So like many people, yesterday, I took some time to let my elected representatives know my feelings on the SOPA and PIPA bills now in Congress. I’m not going to rehash it here – if you don’t know what I am talking about, Google either of the terms above and you’ll figure it out pretty [...]
Anyone who has been following the sad story of Windows Phone has got to be either very disappointed or very happy depending one which end of the Apple-loving spectrum you fall on. As I mentioned in my earlier post, the idea of a Windows Phone got me very excited. The Apple phone is great - [...]
Okay, I have now been the proud owner of the Xoom WiFi for a little more than a day now and have a few more observations. As a reminder, I’m looking at the Xoom through the eyes of a first generation iPad owner, so while a direct comparison is not my goal, it is going [...]
One of the luxuries of having a blog is that I get the opportunity to get philosophical now and again. Today, I want to talk a little about why I like the iPhone and in particular, why Apple’s phone actually represents a swipe against “the man” despite the fact that Apple is often perceived as [...]
Okay, so I have been playing with the Xoom for a few hours now and wanted to share my initial impressions. The screen is absolutely gorgeous. It is a shade larger than the iPad’s and boasts a slightly higher resolution. At the same time, it has a thinner bezel and the overall length and width [...]
Well, today I picked up my Motorola Xoom in the Wi-Fi only flavor. As it would seem, my local retailer sold this tablet a day before the official launch. I’m going to post this review in multiple parts over the next few days as I use the Xoom and get a better feel for its [...]
Well, this past weekend, I finally decommissioned my Windows 7 Media Center Box. I’ve been a Windows Media Center user for about five years now and have worked with just about every version of Windows Media Center starting back with the Windows XP Media Center Edition. The reason that I have decided to toss my [...]
I’ve recently gotten back into computer games following a six month hiatus. I’m anxiously awaiting the release of Fallout:New Vegas, so I’ve been killing time with some older games. I have pretty simple tastes – I like first/third person shooter games. These days, that’s pretty much all that I play. I like the fact that [...]
Microsoft recently confirmed rumors that its new phone project, Windows Phone 7, would be GSM only at launch, with a CDMA version to follow sometime in the first half of 2011. This means of course that only AT&T and T-Mobile will be offering a Windows Phone based device at launch. Now, when one considers that [...]
Okay, now, let’s get to the stuff that I have been promising since I began this series – the specifics of how I use my Mediasmart WHS to do the digital media and file storage tasks in my house. Before we begin, please note that to do all that I am going to cover here, [...]