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Facebook Notification of Alleged Copyright Violation
I recently uploaded a clip of my baby rolling over with some rocky background music on Facebook, and this copyright notice is what I get. The clip is less than a minute long and is only visible to friends. What … Continue reading
Why Wouldn’t An Apple VGA Adapter Work With An Apple MacBook Pro?
I purchased an Apple Mini Displayport to VGA adapter as a Christmas present for my sister this year. Turns out, the adapter doesn’t work with her 2012 MacBook Pro, it causes the computer to “beach ball” or hang until it’s … Continue reading
Lepai LP-2020A+ Mini Amplifier
I recently needed something to drive a couple of in wall speakers, and I wanted to do it cheap. At first I spliced some wires and used my computer sub-woofer, that worked pretty well, but I didn’t like how it sounded. … Continue reading
Hurricane Isaac Affecting The Cloud?
Looks like whoever coined the term “cloud” for Internet storage and hosting should have named it “fort” or something. Apparently people think the cloud is affected by the weather. These folks must be worried about Isaac in more ways than … Continue reading
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No Retina Display On Low End Macbook Pros
I’m a bit disappointed with the Macbook refresh. No retina displays for the whole line, just for their new high end model. On the other hand, I’m glad they didn’t change the whole line, because I still want a DVD … Continue reading
Apple Just Deprecated My iPad
Apple officially announced iOS 6 at today’s WWDC 2012. There’s lots of fancy features and everyone is excited. Then they dropped the bomb, the original iPad will not be supported. They will support the iPhone 3GS, but not the original … Continue reading
Saved From Windows Azure
I was looking at Windows Azure as a PHP cloud hosting solution recently, and decided to give it a try as it looks pretty straight forward. (The 90 day free trial is very tempting!) Unfortunately, I couldn’t even get started, since the … Continue reading
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Facebook Buys Instagram for $1 Billion!
Seriously, Facebook is going to buy Instagram for $1 Billion! Yes, with a capital B! I can’t believe they are paying so much for a niche service, and one that Facebook can easily make obsolete overnight. If Facebook adds a few photo filters … Continue reading
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The “New” iPad Speculators Are Silly
A quick craigslist search shows that there are a ton of people trying to sell new iPads (3/HD/?) for $100+ over retail. It’s kind of silly considering you can still easily walk into a store and buy one. I knew … Continue reading
iPod Nano Watch
I recently traded an old and dusty first generation iPod Nano for a shiny new sixth generation iPod Nano Touch with Apple due to a battery recall. Props to Apple for exchanging a 5 year old device with a current … Continue reading
