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Entries from January 2008

Gizmodo, there’s some things you really shouldn’t fess up to…

January 10th, 2008 · No Comments

So, at CES there’s all those zillions of big pretty tv displays, right? Well, what happens when someone gets ahold of a universal IR blaster that turns any tv off and has a field day…
Video for what Gizmodo did at CES
I don’t think they’re going to be getting any more press passes anywhere for a [...]

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Tags: Geek Toys · Humor · Programming · YouTube

MythBusters - Do Pretty Girls Fart?

January 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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Tags: Humor · MythBusters · Myths · YouTube

CES 2008, Day 2 (And AVN Day 1)…

January 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Gah, I think a full day of CES and one of AVN are about the limits for me. I could probably do a third day, but it would definitely be beginning to wear. Some more of the evening parties, especially the AVN Awards and Sony evening events. It’s twice now that I’ve had invites but [...]

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Tags: Geek Toys · Personal · The Day Job

The end of CES 2008, day 1 (for me anyway)

January 9th, 2008 · No Comments

Well I’d really intended to blog as the day went along, but as you can tell it got a bit crazy and I never had a chance.
So, here’s some of the day in recap.
With every year, as you walk around you get a sense of a what the main trends for a year - what [...]

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Tags: Geek Toys · Programming · The Day Job

So far so good…

January 8th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s been a good day, lemmie see where to start -
Virgin America, an airline definitely working to play toe to toe with JetBlue. After so many flights with Southwest, it’s just a rock’n experience. From the newer aircraft to generally more polite staff to the really nifty in-seat entertainment systems (there’s something rather novel with [...]

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Tags: Geek Toys · Personal