3D printing explosion
Seems like everyone's talking about 3D printing lately. For the first time, I'm actually tempted to buy a 3D printer,...
Archive for Gadgets
New toy!
I was sad a couple weeks ago when ThinkGeek sold out of portal guns six minutes before I saw...
Best. Demo. Ever.
Google's annual developer conference, I/O, is going on this week at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Yesterday morning, the keynote...
My first Kindle
The latest generation of the Kindle—not the Kindle Fire, not the Kindle Touch, just the plain old Kindle—finally has the...
ecomics: Birds of Prey
DC Comics is rebooting various series and characters, and Dave S linked the other day to a good article by...
iPad 2
Tried out an iPad 2 in the store a few weeks ago, shortly after it came out; liked it a...
New mobile device
I recently purchased a new mobile device. It arrived in the mail yesterday. It's portable; it can perform all sorts...
Judging a person by their book covers
In olden days when people used to read printed books, if you saw someone reading in public, you might be...
I think I’ve ordered an iPhone 4
Kept trying the iPhone preorder process now and then all day. It kept timing out for most of the day....
Some notable forthcoming June events
A few things I'm looking forward to over the next couple weeks: Wednesday, June 16: Closing arguments in the Prop...
Virtual Personal Assistant
I had previously seen Apple's visionary 1987 concept video of the Knowledge Navigator (6 minutes). That was twenty-three years ago,...
A few iPad notes
People keep asking me if I've gotten my iPad yet. But in fact, I don't really have much interest in...