Archive | January, 2010
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Speck SeeThru Spotted on ‘24′

During last night’s season premier of 24, I spotted the character Chloe O’Brian using one of my favorite tech products- a clear Speck SeeThru Case on her Macbook Pro. Check out the pictures above and click on them to see larger pictures- it is a bit difficult to identify the product due to the clear [...]

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Google’s Assistance in Haiti

Google’s Assistance in Haiti

In response to the disaster in Haiti, Google engineers have improvised a system that allows people to reconnect with missing family members. Not only is this service being hosted by Google, but they are allowing it to be embeddable on other websites so that it can be found more easily. Below is the functioning tool. [...]

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Can Gay Rights Boost Economic Prosperity?

Can Gay Rights Boost Economic Prosperity?

The site Big Think just published an interesting interview with best-selling author Richard Florida about how data shows that having more gay rights may correlate to better entrepreneurship. The interview is posted below.

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Edison Pearl’s Red Black Ebonite: A Closer Look

Edison Pearl’s Red Black Ebonite: A Closer Look

After some comments on the Fountain Pen Network about the look of the ebonite on my Edison Pearl fountain pen, previously reviewed here, I have posted a short video showing how the material looks under different light. This video better captures the grain of the material that is apparent when viewed in person.

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Broken Shure Headphone Becomes Lodged in Ear

In March of 2009 I purchased a pair of Shure SE210 headphones. They replaced my Bose In-Ear Headphones, and in my opinion the sound isolating properties and overall audio quality were quite superior with the Shure headphones. However, recently problems began to arise. The rubber housing of the earpieces wore off of both [...]

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