September 2011

Noteshelf rises to the top.

September 29, 2011

Following up our post on handwriting apps for the iPad, we recently revisited some of the apps we tried, and replaced, with Notes Plus. We’ve been waiting for the new version of Notes Plus to hit the AppStore, but it’s likely still some weeks off, and in the meantime, the competition has released point releases [...]

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On our iPhone 4.

September 27, 2011

The iPhone 4 is indeed a great phone, and Shawn Blanc summarizes how he uses the phone quite nicely over at his blog. In contrast, here’s our take. Unlike Shawn, we were a gadget-junky for phones for much longer. We started on the original Sprint cell phone back when they only had a single model, [...]

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Week of tweets: 2011-09-25.

September 25, 2011

Netflix does video games now? # If "Netflix" is ubiquitous with DVD rentals by mail, wouldn't it make more sense to rename the streaming portion of the business, and not… # If Netflix offered streaming videos, DVD rentals, and video game rentals, we might re-subscribe. # Is GetGlue based around a friends list, or purely [...]

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Week of tweets: 2011-09-18.

September 18, 2011

Instead of "debate", they should call it "pep rally for retards". # Lot of fat people in the Tea Party, huh? They should rename it the Twinkie Party. # Nintendo's arrogance will continue to be its downfall. (http://t.co/navXbyx5) # Does the camera connection kit still let you use a USB microphone on the iPad? iPhone? [...]

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Week of tweets: 2011-09-11.

September 11, 2011

Fallout-themed Monopoly board. Want. http://t.co/p0RpGME # Disillusionment with the GOP. http://t.co/hwSm70c # How 300 should have ended: http://t.co/qO3h8Vf # The "processing fee" is the most bullshit of fees. Had we the money, we would sue everyone who charged this in excess of a buck. # Dear America, your blissful ignorance of evolution is mind-stunningly stupid. [...]

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RSS is poisonous?

September 7, 2011

RSS is poisonous? On the internet, you can find someone to complain about anything, including the internet and people on the internet who complain about people on the internet. And to be fair, many of those complaints hold water, and while we’re not saying that RSS is a perfect technology, Ars Technica’s Jacqui Cheng pronounced [...]

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