Month: May 2010
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This is the week that was
A somewhat quiet week, unless you consider the kerfuffle between Apple and Adobe… …more This post is an excerpt from one of my weekly posts on the Future Shop Techblog. Check out the full post here.
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Exactly 1 week ago today [slideshow]
Exactly one week ago today we were enjoying our last day on Maui, by snorkeling. By our rough count, we managed to get in and under the water about every other day — which is pretty good for a prairie boy. So, to revisit the experience today seemed a bit appropo, with a slideshow of all…
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Open the Portal. Discover a new game. Yes it’s free!
Unless you’ve not been paying attention to the first-person-shooter or puzzle game genres over the last few years, you’re quite aware of what Portal is. But just incase you fall into that aforementioned category, let me quote from … …more This post is an excerpt from one of my weekly posts on the Future Shop…
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Point and shoot — and hope you captured your subject
Yes, this is another post about some cool tech that I took travelling with me on a recent vacation to Maui. And yes, again I’m talking about the Panasonic DMC-TS2, a nifty point-and-shoot camera that I fell in love with in a previous post. This time, I’m going to talk about taking the unit under…
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Dancing with Turtles?
The Green Turtle is fairly common just off the shore of the condo we’re staying at in Maui, but I had yet to see one when snorkeling — you can see plenty from the shore as they feed along the reef. Then I went out snorkeling yesterday, and toward the end stumbled across this:
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I think I’m in love with a point-and-shoot camera
If you’ve been following my recent flickr image posts, you’ll know that I’m not freezing and enduring the spring snow that’s hit the Alberta prairies. Rather, I’m basking and baking in the sunny tropical paradise that is Maui, Hawaii. …more This post is an excerpt from one of my weekly posts on the Future Shop…
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Travel Juice for your iPhone or iPod Touch
As I found out recently, depending what you’re doing with your iPhone or iPod Touch, the battery life can be adequate or very short lived. But then, I found a way to easily recharge the battery… …more This post is an excerpt from one of my weekly posts on the Future Shop Techblog. Check out…