Year: 2006

Nobody wants to read my basketball posts so..

dsc-w50Quick post. Happy to note my article about the Sony DSC-R1 SLR was well received, and by ‘well received’ I mean ‘noted’, ‘discussed’ and ‘critiqued’, which may or may not also mean that I was told I was wrong.

Let me put it this way. Imo, if someone takes time to tell you ‘dude, check out the Canon so and so model, better daw than the Sony’, I consider that ‘well-received’, because 1. they read it, and 2. they formed an opinion based on it. Agreeing with what I said is beside the point really. The point is to make people lend an interested ear.

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In A Podcast State Of Mind (alt title: Technology Could Have Helped That Day)

podcastPlease allow me to introduce Gerald and mine’s latest project, the Podcast Exchange, a four month and counting (yes it’s taking us a loooong time) project that’s guaranteed to shake the very earth you stand upon.

Well no not really, I just said that cause it sounds nice.

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Isiah doesn’t want me to come to new york

Isiah doesn't want me to come to new yorkI have a theory about Isiah Thomas. He is, I think, possibly the most intensely competitive athlete ever in professional sports. So intense in fact, that way beyond his salad days with the Detroit Pistons, he’s still determined to see his chief rivals lose in the NBA. I mean, how else do you explain what he’s doing to my beloved New York Knicks?

But before that, a brief explanation: This issue is close to my heart, and albeit the fact it’s not even mildly tech-related, it finds its way in my blog primarily via the “it’s my blog and I’ll write whatever I want” route, and also because of a dream I’ve had since I was a kid.

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The (rather confusing) Sony Ericsson PC Suite

Sony Ericsson PC SuiteI usually blog to warm myself up so I can start writing more, and boy o boy do I need warming up right now with 4 articles to go. So I took screenshots of the Sony Ericsson PC Suite installation when I installed it on a loaner Fujitsu laptop, similar to when I featured the Motorola Phone Tools Setup last November.

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2 Sony Gadgets, 6 Nokia Phones, 1 Highly Thankful Writer

2 Sony Gadgets, 6 Nokia Phones, 1 Highly Thankful WriterSeveral years ago, I had the opportunity to spend a day driving a Porsche. It started out as a cool morning, but gradually became hotter as the day progressed, and became nice and cool into the evening. I remember small things like that, because that day was special. I was driving a Porsche, and everyday is an ordinary day compared to the day you drive a Porsche.

The above paragraph is possibly one of the ways I’m going to start the article for my review of the absolutely astounding Sony DSC-R1 – Sony’s 10.3 megapixel marvel.

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Plugging PLUG

plugging PLUGThree years ago I got involved in my first and only PR job. A friend’s diving company needed news exposure, and since I had been writing for quite a while at that point, I felt I had a good handle on how to get it for them. I also wanted to try it out, and besides I needed the money.

So we looked into their schedule of events, one of which just jumped out at me. Apparently, every so often they sink a car into the ocean to repopulate coral depleted areas. What’s more, an avid diver who happened to own an airplane repair shop decided to donate, of all things, the metal carcass of a long – dead helicopter.

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If it’s from the internet, then it must be true!

certified emailAOL the ISP has started an Advertiser certification business with its partner Goodmailsystems, and I’m reeling not from any technological breakthroughs achieved, but the terrific prose the competition has come up with to criticize it.

“This takes a system that works and shoves a stick in the flywheel of communication.” – from Subscribermail, a competitor. Another one says “It’s taxation of the good guys with cash, and it does nothing to help the good guys who can’t afford the cost or to deter the bad guys who spam anyway.”

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