Check out a friend if you need 3D design work

A little plug here for a friend and contractor that I use, Mr. Brad Ahrens, a young and driven Chicago 3D designer who is now taking freelance jobs. If you need work done in Maya or 3D Studio Max, give... 

FCC to pry open cable box monopolies

I haven’t had cable in years — as an advocate of providing my expendable income towards only competitive markets where I have a choice, I’ve fallen away from giving a single red cent... 

RFID-stealing WarCloning comes to eBay from the heroic Chris Paget

Today’s passports in the U.S. contain a chip called an RFID tag.  These tags have been used for years for inventory control in warehouses, and for other purposes.  RFID tags can be ready wirelessly... 

Ma.gnolia Crashes: fall go boom

I think I’m bad luck to Web 2.0 companies.  The moment I start using them, things break. Today, Ma.gnolia, the social bookmarking competitor to del.icio.us, had a total failure: data corruption... 

Panasonic introduces entry level Lumix cameras: DMC-LS85, DMC-FS7 and DMC-FS15

Panasonic announced the  release of 3 new entry level Lumix camera models which are all priced under US$200.  These cameras are all targeted at the consumer who wants simple point and click ease-of-use,... 

Bosch Tassimo Single Serve One Cup Coffee Maker Machine

I’m a coffee addict, and I’m not afraid to admit it. My tiny kitchen had three coffee machines: my drip brew (4 cup) machine, my espresso machine, and a Senseo single cup coffee maker. My... 

Shark Duo Bagless Convertible Stick Vacuum model EP661

I spent the better part of 30 minutes at Target, looking for a way to keep the dust and cat hair out of my bachelor pad for good.  I use a regular broom, but it’s messy and the dust just gets shoved... 

T-Mobile G1 Android Cupcake upgrade

The next step upgrade for the T-Mobile G1 Android OS is codenamed Cupcake by Google, and people are hoping for a release soon.   The entire list is below, so scroll through if you’re interested.... 

T-Mobile G1 Android RC30 root exploit released

If you have a T-Mobile G1 running Android RC30, you lost the ability to get root on your cell phone.  Finally, hackers have found a way to return to RC29, which will allow you to get to the root exploit. If... 

Chicago WiMax 4G delayed, AT&T pushes 7.2mbps 3G

  According to the Chicago Tribune and Zach Epstein over at TheBoyGenius, Chicago’s WiMax rollout will be delayed until sometime in the middle of 2009 or further.  For those unfamiliar with... 

A future large Apple iPod?

A regular reader/commenter Darjen replied to my post titled with the following:   I know you said you’re not a fan of Apple’s closed systems, but there are rumors flying around of them releasing a... 

Android on a Netbook in 2009?

As a Google Android user on my T-Mobile G1, and a user of PDAs and mobile devices dating back to the first Apple Newton MessagePad (1993),  I’ve watched the microcomputer market makes huge leaps... 

Universal Broadband: The Pandering Begins

Over at Om Malik’s website, blogger Stacey Higginbotham posts an article titled “Universal Broadband: The Begging Begins.”  She goes into detail about the main parties that are vying... 

4over.com, Zarik Megerdichian, Todd Halfmann review

Chicago, Il By A.B. Dada — When I founded my Christian print and design co-op, we had produced almost all of our productions in house — close to 100%.  Over time, we found other print shops... 

Guitar Hero World Tour Cheat Code Unlock All Songs

Hey Nick, your email bounces back so I figured you’d get the RSS feed for this. While I don’t have it, the Guitar Hero World Tour cheat code to unlock all songs for the X-Box 360 is Blue, Blue,... 

Google is NOT making their own web browser

Chicago, IL By A.B. Dada — Over at Om Malik’s blog in a post titled Why is Google Releasing a Browser?, I posted the following comment: I don’t believe that Google thinks they themselves...