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August 24th, 2011
When I was younger I fell victim to the BMW marketing machine. BMW created a series of short films called the Hire starring Clive Owen that showcased the capabilities of their beautiful vehicles. The series convinced me that I needed to own a BMW 750Li–the flagship BMW sedan–primarily because it was so luxurious, and [...] October 17th, 2010
I have installed in-wall speakers in my dining room! You may recall that I bought a pair of JBL LS326W in-wall speakers for my dining room. A little over a month ago I bought a bunch of in-wall speaker wire, volume controls, distribution box, etc. to start wiring this up. Today I finally did [...] June 19th, 2010
I just got one of my subwoofers back. It was on loan to someone, as I wasn’t using it. With it being returned I realized that I currently have three subwoofers. And I’m not talking the small subwoofer that comes with a pair of computer speakers (I have one of those, too). I’m talking [...] September 2nd, 2009
Here is a Dream Machine that actually looks promising. Nice work, Sony. June 18th, 2009
This week marks two big events for Apple’s iPhone: the release of iPhone OS 3.0, and the release of the iPhone 3GS. While both are exciting in their own regards I think the iPhone OS 3.0 software is the more exciting of the two. With iPhone OS 3.0 Apple has finally helped iPhone live [...] June 8th, 2009
Prepare for a little bit of geek-talk. I’ve been thinking a lot about backups lately. I have regular backups, but not of all of my data. What’s worse is that the data that isn’t regularly backed up is the data that would be the most difficult to replace. Currently my only personal computer is [...] May 25th, 2009
MK, the Brownman, and I deked into the Zürich Apple Store opening on Friday, enjoying the high energy and the free t-shirt. There’s a bit about the store on ifoAppleStore and TUAW. May 3rd, 2009
Most of my family on my mother’s side live in Nova Scotia–Halifax, to be exact. While I was born in Nova Scotia I grew up in Ontario, only visiting NS a few times when I was young. When I did visit it was, of course, lovely to see my family but I also always looked forward to playing with the BRIO toy train set at my grandmother’s. |
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