Category Archives: gadgets

Wii get!

This morning’s weight: 196.4, for anyone who cares to watch me count down. Today was a rather nice day, too nice to stay indoors, so I elected to get out and get some sunshine in. OK, I lie, there was … Continue reading

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One Vista upgrade down…

No, I wasn’t silly enough to actually INSTALL it yet, but Moduslink did actually manage to ship me out one copy of Vista Business to upgrade the generic Windows XP Professional that I bought with the new machine I assembled … Continue reading

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The revenge of Apple, Inc.

Apparently saying something against the Steve is just bad karma. Let me sum up. There’s a bug in Front Row. Not a big one, really more of a nuisance. Front Row will occasionally claim that you don’t have a license … Continue reading

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Uh oh, I drank the kool-aid

I think that should be hyphenated. Probably needs a tm or something, but I’m a very lazy person. Anyway. So this particular kool-aid. I’m typing this from a Windows PC. There’s another two to my right and two behind me. … Continue reading

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Da Capo and Vista and Goodbyes…

All right, neither episodes 13 or 14 of Da Capo Second Season were clips shows. What is the world coming to? Also, the pain that is Aisia is starting to subside, and Kotori is getting much more screen time. I … Continue reading

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Joysticks and catgirls, oh my.

I am kind of prone to buying things that will be useful, someday… and then not doing anything with them for quite a while. Let me back up a bit. If you were a fan of mahjong games or Capcom … Continue reading

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Things happened yesterday…

I purchased a new camera.  It’s pink.  I didn’t go into the store intending to purchase a pink camera, but when you’ve made your model selection and the clerk says to you “would you like the silver, or we have … Continue reading

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“It’s educational!” justification

I use my Nintendo DS a lot these days, but not to play games – I’ve gotten hooked on a dictionary, specifically the Kanji Sonomama Rakubiki Jiten (漢字そのまま楽引辞典). For about 50 bucks at a US video game importer, what you … Continue reading

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New gadgets…

I’m not a printer person, really.  I break them.  I’ve had a computer of some form or another since 1983, and in that time I’ve owned 3 printers. Now I have the fourth, an HP Photosmart C6180, and it is … Continue reading

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