Archive for category General

The iPad isn’t for you!

If you are reading this post then i am going to go out on a limb and say the iPad isn’t for you! Why not? Because you are probably technically savvy. See, for you the iPad just does not do enough, sure you can get email and browse the web but what if you want to torrent the latest TV show Blu-Ray disc transcode it and output it to 1080i on your TV.

Tags: iPad

Would you pay for Hulu?

If you can see this blog then you probably know what Hulu is. For those that do not it is basically free tv on the internet. There has been controversy back and forth on Hulu with most people loving the service. I like Hulu and have enjoyed shows/movies on it mostly because of three reasons;

Because [...]

Tags: Cable, General, Tv

Jericho, Neilsen and the Future

Folks, something interesting happened the other day. Last Friday CBS announced that Jericho was going to be canceled, again! I happen to be a fan of the show in a time when the majority of TV is considered garbage in my mind. Most of you may recall what happened last time the canceled Jericho, the [...]

Tags: CBS, Jericho, Neilsen, Ratings, Show, Tv

Apple iPhone, SDK released

First the information you really want to know;

iPhone update 2.0  and public SDK will be released in June.
iPhone Beta SDK released today for $99.
iFund by KPCB VC worth $100,000,000 to be invested into the iPhone dev community.

Now on to the more nitty gritty details.

Exchange Support; Email, Cal, Directory
Cisco IPsec VPN
Cocoa Touch is how to build [...]

Apple iTv, is it for me?

When you look at an Apple product you realize that Apple has though, thought again an then maybe over though the product. With the iTv they have taken something that most of us already have in our home and improved upon it. On Demand content.

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We all love having On Demand content in a world of [...]

Tags: Apple, Cable, iTv, Shows, Tv

Does your heart rule your mind? GTR (not the Nissan variety)

I usually pride myself on being versed in the ways of the melodic arts, especially the sweet 80’s hair band genre. We have all heard those sweet anthems “To Be With You – Mr. Big”, “Cherry Pie – Warrant”, “Round and Round – RATT”, “Whole Hearted – Extreme”, “Crackling Rosie – Neil Diamond”. One band [...]

Tags: 80's, GTR, Hair Band., Music

The great Chumby debate!

For those of you that havn’t seen it you can find a chumby here Chumby
The lowdown

Wi-fi connectivity • access to the free Chumby Network • 3.5″ LCD color touchscreen • two external USB 2.0 full-speed ports • 350 MHz ARM processor • 64 MB SDRAM • 64 MB NAND flash ROM • stereo 2W [...]

Tags: Chumby, Portable Device

Industry Software Shift

I started out programming with VB and ASP. Over the years i need to expand my skills to Java, PHP, Etc… The marketplace for a long time seemed to be embracing Open Source with “Open” arms. Over the last few weeks though i have heard of multiple large companies shifting to or even back to [...]

Tags: Ajax, ASP, Industry, Internet, Linux, Microsoft, Server

Where do they come from?

Sometimes I believe that companies scour the sewers of human depravity to fill their lower ranks. To keep myself from going on another interoffice safari I periodically walk the call center area of our fine establishment to clear my head. Today I noticed someone quite odd.
Now step back with me for a quick minute. When [...]

Tags: Bill, Cable Company, Call Center, Cubicle

You touch you mom with that hand?

Work again was knawing at the back of my head, projects stacking up like that infernal Jenga game. The risk taker i am i pull the bottom outer block and close my eyes. My work day crashed uncontrollably, allegations flying, fingers pointing and excuses in more abundance that babies at a Rabbit convention in spring. [...]

Tags: Bathroom, Crazy, Cubicle, General

Proper Introduction

Hello, my name is Shaun and i am 28.
You’re name is? ____(insert name here)____
Well __(inserted name)__, it is very nice to meet you.
Let me take you into my life a little.
I work day in and day out in a cage. No I’m not one of our illustrious city employed zoo keeper nor am I the [...]

Tags: Introduction, Me