Apple Unveils the new iPad – the 21st Century Mac, iBook Reader, and Portable...
ARTICLE: Well, it’s finally here. I can stop holding my breath, crossing my toes, and praying to the mighty Mr. Jobs that we’ve finally have something like an iPod, only, er, bigger. It’s here, it’s...
View ArticleWaking up to the iPad Wi-Fi+3G – Part One
ARTICLE: I pre-ordered my new Apple iPad 64GB Wi-Fi + 3G, and so it arrived yesterday afternoon (Friday). But, being busy this morning was my first opportunity to connect and sync to my iTunes PC,...
View ArticleWaking up to the iPad Wi-Fi+3G – Part Two
ARTICLE: It’s now day two as an iPad cult member and I’m enjoying it quite a bit. Today I managed to try out a lot of things, without delving too deeply in the nitty gritty of each. More of a whirlwind...
View ArticleSummer TV: Getting Swamped by The Glades
REVIEW: I’m usually not too excited by the Summer crop of new cable TV programs but since this past season of network TV was perhaps one of the worst ever (thank god for “Chuck” and the limping along –...
View ArticleDiscWatcher – Watching Films at Home: New Movies on Disc August 2010
REVIEW: If you’re like me, you might be one of the growing ranks of folks who have given up going to the “big screen” movie theatres in favor of stay-at-home movie watching, replete with a Blu-ray...
View ArticleStargazing on the iPad – a Window to Augmented Reality
ARTICLE: I’ve been a big fan of star gazing since I was very young. Living in places like Santa Barbara in the 1960s, and the “just built” Davis, California college town circa 1970, it was an amazing...
View Article40 Something and Counting: Developing Cataracts at Age 45
ARTICLE: I’m not laughing anymore. I was one of those guys that chortled a bit, but not in a mean way, when older friends and relatives would moan about a body ache from washing their car, or having to...
View ArticleDiscWatcher Blu-ray movie review: Prince of Persia – The Sands of Time
REVIEW: It’s always fun when all the summer movies start to hit Blu-ray, DVD, and pay-per-view earlier and earlier each year. Used to be, I would have to wait practically until Christmas to see the...
View ArticleREVIEW: Music Computing StudioBLADE Keyboard Production Station
REVIEW: While the concept of a music keyboard with a computer inside isn’t entirely new, the folks at Austin, Texas start-up Music Computing think they might have invented the new sweet spot in...
View ArticleREVIEW: Buffy the Vampire Slayer ‘Season 8 Motion Comic’
REVIEW: As a long time Buffy fan, I tried reading the original “Buffy” comic book when it hit the stands a few years back, but couldn’t get past the “lifeless” version of Buffy sans the original...
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