Archive for the ‘technology’ Category

Elephant RAID Review: Thinking about a RAID? Here are some things you should consider

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Elephant RAID Review Manufacturer: Elephant Storage Model: Elephant RAID 1TB Specifications: USB 2.0, Firewire 400 & 800 Capacities: 1TB, 1.5TB, 2.0TB RAID: Supports RAID 0 or RAID 1 modes (selectable via dip switches) Case: Aluminum Cooling: Fan cooling Choosing FireWire 800 over eSata... for now Having taken on some video projects recently, I bought a large single 1TB drive ...

missed getting an iPhone 3G?

Friday, July 11th, 2008

This could have been you: I went to Costco in Scarborough today at opening time 10 AM, just to pick up some groceries, and walked by the cell phone booth. And guess what? They had the iPhone 3G. And there was no line up. By the time I left a half ...

Wii Gets Rock Band Killer

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Disney today announces Ultimate Band for the Wii. A music and rhythm video game which will require no new peripherals to be purchased to be played. Now that last part is intriguing. They're saying that they will use just the Wiimote and the Nunchuck controllers to simulate the drums, guitar and ...

TV is dead, long live TV

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

I grew up in a house without cable TV. (In fact, they still don't have cable! I'm not sure what they'll do when all broadcasts go digital, but we still have a few years to go before that happens in Canada.) When I first got married and moved out, one ...

more kids and gaming

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

There's some interesting discussions going on about when is the right age for kids to play video games, and parents and psychologists are weighing in on the issue. Here's a post at Slashdot that got me started: http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/24/1425221&from=rss Here's the MTV Multiplayer blog article: http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/01/23/when-are-you-old-enough-for-video-games-part-1-of-2/ And here is an article summarizing the thoughts of industry ...

MWSF 2008 Keynote thoughts

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

This year I decided to wait for the Keynote stream to be posted, and watched it spoiler free. My reaction to the announcements can be read here.

wake up: the RCA RP5500i mini review

Friday, January 4th, 2008

For Christmas I got my DW this clock radio. But because the clock radio resides on my side of the bed, it's like I bought it for myself. I know. Shameless. Anyway, after using it for a week I thought I'd share a little review. It's the RCA RP5500i. First of ...