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Continue reading →: Kindle
Well, finally got one because of John and Jon. It’s a pretty neat product. If only I weren’t so tired all the time that I can’t read. The screen could be bigger and i don’t see why the keyboard has to be so big. Also why doesn’t it play games???…
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Continue reading →: London recommendations
Great recommendations… Harvey Nichols. Classic restaurant on top of this old line department store. Zaferanos. Mayfair. Tamarind on Queens St. For high cuisine Indian The Bombay Brasserie. Kensington. Classic Indian Senior Sassies. Opposite Harrods knightbridge. The Grenadier. Classic pub, Belgravia
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Continue reading →: No wonder Tivo is going out of business
I can sort of understand why they have had so much trouble. It is a nice product and sets up well. But I wanted to upgrade the plan from a yearly $129 to a lifetime $400. And when I called, they said, they couldn’t take my money. They have a…
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Continue reading →: New Mac Mini
Continuing the trend of impossibly powerful machines at zero cost, the Mac Mini just got an update and most significant thing is that it uses the 9400M graphics chip, so you can play call of duty with it. It is $649 vs. $1200 for a full MacBook. It is a…
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Continue reading →: IP PBX for SOHO
Well, if you are suddenly at home and with nothing to do, nothing like finding an old mac mini and building your own PBX. It isn’t as hard as you think. You can plug your own analog phones in and look like a real business. Here are some tips from…
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Continue reading →: An easy way to figure out what band your Macbook is on…
Also just tried this Option key trick for other icons. It works for the network icon, you get the band, for bluetooth, you get the Mac’s bluetooth name and software version. Software Updates Explain Dual-Band Networking – TheAppleBlog Hold down the option key when clicking on your airport icon in…
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Continue reading →: Time Capsule 7.4.1
TG Daily – Apple’s new firmware enables remote disk sharing on wireless base stations Apple quietly revised the hardware of its Time Capsule wireless appliance and AirPort Extreme base station this past Tuesday. New models sport updated hardware that enables dual-band support which utilizes both 2.4GHz and 5Ghz bands simultaneously…
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Continue reading →: New York Bars
The stalwarts, like the Four Seasons, the Blue Bar at the Algonquin and Bemelman’s at the Carlyle, and (here’s hoping) the Oak Room, which is to reopen in the Plaza later this summer. For the early crowd that finds that description of the late-night scene nauseating, how about a calm…
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Continue reading →: Kindle for iPhone
Now the Kindle 2 just needs to arrive 🙂 Amazon Releases Free ‘Kindle for iPhone’ Application – Mac Rumors Kindle for iPhone allows Apple iPhone and iPod touch owners to read Kindle books using a simple, easy-to-use interface. You can shop for hundreds of thousands of books at www.amazon.com/kindlestore, and…
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Continue reading →: Berkshire Hathaway
Their shares have been hammered, but Warren Buffet continues to be consistent http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html. I love his rules of building companies and investments: Take a look again at the 44-year table on page 2. In 75% of those years, the S&P stocks recorded a gain. I would guess that a roughly…