September12009

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Home Theater Progress

Got Paint?

August192009

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Slim PlayStation 3 becomes official - The Tech Report

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Non Sequitur on Yahoo!

August72009

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If you can read this…- (from an AVS thread)

July202009

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Disney’s Lord of the Rings - Cinematical

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Comics and Editorial Cartoons: Speed Bump on Yahoo! News

July132009

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GPS

The end result of my search for a fairly basic, easy to use GPS with good routing:

Garmin Nuvi 255WCS 4.3

Garmin Nuvi 255WCS 4.3” GPS Navigation with Text to Speech

Tags: /GPS

July62009

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BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origin

BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origin

Gearbox's Borderlands

Gearbox's Borderlands

BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origin - #1 on my 2009 Game Watch List

Dragon Age: Origins is a dark heroic fantasy set in a unique world. As the spiritual successor of BioWare’s popular Baldur’s Gate series of games, it uses a pause-and-play tactical combat system. Play in over-the-shoulder mode, or the more tactical top-down view.

Shack News

IGN

Game Developer’s Site

Due out on Oct 20th to feed the RPG habit… replacing addictions such as Mass Effect, Oblivian & Two Worlds.

Gearbox’s Borderlands - # 2 on my 2009 Game Watch List

Borderlands sends up to four co-op players to the harsh frontier planet Pandora in search of a mysterious Alien Vault. Featuring unique First Person Roleplaying Shooter gameplay, you’ll customize your character as you explore and battle enemies in frantic FPS combat.


Game Site:
http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/game/

Shack Interview:
http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=1159&page=1

Also due out in Oct Borderlands looks like a lot of fun.  It’s an intreaging mix of FPS & RPG with Cooperative Play designed into the game from the ground up.

Tags: /games

June102009

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Logitech Harmony Adapter for PlayStation 3 Review - One to keep an eye on if the PS3 remains my primary Blue-Ray Player.

June82009

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Blue-Ray LapTop

The cheapest Laptop I could find with a Blue-Ray player and verified audio out through HDMI… Though it pushes the term “Laptop”.

HP Pavilion dv7-1260us AMD Turion X2 17.0

HP Pavilion dv7-1260us AMD Turion X2 17.0” Wide XGA+ ATI Radeon HD 3200 NoteBook

May142009

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retrolife:

Disneyland entrance 1960

My how times have changed!!!

Reblogged from RetroLife.

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Asus Eee Keyboard to launch in June - The Tech Report

Doing the old-school PC in a keyboard thing the Eee Key will feature an integrated 800x480 touch-screen, with a Single- or dual-core Atom processor, 1GB of RAM, 16-32GB of solid-state storage, 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and HDMI.

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iHome iP1 dock packs a 100 watt amp, two 4-inch woofers and two 1-inch tweeters. The included remote can handle custom EQ in addition to switching Bongiovi on and off, and there’s also component video out and full iPhone support. It should be hitting stores in the middle of July for about $299.

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"1. Get and stay out of your comfort zone.
2. Never give up.
3. When you are ready to quit, you’re closer than you think.
4. Accept the worst possible outcome.
5. Focus on what you want to have happen.
6. Take things a day at a time.
7. Always be moving forward.
8. Be quick to decide.
9. Measure everything of significance.
10. Anything that is not managed will deteriorate.
11. Pay attention to your competitors, but pay more attention to what you’re doing.
12. Never let anybody push you around.
13. Never expect life to be fair.
14. Solve your own problems.
15. Don’t take yourself too seriously.
16. There’s always a reason to smile."

Bob Parson’s 16 Rules

May42009

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Gizmodo - 10 Gadgets That Can Protect You From The Swine Flu Pandemic - Swine flu