Tag: fun
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Friday Video — ummm…
As BoingBoing says, the Internet is weird. Moongina.
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It’s the iPlatform, not the iPad
Steve’s just announced the iPad (not the best name selection in the world, but it’ll do), and after watching the announcement event being reported by various online media, including our own Future Shop Techbloggers, I’m struck by the impression that the hardware is cool, interesting and looks great, but the iPad hardware is not the…
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Apple Tablet prediction as a game
So, tomorrow’s the big day that Apple lifts the veil on projects under development and ready for release in the next year. The mythical Tablet is likely the biggest announcement tomorrow, and technology pundits have not been shy in predicting what the device will have (or not). This all sounds too serious to me, so let’s have…
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Awesome free iPhone app creates sales for other iphone apps
Yep, it seems odd, but a very cool crowdsourced recommendation engine for iPhone apps is creating a bunch of sales of other iPhone apps. Which is good, because when there’re a lot of apps to choose from — a solid tool (not tied to the Apple Store recommendation system, which has been gamed in the…
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How the Apple Tablet can really succeed
Given that Apple isn’t really paying attention to my musings, I’m rather free to go on about things I *think* they can do to make their products, and make them better. I’ve been following Apple’s tablet designs since the Newton Message pad. An interesting device, yet not very practical. I’m completely smitten by my iPod…
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6 Things I want to see in an Apple Tablet
Given the excitement/buzz/hype around the ‘potential’ Apple Tablet announcement this Wednesday, I thought I’d add to the Apple Tablet wordcount by listing a few things I’d like to see in this currently-mythical device. …more This post is an excerpt from one of my weekly posts on the Future Shop Techblog. Check out the full post…
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Lego Christmas ornaments
What would Christmas be without decorations, and Lego! The two just go together like peas and carrots. Since the local Toys ‘R Us is across the street, I found these two items just inside the door. How could I resist 🙂 What better way to brighten up a drab grey office cube. They’re small, descrete, yet…
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Queen + Muppets = Rhaposody (of the Bohemian kind)
The following post is a QuickHit™ — an article or post I found online and thought was important enough to share directly with you. Of course, you’ll see my thoughts or opinions prepended or appended to this post, otherwise I’m just scraping content, and that’s not the intent. This made the rounds yesterday, but I…