2008 September

When I first heard about Burning Life in Second Life, there was some interest in just how they could pull off recreating the essence of Burning Man without the typically cheesy creations one can find flying around mainland in SL.

I arrived with an open mind however and discovered a very realistic version of Burning [...]

When Chris Pirillo announced the creation of a social network at geeks.pirillo.com, I was at first a bit skeptical as to whether or not the site would really be worth the time and effort to look at as a serious social network. I mean, after all, I am already on Jaiku, Pownce, Twitter, Myspace, Facebook, [...]

Tweetgrid looked just like a browser-based version of Tweetdeck when I first looked at it. To my surprise, I saw instant updates taking place, turning Twitter in to more of a chat room than a micro blog. This is just where it begins. You can enter multiple search terms at the same time and start [...]

Circuit City has long had a place in my heart as one of the few remaining dedicated electronics stores out there that provides some level of customer service with your hardware or software experience. You can come in, check out a digital camera, big screen TV, car stereo, software, notebook, or desktop system selection featuring [...]

During a busy hurricane season, it can become very confusing when watching projected paths from one media outlet to the next. There are several path projection routes out there, nearly a dozen major ones. Each possible route had our most recent storm, Hurricane Ike, heading in nearly every direction possible.
So where do you go to [...]

For those fans of open source, like myself, that were enjoying the option of having a new system pre-installed with Linux rather than a bulky Windows filled with bloatware, Lenovo might not have an option for you. They have announced that they are cutting back on their Linux pre-installed system availability through their main site.
Their [...]

I’ll admit that when Google Chrome was first announced I was a little frightened at the idea of the company that has a near-monopoly on your every move online now has a browser that will no-doubt become one of the big hitters in a short period of time. Google Chrome has a very interesting set [...]