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DirecTV HD TiVo DVR Announced For 2009

September 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Engadget is reporting that DirecTV and TiVo have announced they’re working together to bring a DirecTV HD TiVo DVR to DirecTV subscribers.
About a year ago, in August 2007, DirecTV and TiVo announced they’d be doing upgrades to the old DirecTV Tivos that were still in service, but not being sold anymore. That update was [...]

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Tags: DirecTv · DishNetwork · Technology · TiVo

Wall-E Robot Toy Coming from Disney

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments

I’m a total Pixar junkie, and have been since the early days of the company. (Remember Luxo Jr?) I just ran across this: Gearlog is reporting Disney/Pixar and Wowwee are going to release a Wall-E robot this summer for about $190!
It’s going to have a remote control, be able avoid obstacles, touch [...]

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Tags: Pixar · Wall-E · robots

Twittering Lost

March 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I’m going to try something new tonight.
I had the overwhelming urge to talk about LOST with folks while the show was running, and didn’t do anything on the blog about it.
So, this week, I’m going to use Twitter to live blog LOST. If you’re a Twitter subscriber, please join. If you’re [...]

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Tags: LOST · Technology · Television · Twitter

Amazon Kindle: Your new e-book reader?

November 19th, 2007 · No Comments

Amazon.com has released the Kindle just in time for the holidays. The device has a battery life that lasts for days, gets wireless EVDO delivery of content, and has a crisp black and white screen… all this in a device that weights 10.3 ounces.
You can read blogs on it, get newspaper and blog [...]

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Tags: Books · Kindle · Technology

SimCity Societies

November 13th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I saw the video for SimCity Societies today, and I have to say this is the version of SimCity that I’ve wanted to see for a long time. You can zoom down into the city, see everything in 3D, build your own themed towns, and it looks like a lot more. The [...]

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Tags: SimCity Societies · Technology · Video Games

Happy Halloween

October 31st, 2007 · 1 Comment

Here is a Jini Pumpkin I carved a few years ago..
[ edit: <bonk>andy</bonk> :-) ]

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Tags: Jini · Technology