Article Archive for July 2007

He Could Go All the Way: MLB Baseball Caskets & Urns
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Posted in Gadgets, Marketing, Media, Sports on 24 July 2007
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Yep, “He’s Outta Here!” or “He Could Go All the Way,” or “These guys are killin’ me!” or “Buried in the Cellar” takes on a whole new meaning. You can die in peace now if you’re an Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees and Philadelphia Phillies […]

First Look At Beta of Flash-Based Word Processor, Buzzword
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Posted in Computing, Internet, Marketing on 23 July 2007
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Buzzword is the name of the Flash based word processor in beta by the company, Virtual Ubiquity. While being fully acknowledged as a work in progress in the beta stage, I am one of the lucky beta-nauts testing the app out and my first thoughts are 4 out of 5 robots (hey, we had to […]

iPhone SMS Unlimited Use: Web IM Chat
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Gadgets, Internet, iPhone, Mobile on 23 July 2007
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While the SMS texting on your iPhone is capped at 200 unless you spring for more, there are a couple easy ways around it if whomever you’re chatting with has IM chat capability – presumably on a computer but also with other phone devices. FlickIM: (AOL/AIM) Your iChat user name is your AIM/AOL name so […]

Scarface: What Could Be More Gangster Gangsta Than Flip Flops …
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Posted in Advertising, Film, Marketing, Media on 22 July 2007
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Yea, nothing says ORGINAL G and GANGSTA than some flip flops. Is that the pop-pop of an AK? No, just Bob running from the stand before his Italian Ice melts … Well, in the new SCARFACE VIDEO GAME, Tony lives (sorry to spoil it if you were planning on buying the crappy game) – apparently […]

iTunes How To Guide For iPhone Newbies
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Posted in Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Gadgets, iPhone, Mobile, Music on 22 July 2007
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Since some 40-50% of iPhone users are reported to be newbies to the iTunes – here is a basic and beginners guide to getting music & video onto your iPhone (of course, if you’re new to iPods, most of this will also work for you). While iTunes is now the front end to syncing for […]

40 Gigabits Per Second Surfing Speeds Can Be Yours…In Sweden
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Posted in Computing, Internet on 21 July 2007
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CNN had a short blurb today about a 75-year old woman who can surf the web at 40 gigabits per second. That is fast enough to download an entire movie in 2 seconds. Whoa. Sign me up! The speed is reached using a new modulation technique that allows the sending of data between two routers […]

Nintendo, Sony & MS: Where They Stand Now & What’s Next
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Posted in Gadgets, Marketing, Video Games on 20 July 2007
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As we race towards the two year mark of the new “next-gen” consoles, consumers have revolted against the best laid plans of the console makers with one real winner (Nintendo) and two that are going to need a new playbook. Let this be a lesson to all marketers and all consumer technology companies. To paraphrase […]

DVD & Video to iPhone: Your Options with Handbrake, MPEG Streamclip & Turbo H.264
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Posted in Apple, Computing, Film, Gadgets, iPhone, Mobile on 18 July 2007
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Of course, you’ll need Handbrake to convert from DVD to an iPod/iPhone friendly format. (Our How To). There are some options you might want to keep in mind in Handbrake. The presets for the iPhone (and Video iPod) settings are lower than what you want for AppleTV and sending to a TV set so it […]

Harry Potter Deathly Hollows SPOILER
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Posted in Books on 18 July 2007
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It’s another few days of waiting but if you’re the spoiler sort who wants to get a beating by a group of 8-year olds, their parents and Potterheads, here is the link to a SPOILER. NOTE – SPOILER Did I mention that if you click on the link, the VERY FIRST words are the spoilers? […]

Tour de France 2007: How to Watch
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Posted in Marketing, Sports on 18 July 2007
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The Tour de France can be a little puzzling to first time observers. There are stages where the leader/leaders nonchalantly let others ride past them without a care in the world and other stages where they fight tooth and nail to chase down another pack and then take it easy … Basically, the winner is […]