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A dichotomy of purchases!

April 17th, 2007 John Gardner 1 comment

This weekend, I purchased 2 items which are almost the complete opposite of each other. While they are very different items, they have some interesting similarities! Both are going to be a lot of fun, in their own little way!

Item #1 Item #2
It is: Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 A General International Table Saw!
It looks like gh2! General International

For a more detailed table of differences and similarities, follow the jump!
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Not my week for technology…

February 9th, 2007 John Gardner 2 comments


egads

So on Saturday my Xbox360 died a horrible death. Well, horrible for me anyway. It hasn’t apparently affected Laura very much.. :( Tonight, for the very first time during my long tenure of TiVo ownership, i got the “Green Screen of Death”. I’ve had 4 TiVo boxes in my lifetime, and 3 of them have died of various hardware failures. 1 dead tuner, 2 dead drives, and now the newest one (which is several years old) is apparently having issues. 2 of the dead ones, including my original series 1 TiVo, are now External HDD Enclosures in my office!

By the time I edited, uploaded the photo of the greenscreen, the TiVo had restarted and is working. But it appears a little more sluggish than usual, though. Ruh-roh!

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iPhone? Not for me!

January 18th, 2007 John Gardner 5 comments

my phone
My Phone!
Am I going to get sued for this pic?

So yeah, the iPhone is pretty, but what’s the big deal. The only thing i like is the big button on the UI. My requirements are pretty specific:

  • usb (mini) connector. no stupid proprietary connectors.
  • sync with my pc (mostly for work appts, tasks)
  • keyboard (flip out, or slide out, i’ve had both)
  • camera (preferrably with video)
  • 802.11x wireless
  • web+email
  • software!
  • Big screen (preferrably touch!)
  • Memory card of some kind

The iPhone meets most of those requirements. So why won’t i buy one? Read on for more!

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naviPod Remote Control

August 23rd, 2004 John Gardner Comments off

I recently purchased a naviPod remote for my iPod, because I use my iPod every day at work. Because of the layout of my office, there isn’t a convenient place to put the ipod and control it. I used the Apple supplied corded remote for a while, but then when I took my iPod somewhere else, I had to untangle even more cords. I love having a remote, but I do have some issues with the design of the remote…

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Memory stick walkman!

June 6th, 2000 John Gardner No comments

What’s new? Not a whole hell of a lot! I got a Memory Stick walkman, and i’m playing with that a lot (its pretty cool!) but other than that, no news is good news!

This post recovered from my really old blog on the internet archive @ http://web.archive.org

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