Minority Report Computer Interface Demo

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Excerpt: This is the type of interface I hope we are all getting used to in the next five to ten years. No more Vista, no more OS X, no more Linux, at least how they are now and the tools we currently have to use to run them. Jeff Han's TED Presentation - Multi-Touch Interaction on Video.ca Jeff Han is …

Lenovo ThinkPad T43

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Excerpt: Well, for those that don't know, I broke down and purchased the laptop I wanted. I was bad and took money I was supposed to be saving for next years taxes, as well as some money on my credit card. The deal was just too good to pass up, and I hope to find money as time goes off to pay it off. …

RMA Experience

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Excerpt: Well, some people are wondering what happened with my RMA experience. In less than two weeks the hard drive was delivered to my door, in a freshly sealed antistatic bag, very nice. I still have not put it in my computer. I have been thinking about it, but I have not done it yet. A little laziness …

Western Digital RMA

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Excerpt: I finally sent my hard drive in to Western Digital today. It should arrive to them in about two days, and will probably take two weeks to process, and then two or so days to get back to me after that... so by mid/end of April, I should have a second hard drive back in my computer. It is funny how …

I Want: ThinkPad T43 Laptop

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Excerpt: Sabine has finally given the okay to buy a laptop due to a variety of reasons, and I have been looking around, but it did not take me long to find the best machine for my dollar in the Lenovo (IBM) ThinkPad T43. It is an amazing machine getting pretty high ratings in every review I read. The one …

Things that Blogging Bought

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Excerpt: While I have not got to the point where blogging has bought me a house, like Darren Rowse, or a car, like Rick of Feedbuzzard, I have been able to get a few things from blogging. So far, Blogging has allowed me to get: A Digital Camera: Canon PowerShot S1 IS A Game Console: Microsoft Xbox 3 …

Screen Real Estate Improvement

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Excerpt: So today I got my new LCD monitor. The Samsung SyncMaster 915N, and it makes my older seventeen inch CRT look horrible. The CRT looks fuzzy, and dull, and I feel like I can see it flickering. The new nineteen inch LCD looks bright, almost too bright, and crisp. Also, running at 1280x1024 is a real s …

Purolator Where Are You

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Excerpt: I have been watching Purolator's website today as my package made it to Ottawa from British Columbia. The package I was waiting for was my LCD that I ordered a little while back. At a little after noon today, I checked its status, and it was changed from "In Ottawa, to be delivered" to "Must schedul …

Apple Thinks they are Better

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Excerpt: It looks like Apple is really happy about having Intel processors in their computers, and they are so confident in their brand name and everything else that they released the above on their homepage, Apple.com. I think it is very bold of them, especially since what they basically are is anoth …

LCD Monitor: Part 2

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Excerpt: So, since my last post about the LCD Monitor, I have gone and bought one, and it should be arriving in a week. Which one am I getting? Well, I chose the Samsung 915N 19IN LCD Monitor 1280X1024 700:1 8MS 0.294MM Analog Black from NCIX.com. They had it up for $379.99 and $7.99 shipping which is not …