Posts Tagged ‘ham’

How Sony Lost Its Way [We Miss Sony]

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

dfb744e23eux2801 How Sony Lost Its Way [We Miss Sony]More than anything, Sony’s lost its spirit, spending too much time telling us it’s the greatest electronics company in the world and not nearly enough showing us.

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Alienware M11X Hands-On: Fast Ride In a Short Machine

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

13bd0ce777dell68 Alienware M11X Hands On: Fast Ride In a Short MachineAccording to Dell, the M11X is the most powerful laptop under 15 inches. And, playing CoD at 30fps, with 720P resolution (on what’s essentially a netbook), I fell in love with the little machine.

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There Are Officially Too Damn Many Ebook Readers

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

bf05f19a4ess top There Are Officially Too Damn Many Ebook ReadersA couple years back, we condemned digital photo frames as the spam of CES—this year, in the wake of the Christmas of Kindle, every company has its own ebook reader. And that’s a bad thing.

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The Socially Acceptable Geek Subgenre Scale

Saturday, January 2nd, 2010

b5226c821bgeeks The Socially Acceptable Geek Subgenre ScaleBeing a geek no longer holds the stigma it once did. In fact, it can be downright cool to be a geek these days. But not all geeks are created equal.

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When to Buy Apple Products

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

18211c61ebineup2 When to Buy Apple ProductsIf you’re even thinking about buying an Apple product, move until after you’ve read this guide to product cycles and refreshes. It’s not always a good time to buy—and now might be an especially bad one for some.

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Hot Electric Metal Encased in a Sphere of Glass

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

5088583556and 01 Hot Electric Metal Encased in a Sphere of GlassLEDs are efficient. But by choice, my house is still bathed in the warm glow of hot electrified metal, in a bulb of glass and inert gas.

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The 5 Best HDTV Deals Under $1000

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

cb1bf6bf36a 50x1 The 5 Best HDTV Deals Under $1000We teamed with HD Guru Gary Merson again, this time to find the best TVs under $1000. This economy has really shocked prices. Forget the off-brands. You can now get a top-name good-looking 50″ TV for $700, and more…

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Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be?

Friday, November 13th, 2009

5220dd9853intnew Racing on Carbon Fiber Legs: How Abled Should We Be?One Olympic swimmer has a D-cup breast size. From a physiological standpoint, she’s at a disadvantage to a swimmer who’s an A-cup. If she amputated her breasts to become more streamlined, would we consider her crazy, or worse, a cheater?

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Dell Adamo XPS Hands On: Insanely Thin (and Just Insane)

Friday, November 6th, 2009

84fb4c2747s 123 Dell Adamo XPS Hands On: Insanely Thin (and Just Insane)The Adamo XPS is a daring slice of design and engineering. Quite frankly, it’s batshit insane.

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Twelve Beautiful Jack-o’-Lanterns

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

90ef00c004ampion Twelve Beautiful Jack o LanternsJack-o’-lanterns are my favorite things in Halloween. OK, Jack-o’-lanterns and mahoosive amounts of Jack Daniels. That’s why I am happy that Mark asked you for photos of the spooky heads for this week’s Shooting Challenge. Like before, you didn’t disappoint.

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