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Amazon Charges 50% More for Downloadable Album Than CD [Amazon]
Feb 8th
This seems… backwards. If you want to buy OAR’s new album on Amazon, you’re going to end up paying 50% more for a
digital download than you would for a
physical disc.
It makes some sense, maybe, since at this point a majority of Read more ...
HP TouchSmart 600 Goes All Core i7 on Us [PCs]
Feb 3rd
You think you’re better than me, TouschSmart 600? You think because you’re now configurable with Core i7 720QM (1.6 GHz) or i7 820QM (1.73GHz) processors—starting at $1700—that you’ve defeated the long-standing caste system separating man and machine?
Well, at least this new option makes you a viable (though a bit Pontiac-looking) replacement for an i7 iMac. Check out what I thought about the Core2Duo version of the TouchSmart Read more ...
HP TouchSmart 600 Goes All Core i7 on Us [PCs]
Feb 3rd
You think you’re better than me, TouschSmart 600? You think because you’re now configurable with Core i7 720QM (1.6 GHz) or i7 820QM (1.73GHz) processors—starting at $1700—that you’ve defeated the long-standing caste system separating man and machine?
Well, at least this new option makes you a viable (though a bit Pontiac-looking) replacement for an i7 iMac. Check out what I thought about the Core2Duo version of the TouchSmart Read more ...
Watch Any Vimeo Video in Freaky ASCII-O-Vision [ASCII]
Jan 20th
I have no idea how this works, but I do know that it’s one of the strangest, coolest things I’ve seen in a while. Search for any Vimeo video on ASCIImeo, and it’ll play back to you as text.
Not sure that this fills a specific need of any kind—although avant-garde film students and alternate dimension enthusiasts, feel free to correct me—and I recommend switching to black and white (“simple ASCII”) to cut down on the headaches. Otherwise, though, this is the exact kind of wonderful oddball thing that makes/wastes my day perfectly. [ Read more ...
A Very Large Nexus One for Dragons [Nexus One]
Jan 6th
This very large Nexus One is now sitting Google’s lobby, and you won’t guess what it’s running behind the screen.
The big phone is the exact same specs as the original CAD model, just 12 times bigger, with a 1920×1080 46-inch LED-backlit display. And the heart of this giant Nexus One? A Mac mini running Windows, connected via HDMI. Just let that sink in for a second.
I kind of want to go to sleep on it. [ Read more ...
