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Hello (again) Moto

Posted in May 18th, 2008
Published in Phones

It’s been awhile since I sported the Moto. Since last February, I’ve been a Palm dude. Don’t get me wrong–that Treo 750 was a great phone. Windows Mobile 6, a touchscreen, 3G speeds for music streaming, and a full QWERTY keyboard, all in a little phone.
While it did have it’s own share of downsides (less-than-satisfactory [...]

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Onboard Audio still sucks

Posted in May 7th, 2008
Published in General

For quite some time I’ve known people who live and die by onboard audio. I know they’re out there. I also know that onboard audio has made great strides in the past few years. Even I have been using onboard audio with a computer that’s very dependent on audio. However, after using onboard audio, I’ve finally [...]

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Mythbox 5

Posted in May 7th, 2008
Published in General

It is finished.
The Media Center has received it’s latest and greatest sets of upgrades, making it one hell of a media center, and gets five thumbs up from me.
As detailed previously, I’ve gone through five different “versions” of the machine named Mythbox, and here’s what makes the 5th version so awesome:
Intel E6550 Core 2 Duo, 4GB [...]

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vi + javascript

Posted in May 6th, 2008
Published in General

This is awesome. I should change the editing page on this blog to this!
~Jaker

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No Blu-Ray for Me!

Posted in May 6th, 2008
Published in General

Yes, the format war has come and gone. HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray. Better implementation vs. More space. Sadly Blu-Ray came out as the winner and we all have ended up the loser.
I read an interesting article over on the Inquirer and they detailed a lot of the follies of Blu-Ray. I was already aware of the [...]

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