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- Tags: adsense, feedburner, feeds, google
T-Mobile G1: Beware Of The Limitations
In: geek
23 Sep 2008Today, the Google Android platform had its coming out party, and the first phone to use Google’s new mobile software, is the T-Mobile G1. Rather than bore you with all the details you’ve read about one the web already, I’ll summarize some limitations of the T-Mobile G1: No 3.5mm headphone jack. (Update 09/25/08 – T-Mobile [...]
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- Tags: android, cellphone, electronics, g1, Gadgets, google, hardware, Smartphone, t-mobile
New England Patriots Vexed By College Formations
In: football
22 Sep 2008It’s been a while since I’ve written about football, whether it be college or professional, but this topic was brewing my belly and I had to get it out. The Miami Dolphins surprised everyone yesterday as they trounced the New England Patriots, 38 – 13. One of the big topics around the New England Patriots [...]
The Reason Why I Returned to Twitter: Track is Dead
In: geek
16 Sep 2008I’ve been away from Twitter for about 4 months as I’ve stated in previous posts. Many of you know my frustrations regarding Twitter’s smoke & mirrors routine when it comes to uptime and availability. Most of this angst was driven by my lust for Twitter’s absent Track feature. Last week at bearhug camp, the guys [...]
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- Tags: Identi.ca, track, twitter
LHC Powers On, 4 Earthquakes Hit
In: thoughts
10 Sep 2008It’s been interesting to watch to say the least. For months, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project has received much criticism for their hand in destroying the universe. Many have predicted doomsday scenarios of apocalyptic proportions which were mocked by the internet: Two nightmare scenarios, two ends of the world. In the first, there is [...]
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- Tags: 4 horsemen, apocaplyse, death, destruction, lhc, mayhem
