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Macrumors reports that we will have a real choice with Iphone 5 ships. Might be really nice to have Verizon phones to try compared with the all AT&T phone we have   While Verizon has sold fewer iPhones than some analysts expected, Shammo said he was happy with sales of…

And Sony is working hard to get users back: They are trying to give users free PS3 titles, Of the 5 PS3 titles available for download, users can select two: Dead Nation ($14.99) inFAMOUS ($23.44) LittleBigPlanet ($17.98) Super Stardust HD ($9.99) Wipeout HD + Fury ($19.99) Among those games, both inFamous and Wipeout HD provide the most value, otherwise costing…

Well this is interesting. Since HDMI is actually digital, folks have been building transceivers that take say the HDMI from a Tivo and its IR and hauling it over CAT5 or CAT6 to a device far away.  The system we use is quite flaky with audio and video and seems…

Well, it seems like I need to get one just so I can keep up with the world and innovation there. The main problem is that everything points to waiting until this fall with Ice Cream Sandwich coming out. But with this fragmented platform, it is so hard to know…

Very strange problem with our iMac. It kept one CPU busy at 100% with the kernel task spinning like crazy and takes 10 minutes to boot for some reason. Here is what I learned on the web on diagnostic procedures thanks to CNet: Well unfortunately, a virus is the first…

First there are conventional pastas so you need a pasta maker (also handy for doing cake decorating 🙂 Quick look on Amazon shows that the Marcato Atlas seems to be the high rated and best seller too Making noodles isn’t hard (In theory!) and there are plenty of Internet videos, in…

Well while other shop in stores I can shop online. With bike computer and lights picked out what about binoculars. Been wanting a super compact and then a high quality one for years. The net is that if you want a midpriced binocular, go with the Vortex Viper HD 8×32…

OK if you are editing on iMovie and have a big video file what can you do? If it is less than 10 minutes or 10GB, then you can upload it to Youtube. Imovie in Ilife ’11 supports this directly If you have less than 500MB you can upload to…

Finally time to get back to biking, so a quick refresh of gear: Cyclocomputers My cyclocomputer finally gave up the ghost. Loved the thing. A $130 computer from Campagnolo. Best thing was the integration with the buttons on the brake assembly. Really hands-on the stick sort of stuff, but the…