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In the typical hysteria after the announcement of a new device (*cough* iPad *cough*) I went in search of something to fill the void where such a device might reside, and with it justification for buying the unknown gadget. That justification came with my upcoming relocation and all the time I’ll be spending in airports over the next few months. [...]

So, I’ve been playing around with Google Wave for about two months, and have really been enjoying it. The main thing it’s missing is contacts. I don’t know anyone personally that’s used it. This past week though, Gwave left the dev sandbox  title behind and entered into the realm of preview. What does this mean? [...]

The concept of recording your location isn’t exactly groundbreaking. Some services, such as Loopt, have been around since 2005. What is new is taking that information and turning into an engaging game within any city. With the addition of achievements and prizes, a person “checking-in” as it’s known within these apps, now has incentives. There [...]

I really haven’t been posting too often lately, and it’s not because I don’t want to. Truthfully, it’s been on my to-do list for a few weeks, with a big long post sitting in draft waiting to be proof read, but I just never found the time (plus it’s way too long and no one [...]

For the past month or so I have been testing out a service that allows a user to ask self proclaimed professionals a question and get prompt answers. When I first logged onto Aardvark I was pretty skeptical that the service would bennifit me at all. I am not generally in the business of asking random people [...]

I’ve been reading rss feeds on Google Reader for close to two years now, and reached the max of what it is capable of. The more time I spend on the interwebs, and that’s a ton of  time, the more sites I want updates for. If I sign up for a new social networking site, [...]

So if you are one of the few people aside from my mom that checks this blog every once and a while, you may have noticed a change in the overall design of the site. At first glance, it looks purely superficial, but a deeper look shows a complete change in scenery. To start things off, [...]

Welcome to the new blog. I changed from Squarespace to Wordpress self hosted today. I’ll write a more indepth post once the site looks presentable, but for now just give me feedback on what you think, and I’ll do my best to get this thing up and running asap.
Thanks,
Mike

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The past week or so I have been obsessing over creating an iPhone app but there are some obvious hurdles to handle first. For one thing, I don’t own a Mac, I have a Sony Vaio. Another small issue is my complete lack Objective-C skills (Apple’s Programming language of choice), but I can learn that. [...]

Earlier this week the iPhone received a much anticipated app that I had to try out, SlingPlayer Mobile. My history with Sling Media spans a few years now having bought my SlingBox, the AV model, around two years ago and have never really found a use for it besides a paperweight or a nice decretive [...]