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SXSW: Dan Rather? Yes, Dan Rather.

Mar

12

2007

The esteemed Mr Rather spoke to us today about history, news, his transition to HDNet, where he gets MacNeil-Lehrer-esque latitude to report what he wants, how he wants. While I love HDNet, I haven’t seen Dan’s show yet, so I can’t comment on it. I need to setup the Tivo with it ASAP. It is ...

SXSW Continues

Mar

11

2007

We flew from NY to Austin with Paul Rudd, and I just bumped into him again in the convention center. Small hands. It was a rough morning. Once again, I had too many free beers and margaritas. If you’re ever in Austin, don’t miss a meal at Guero’s. Even if it did make me puke ...

SXSW continues to rock 1

Mar

10

2007

Some good sessions. Some not so good. Kathy Sierra was much more insightful than I expected, and hugely more useful (albeit less trendy) than last year’s keynote (wasnt it craig of the list and jimmy of the wiki?) I found it to be the most useful session I’ve ever had here, and think ill try ...

Spring Break for Geeks: South by Southwest

Mar

10

2007

South by Southwest has begun. Last night we drank free beers on the roof at Six, then it was off for some late night grub and cheap drinks at the always cheesy Chuy’s. And now I’m off to listen to Peter Rojas (one of my favorite gadget guys) talk about Emerging Social and Technology Trends. ...

Phone Porn: Blackberry 8300 â€œDaytonaâ€

Mar

5

2007

Yes, I actually get excited about this stuff. Pathetic, I know. Here are some photos out of Spain about the new Blackberry 8300 phone. I don’t even have my 8820 yet! It looks cool. I just wish they’d put one in the Pearl’s form factor. Ah well. I’m sure that one will be leaked next ...

Blackberry 8820 can't get here fast enough 1

Mar

1

2007

I’m a phone geek. I don’t spend any money on them (the company provides me with one) but if I had to, I’d still buy a couple a year. More accurately, I’m a PDA geek. Ever since I had my first Merlin, The Electronic Wizard, I wished I could have an electronic device which was ...

Why don't I have more free time to do fun things? 2

Feb

23

2007

This is pretty excellent. It’s a DIY keyboard with the aesthetics of an old manual typewriter. what’s wonderful about this mod is that the IBM keyboard upon which this is based has a wonderful tactile quality- the clicks of the keys are phenomenally satisfying before the modification begins. Adding these keys would make it an ...

Windows Dreamscene Content 2

Feb

15

2007

I’m loving the Windows Vista DreamScene Ultimate Extra video background. I’m sure someone will tell me that Macs had it for years, but it’s just another component that makes Vista a pleasure to use despite being mandatory for getting real work accomplished. This is one of a few places where I’ve found anything to run ...

that's fucking real 1

Jan

23

2007

just as i love star wars, i love real space ships. check out this story from one of our magazines: that’s a real fucking rocket! Private space firm tests futuristic rocket engine Share this:

Engadget: Sega set to cease GD-ROM production, spells end for Dreamcast games

Jan

18

2007

I had no idea that they were still making games for the Dreamcast. And I certainly had no idea about this NAOMI thing, although I’ve wanted to build a stand-up game console ever since I had a meeting in LA with a Variety dude who had an original Tron arcade game in his office.Â He ...