Monthly Archives: October 2008
Blu Daze
Sony BDP-S350 at Amazon Impatient to move on from my HD-DVD debacle, I decided to not wait for the forthcoming Black Friday and beyond price drops. I just went out and bought a Blu Ray player. I decided to get … Continue reading
ASUS versus Averatec
ASUS Eee PC 1000H at Amazon For the past year I’ve been disappointed in the Averatec laptop computer I purchased back in 2005. It was slow to boot up with its dawdling hard drive, ran so hot that it repeatedly … Continue reading
iGoogle iRritation
I love using iGoogle as my web browser home page, but today the geniuses at Google decided to switch everyone over to “Canvas View.” This mucked up the appearance of my page more than any of their earlier unannounced tweaks. … Continue reading
Anything But Horrible
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog at Amazon I have only passing familiarity with Joss Whedon’s work in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, but I can certainly recommend the three-part show he created during the writer’s strike and has been showing … Continue reading
Google Sat
For years I’ve used satellite tracking software in my physics classes, showing students how we can track the thousands of orbiting objects around Earth. We usually calculate the orbit of the space station or space telescope and confirm our results … Continue reading
Meador Manor 