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The iPad2 – or rethinking my android tablet purchase

So here’s the deal: I had planned to purchase a honeycomb-based tablet as my sabbatical leave of absence going away present to myself. I was carefully considering all the pros and cons of both the Motorola Xoom and the new 10″ Samsung Galaxy Tab. Between the two of them discovered the latter has a better [...]

Stuff from movies: Transparent multi touch screen

Now this is what i call the future coming to us: Stuff previously only seen in movies coming to the real world. LG has demo’ed a transparent multi touch display. Can i have one?

Will there ever be a segway device that looks cool?

There’s a new segway-like vehicle: It’s called SoloWheel and it’s basically a simpler version of the former. It does look like much harder to “drive” than the segway, though, so i seriously doubt this will pick up any momentum, if you catch my drift Here’s the link to the engadget article and the essential videos. [...]

A statement, a question, and a cool car

Let’s start with the question: Who the hell can live happily in negative temperatures? Maybe i’m biased, given my warmer origins but – man – there’s no way i could be happy living in a dark, cold place. It’s no wonder people who work in dark places (miners, underground train drivers, etc) tend to be [...]

Idea for a better customer satisfaction/feedback service

Recently i had to fill one of those client/customer satisfaction surveys. Endless pages of “how well do you grade feature X” questions that frustrate you beyond the point of killing yourself and your colleagues. And that got me thinking: how about a simple form that asks “Are you happy? Yes/No”? If you answer “yes”, case [...]

Summing up Apple’s keynote

Apple had an event yesterday. And i saw that it was goooood. Seriously now, i was pleasantly surprised by – well – the surprises that were shown by Steve and co. Here’s a brief sum of coolness: iLife 11 This update to the iLife family of products is one of the best ever, in my [...]

Apple quietly renovates the MacMini

And i must say it looks beautiful! It features twice the graphics speed, HDMI connector (finally!), a thin unibody aluminum case, and a built in power supply (which means no more big power transformer in along the power cable). I love it and i definitely want one connected to my TV in my living room [...]

Happiness hat

Holly crap, just when you think every weird thing has been invented here comes a new one to blow your mind. Introducing the happiness hat, the clothing accessory that makes sure you always have a smile on your face. Either that or you will experience intense pain until you do. From their website: “Frowning creates [...]

Peoplebrowsr uses Joomla?

I recently came across this when I tried to add my digg.com to my.peoplebrowsr.com. Something wrong happened in the server and I got the reply in the first picture. After clicking the “homepage” link in that screen Peoplebrowsr loaded a second full site in the popup. Neat stuff