K’s Weblog

Listeners to the GGP will already know that I recently acquired some new audio equipment (for my birthday!)  I thought I’d provide a bit more detailed information on just what I purchased, and some of the rationale as to why.
The Background
This story begins, as so many do, at the beginning.  I have been using a [...]

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Announced at MacWorld yesterday, the MacBook Air is an ultra-thin laptop that is… well… ultra-thin. It skimps out in almost every other facet from storage to expansion ports and still has the same footprint as larger thicker models.
Kevin Naits put together a great little video montage poking fun at the obsessive nature of the [...]

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Over the last several months, my 20GB 4th Gen iPod has been giving me some trouble, mainly because I’m hard on my gadgets and this one’s been battered about a few too many times. With hard-drive based media players this usually means that the device is as good as bricked. I’ve been hanging [...]

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I was sent a link to this YouTube video a couple of days ago, and it took me a bit of time to get around to watching it in its entirety. When you stop to think about what this means for the future of gaming, the future looks pretty cool. This type of [...]

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On September 5th, Apple announced a new fleet of portable devices to go along with the iPhone. These devices included revised versions of the iPod (now the iPod Classic), iPod Nano and iPod shuffle.  In addition to the revised devices, Apple has released two new devices.  The first is the one we’ve all heard [...]

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I realize it’s not a new technology (its on ver. 23), but its one I’ve recently adopted.  We’re planning on doing some re-arranging to put an office in the house, and that means computers in different rooms.  What I need now, I said to myself, is a way of extending my wireless network to another [...]

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Recently I’ve had the ability to trade in my old cell phone for a new one, and if you’ve seen my old phone you know it was it was a real upgrade.
Working for a company whose public values state that it’s a company with an eye on the future, it was finally time to get [...]

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My latest pickup for the MacBook is the Bluetooth Mighty Mouse. I know there are other bluetooth mice (mouses?) out there to choose from which are easier on the pocketbook, but I really wanted to try this particular one out for a couple different reasons.
The 360 degree scroll ball is interesting. It provides [...]

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