Monday, August 22, 2011

Sometimes A Product Truly Lives Up To Its Name

  I have to admit that I love what I do.  I get to blog about some of the best products around, and every now and then the companies take notice and send me products that they want reviewed.  This was no exception.  I received the new iWow 3D adapter for iDevices from SRS, and got a chance to put it through its paces.  This seems like a wonderful opportunity for someone who is an audiophile to take a product and put it to use and see what it is truly capable of.  So what did I do?  I decided that instead of hogging all of the awesome, I would go ahead and let a few friends play around with it and give me their thoughts.  One of these friends is Holly, and here is her impressions of the iWow 3D in her own words.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Kingston Wi-Drive - A Solution To An "Unsolvable" Problem

  There are times that a solution to a problem seems like the most obvious thing to an outsider looking in.  People who don't own iDevices tend to think that when someone runs out of space that they can just add some more.  "Slap a new micro SD in it and call it good."  Well, Steve Jobs and Co. decided against that being a viable option.  In ANY of their products.  With the massive amount of iPads, iPods, and iPhones out there today, you would think that someone would have mentioned to them that they needed an expansion port.  Instead, Jobs decided to leave the device in 2 or 4 flavors.  "Oh, they don't like 16GB?  Give them 32GB or 64GB and let that be that!"  - Steve Jobs

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Safety for the children...

Recently I participated in a BzzCampaign for Trend Micro, specifically the Online Guardian.  Unlike most campaigns that I participated in, this one was geared much more towards peace of mind than it was playing with products.  With 3 children in the house, 2 of which get online sometimes, having a product that could allow for their protection as well as a possibility of monitoring their activities seems like a good idea.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Kingston SSD vs Lee Majors

  "Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better...stronger...faster!"  The opening to the Six Million Dollar man and my computers have a lot in common lately.  Both were just average, but forced into a situation beyond their control.  For Steve Austin, it was a crash that caused him to be rebuilt.  For my computer, it was the same.  So I contacted Kingston about getting one of their SSDs with the intention of putting it through its paces.  Little did I know that would happen, and so much more.

Monday, February 28, 2011

In Which CJ Ceases To Exist

  I have an odd secret to confess.  Not many people know about it, but I guess that the secret is about to be well known.  Are you ready?  Delightful.  I can turn invisible.  Wait, hold on!  I'm not crazy.  I have come to this conclusion after years of research into why I can successfully be ignored both at brick and mortar stores as well as by customer service.  I can look you right in the eyes, give you a VERY specific piece of information, repeat it, and you will still get it wrong.  This must be because of my powers of invisibility, which distort my image, voice, and actions from normal human senses.  I know that my dog could sense me, and this doesn't extend to anyone who knows me, but all others can successfully not see me for long periods of time.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Of Comic Books, Cartoons, and Fanboys...

  The people who read this blog have a connection to me and who I am.  We are kindred spirits.  Our passions for technology are apparent not just in products we own but the things we read about.  For those of you, I say thanks.  Now you can stop reading right here, because this next little bit won't be about technology, but another passion of mine: Comic books.  WAIT!!  No!!!  Come back!

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Is The Nokia/Microsoft Partnership A Match Made In Heaven?

  They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  At this point there should be no doubt that Nokia can make some beautiful and impressive phones.  There should ALSO be no doubt that Microsoft has made an impressive piece of software with Windows Phone 7.  So what would a combination of these two look like?  Well, Engadget was the first to show us a picture of some of conceptual designs of these very phones!

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Greetings Nokia! Welcome to the real world!

  News today has been reporting that Nokia is making two of the smartest moves since they created the Nokia 2160.  A combination in the news that the Symbian OS is on its way out, and that Windows Phone 7 OS is the potential way in has pleased more than one fan of Nokia.  I have been as big of a fan of Nokia over the years as I was of Motorola (read how that turned out here) until recently.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Motorola Cliq, Or How I Learned to Hate T-Mobile Customer Service in 12 Complicated Exchanges

  As a fan of technology, there are few things that I look forward to more than unboxing day.  It is a magical time in my techy life where I get to: a.) Break the seal on a box, b.) Remove the packaging, c.) Remove the protective film (usually with a ton of help from my 2 year old), d.) Discard the instructions, and e.) Power up and activate my newest product.

Friday, February 4, 2011

Captain America: The First Avenger

So I just saw the poster for Captain America: The First Avenger.  Love it?  Hate it?  Both?  Well, I have a love/hate relationship with it, but not for the reasons that may seem obvious.  The composition of the poster is solid.  Somber, gritty, war torn, and blue.  Wait, blue?  Yeah, blue.  I have a problem with the portrayal of colors as being reflective of how you should feel about a certain film.

Dude...You're getting a Dell!!

  For all of the crap that I have heard over the years about how Dell makes good products but GREAT excuses, I have to say that I have done my best top avoid them.  Being from Texas I have wanted to purchase a product made by a company from my hone state, but once Compaq became HP, all that was left was The House of Michael.  "For the money you can find a better product with much better customer service."  Well, for everyone with these thoughts, I have just one word to describe my experience: WRONG!!

Monday, January 31, 2011

Vehicle Modes of Every G1 Autobot

As a child growing up in the 80's I used to think that the Transformers were some of the coolest things around since sliced bread.  My memories of that time may have been colored by nostalgia at times, but some of the vehicles that they transformed into were top notch to me even then.  I used to hope that my first vehicle would turn out to be a Transformer and get me involved in all kinds of secret stuff.  Flash forward to when I'm 16, and the realization that having a 1988 Suzuki Samurai be the transformed mode of an Autobot seems pretty lame.  Still, I can't help but go back to those times.  This little infographic brilliantly covers each Autobot and their vehicle modes.  Autobots, Roll Out!

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

HTC HD7

  For the past month I have had the delight of playing around with an HD7, courtesy of BzzAgent.  for those of you that don't know about BzzAgent, it's a word of mouth network for products and ideas to be passed around and discussed by agents.  I got the phone for free, and in return I am telling people about the phone.  The difference between what some might do, and what I am doing, is a warts and all approach.  I am coming from the Android platform, and the differences between the phone after a month are night and day.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Kingston and The Magical wonder of SSDs

There is a problem gripping the world of computing and the world of gaming, and it is one that I feel I finally need to address.  In the drive for bigger and better somehow a large compromise has been made, and it is one I feel finally needs addressing.  I own a laptop and will gladly put in 8GB of RAM, tweak every setting available, and run only the programs that I need.  I own a PS3 fat and slim, and keep a bit of music on there, but can't seem to get my download times to anything less than atrocious.  In my quest for efficiency there is an oversight.  I haven't made the most obvious upgrade...I haven't added an SSD. Some people question me on that fact because they know I am an avid supporter of technology, and especially brands that I believe in (see the title!).  The advantages far outweigh anything imaginable, but being the perpetual procrastinator that I am has reared it's ugly head yet again.