Monthly Archives: September 2007

Amazon Unbox Review

I’ve been using Amazon’s Unbox service with my Tivo now for quite some time and thought I’d write a review of it (it’s been out for a while, so this review is quite the latecomer). I have yet to try … Continue reading

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Great Amazon MP3/iTunes Music Store Comparison

I found a great writeup comparing Amazon’s new DRM-free MP3 store with Apple’s iTunes Music Store.  It goes into some nice detail comparing the various issues.  From the sounds of it, Amazon comes out on top.  While I don’t regularly … Continue reading

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CNet Blog Suggests MS Abandon Vista… Huh?

So a guy from CNet decided that he knows best and that Microsoft should just abandon Vista and move on.  His reasoning behind it is all the “inexcusable issues” and “features taken from Mac OS X and Linux”.  I wonder … Continue reading

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Best Southern New England Auto Racing Site

I just wanted to take this time to offer a free plug to a friend’s site. If you live in the Northeast and/or just have a general interest in auto-racing, you should check out YankeeRacer.com. Nick, the site admin, has … Continue reading

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Finally a DRM-free Online Digital Music Store that Sells Mainstream Music!

Amazon.com recently released an online digital music store that sells mp3 files without DRM.  As far as I know, this is one of the first of its kind (eMusic did something similar, but they are subscription based and also had … Continue reading

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Stone Tasting at Nikki’s

Since I wrote my nice review of the kickoff “party” at Track 84, I will also give Nikki’s some free advertising. If you missed the even at Track 84, and really want to try Stone beer, I’d strongly recommend attending … Continue reading

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1978 Devo Cover of “Satisfaction” on SNL

I saw this on Boing Boing and had to share it. Devo was on SNL in 1978 and performed a totally kick-ass cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction”. I’m a big fan of the Stones, but I have to say … Continue reading

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Stone Kickoff… Great night!

So, as I posted earlier today, Stone kicked off their distribution in RI tonight at Track 84. I went. I drank… a lot. OK, so I only had 4 beers… but they were strong beers. I started with the IPA … Continue reading

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New Firmware Might Turn Your Unlocked iPhone into a Brick

I know I write an awful lot about Apple and how much I dislike them, but they’re really started to turn into a company that they never were before and it does bother me.  I really want to like Apple.  … Continue reading

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Stone in RI tonight!

Stone Brewing, previously unavailable in all of RI, is having a kickoff party for their new distribution in RI tonight at Track 84 in Warwick. The taps will be all Stone beers (a total of 8 I think). I’ll be … Continue reading

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