Archive for April, 2010

Standards

April 21, 2010mike Comments Off

At the heart of industrialized society is one thing (among many) that increases productivity, standards.  It’s not until you, well actually, its pretty much every second of everyday in which you are encountering standards.  Right now I am face to face with several.  A standard web language, and written language and character set for that [...]

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DVD Player – Less Expensive than the Regal

April 16, 2010mike 2 Comments »

Yep that’s right… you can have a lifetime of fun with your own movie playback device for less than date night at the Regal will run you.  Yep that’s right you can pick up a brand new Coby DVD player for around twenty-five bucks! As we have discussed in previous articles, you can run down [...]

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iPhone OS 4.0 coming this FaIl

April 8, 2010mike Comments Off

I recently saw the press release about the new iPhone OS 4.0.  On one of the Powerpoint slides Stevey boy had typed Fall… but I believe in the font he was using the capital ‘I’ looked just like an lowercase ‘l’ wow that could be confusing.  Should have read iPhone OS 4.0 Fail. Why will [...]

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The World of Google

April 2, 2010mike Comments Off

I often wonder, What world does Google live on?  I especially ask that question on important Christian holidays.  For those of you who have never been to Google.com I suggest you visit it.  For every bogus holiday, children’s book author’s birthday, or just a random Wednesday they have a clever little artistic version of their [...]

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The Widget Wingnutter Patent

April 1, 2010mike Comments Off

No this is not an April Fools Joke.  I wish it were.  I just wanted to “dislike” something.  Patent applications for things that have: A. No practical purpose.  B. No ability to be made.  C. A group of idiots patenting something a legitimate company could make if there wasn’t a patent already out for it. [...]

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