So you know that I think that things wheeled personal transport is trending to fewer and fewer wheels. Well, here’s another one for the books - here’s a one wheeled skateboard that uses some kind of voodoo magic to work. I’m pretty sure that he says chickens were sacrificed but you can read his page [...]

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First of all, understand that if you’re a certain type of dog owner (you know, the kind that owns a dog) there’s a joy in finding a great costume for the dog to wear. Second, understand that if you’re a certain type of science fiction lover (you know, the kind that loves science fiction) you [...]

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A lot has been made of the Amazon deal with NBC. After leaving Apple and iTunes it seems that Amazon welcomed NBC with a lure of flexible pricing and a more restrictive DRM.
Now there’s been talk about their latest project Kindle. I’m interested to see the e-book platform take off and Amazon seems well [...]

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You know I am as peace loving as the next vegan, but as a (once) young man, I love me some military gear. I’ve loved attack jeeps ever since reading Digital Target: Grey (why is there no subbed DVD of the animated version??) so was excited to see this bad boy - the MWMIK (what [...]

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This one’s crazy. Super crazy. And not in a good way. Apparently some employers were trying to make it mandatory for their employees to have RFID chips surgically implanted. Our Senate, though, has passed some legislation that would prevent that from actually happening. How crazy is that? CityWatcher.com actually, really, honestly required that employees who [...]

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Today we talk about science. First we have this bit from USA Today about the increasing goodness of solar power. Apparently we’re just at the point where big strides are happening and soon solar will be a viable energy source, I am totally into it. This will reduce the strain on the energy grid by [...]

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If you are an avid reader of this blog you will already know the pain inflicted on me by Time Warner and their horrendous customer service. I won’t bore you with the details - suffice it to say that because Time Warner is so awful I needed a backup internet solution to take care of [...]

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by ronin
Way way back in the day, well, 3 years 11 months to be exact (that’s what, 39 Internet years?), I decided to check out this new-found craze called “blogging“. But what fun was it doing it on my own? So I gave out authoring accounts to a couple of friends and left them to [...]

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You know I completely dig notebooks with solid state drives. Well, trusted reviews just gave several thumbs up to Sony’s latest, the sexily named VAIO VGN-TZ12VN. Mmm… it just rolls off the tongue, I don’t know how their marketing people can come up with such distinctive and easily remembered names! Say it, VGN-TZ12VN… yeah… hrm..ahem. [...]

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So you know that I plan on having many modes of transport when I’m rich. I have just learned of a new one - luxury submarines! I mean it’s so perfect, first of all it’s a submarine, right? Awesome? Yeah, and when the world is a nuclear wasteland, you’ll be able to easily avoid the [...]

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