If this pans out I may not repair my wife's laptop but buy one of these. I can dream, can't I!
Via Tech Crunch: Large Form iPod Touch To Launch in Fall ‘09
--
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Tech Crunch Rumors: Large Form iPod Touch To Launch in Fall ‘09
Michael Arrington seems confident that his inside sources have seen and even held the long rumored Apple tablet. This is something I've been wanting for a very long time. I would love to have one of these after owning an iPhone now for about three months.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Space & Rocket Center Trip
Here are the photo's from our trip to the Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL. Enjoy.
[UPDATE:] I added even more pictures to the album, check it out!
 |
| Space & Rocket Center |
--
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Friday, December 12, 2008
The Mom Song
http://youtube.com/v/KMhuAtyFCrw
My Mom found this...I think it's a joke but I think it's a reminder too.... ;) Love you Mom.
Samantha's sixty seconds with the Storm
Tonight before we started dinner I showed the latest smart phone, the Blackberry Storm, to my wife as we waited for our meal at Johnny Rockets. Now Samantha is pretty tech savvy. She was able to pick up my iPhone and pretty much figure it out in her first five minutes with the device. But she is by no means an uber-nerd such as myself.
Immediate frustration with click screen
She found the click screen difficult to use. This may be because she is used to my iPhone and was trying to do what she was accustomed to.
I actually liked the interface and the phone itself. The weight was a bit more to me that the iPhone but that wasn't all bad. It felt a little more comfortable in my hand than the iPhone. The owner of the phone was kind enough the share his opinion, and I paraphrase, "I have a phone that should still be in beta." But enough about us, here is what the non-tech thought:
Image via Wikipedia
Immediate frustration with click screen
She found the click screen difficult to use. This may be because she is used to my iPhone and was trying to do what she was accustomed to.
Found menu hard key quicker than me
Again a force of habit for myself, but she did find the menu hard key quicker than I did.
Found games and camera quickly
She was able to quickly find the games and the camera very quickly after she figured out the click was a physical push on the touchscreen.
Figured out how to email picture taken with camera
Samantha had no trouble emailing a picture taken with the camera (because she quickly figured out the menu hard key) and was able to email a picture she took.
Began to navigate quicker
As she got more comfortable with the touchscreen and UI she was able to navigate the device more fluidly.
Found audio and video
Easy enough.
Tried to pinch zoom
I noticed that when she was searching through the photo roll on the phone she was trying to pinch zoom. Another iPhone habit.
Played movie trailer successfully
She was able to play and then stop the playback of the movie trailer that was already downloaded on the phone.
Didn't like it
Was the brief response as our food got to the table. She felt the biggest problem was the click touchscreen and that "clicking was difficult" to do. In the end she preferred the iPhone's interface more than the Storm's.
And that was all I could get from her before she started into her burger and onion rings. At least the meal wasn't a loss!
Special thanks to @camaross for the use of his Storm!
http://www.blackberry.com/blackberrystorm/
--
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Barenaked Ladies: Snacktime!, a Free Holiday Download, and CD Giveaway | Geekdad from Wired.com
The always awesome Barenaked Ladies have a free download of holiday themed song...just in time for the holidays, as well as a CD giveaway. Check out their interview with Wireds Geek Dad and then get to downloading!
Barenaked Ladies: Snacktime!, a Free Holiday Download, and CD Giveaway | Geekdad from Wired.com
--
If Microsoft Built Cars...
Thank you MacDailyNews! I've seen this before but as always MDN gives it a good spin. Check out the article after the break.
If Microsoft Built Cars...
1. Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you'd have to buy a new car.
2. Occasionally your car would just die on the motorway for no reason, and you'd have to restart it. For some strange reason, you'd just accept this, restart and drive on.
3. Your car would inexplicably get slower over time and, every 3-6 months, it would simply grind to halt and fail to restart. At this point, you'd have to reinstall the engine. For some strange reason, you'd just accept this too.
4. Apple would make a car that was powered by the sun, was three times more reliable, fast, and easy to drive--but most people wouldn't know it or believe it.
5. Apple car owners would get expensive Microsoft upgrades to their cars which would make their cars go much slower.
6. Microsoft would replace the oil, engine, gas and alternator warning lights with a single "General Car Fault" warning light.
7. People would get excited about the "new" features in Microsoft cars, not knowing that they had been available in Apple's cars for many years.
8. Microsoft cars would come with 5-year-old Apple car paint jobs, but they'd be the same crappy Microsoft car underneath.
9. If you were involved in a crash, you'd have no idea what happened.
10. Before deploying, the airbag system would ask "Cancel or Allow?"
If Microsoft Built Cars...
1. Every time they repainted the lines on the road, you'd have to buy a new car.
2. Occasionally your car would just die on the motorway for no reason, and you'd have to restart it. For some strange reason, you'd just accept this, restart and drive on.
3. Your car would inexplicably get slower over time and, every 3-6 months, it would simply grind to halt and fail to restart. At this point, you'd have to reinstall the engine. For some strange reason, you'd just accept this too.
4. Apple would make a car that was powered by the sun, was three times more reliable, fast, and easy to drive--but most people wouldn't know it or believe it.
5. Apple car owners would get expensive Microsoft upgrades to their cars which would make their cars go much slower.
6. Microsoft would replace the oil, engine, gas and alternator warning lights with a single "General Car Fault" warning light.
7. People would get excited about the "new" features in Microsoft cars, not knowing that they had been available in Apple's cars for many years.
8. Microsoft cars would come with 5-year-old Apple car paint jobs, but they'd be the same crappy Microsoft car underneath.
9. If you were involved in a crash, you'd have no idea what happened.
10. Before deploying, the airbag system would ask "Cancel or Allow?"
MacDailyNews - What if Steve Jobs ran one of the U.S. auto companies?
--
Apple's Security Paradox - Forbes.com
Check it out. You would think that the more market share Apple gains the virus levels would increase, especially with Apple's apparent terrible response time to reported infections. But according to F-Secure that trend is reversed on Macs with the number of threats decreasing. Read on for some Apple fan boy love and remember that anti-virus is important and free from ClamAV for Mac!
Apple's Security Paradox - Forbes.com
--
Saturday, December 6, 2008
I am so happy
The semester is almost over. Next week is finals. Tomorrow is the SEC
championship. I might pass English as long as I do good on my final
and the essay I revised today. All my other classes are going well.
championship. I might pass English as long as I do good on my final
and the essay I revised today. All my other classes are going well.
The business is going slow. I don't have the time I would like to
dedicate towards it and it turns out were in a recession. So there
haven't been to many calls. Stupid recession.
So I am going to try to write here more with dealing ground breaking
material that entertains and informs you, my readership. I need to
make sure I try to keep good on my commitment to myself that I would
maintain this site. Stay tuned.
Brian M. Bufalo
http://bmbufalo.blogspot.com
Friday, December 5, 2008
Trying out Twitted Feed
This is another post that is a whole lot of nothing. Just testing out
Twitter feed as well as firemail on the iPhone. So far I love
firemail. When will the rotating keyboard come to Mail? My semester is
ending soon and I hope to put up a good long post then. Until then
thanks for your patience.
Twitter feed as well as firemail on the iPhone. So far I love
firemail. When will the rotating keyboard come to Mail? My semester is
ending soon and I hope to put up a good long post then. Until then
thanks for your patience.
Brian M. Bufalo
http://bmbufalo.blogspot.com
Brian M. Bufalo
bmbufalo@gmail.com
http://bmbufalo.blogspot.com
205-383-3283
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)