The best news for media in Canada that I’ve heard all year: NetFlix is officially bringing their streaming video service to Canada this fall. Details are still sparse regarding device support, and they aren’t giving an exact date, but finally we’ll have a decent Internet-delivered content option around these parts. Of course, expect Canada’s ridiculous [...]
Compared to the same month last year, we’ve dropped our energy useage from 2800 kWh to 2400 kWh. Want to know how we saved that energy (and money)? Timers. We have a fairly high-tech household, but not much more so than average. We have two computers, a couple laptops, two TVs, one in a home [...]
It used to be that there was a host of things that a Mac could do better, or more elegantly, than a Windows PC. Now there’s only one or two. I’ve long maintained a heterogenerous home network. We’ve had all brands of gaming devices, a range of mobile devices, PCs, modern Macs, and historical classic [...]
Few inventions have changed the world so much as the microcomputer – certainly few have evolved as quickly, or have pushed forward as rapidly. These days, despite the incredible technology contained in them, computers have become something of an appliance. Granted its an appliance that the average home user faces with more frustration than most [...]
Last week I decided it was time for Ben to have his first computer. He has his first game system, and his first pair of skates, but if he’s my son, he should start learning how to use a computer. I was pleased when he took right to it. *Geek Content Follows* In the late [...]
And ya, that’s an iPhone he’s controlling it with…
In my first year of college, over 10 years ago now, I got my first cell phone. I’m sure my parent’s thought I was crazy — why would a student need their own cell phone? But I was young and full of credit, and it seemed important to me to have one. I certainly felt [...]
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This weekend I: – Played through Spiderman on my Dreamcast, in honor of the 10th anniversary of the launch of the best game console ever made – Played a PS1 game on my Dreamcast, just because I can – Played a PS2 game on my PS3, because its a really good game – Watched a [...]
From a different era. Via Gizmodo.
iPod Photo 30GB, 1st Gen iPhone 4GB, 3rd Gen iPhone (3GS) 32GB… My new iPhone 3GS is amazing — this is close to being a perfect device. I used almost every feature of it this weekend. – GPS, even using only Google Maps, is leaps and bounds better than the original iPhone’s A-GPS. The location [...]
