Ok, it’s confirmed, Spock is another spammy social networking site. Except unlike Plaxo, which informed you before annoying everyone you know, Spock hides its intentions. If you got an email “on my behalf” from Spock today, and you’re still my friend, I apologize. I would not have clicked the trust button if I had known […]
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“Social” Sites: Quit It or I Quit!
I am so sick of social networking sites that send spam, pollute my address book, pry into my life, and otherwise screw up the very social sphere they are supposed to serve. Since these things are popping up like plastic moles at an arcade, it’s hard to avoid getting sucked into one or two. And […]
Why I Like Drobo
There has been lots of talk about the Data Robotics (aka Drobo) SOHO “storage robot” – whoever they have doing their marketing deserves a raise! When I first heard about it, I was pretty puzzled – Why care about yet another storage enclosure, especially an overly expensive one that doesn’t even have NAS features? On […]
Terabytes on the Cheap
Meet the Maxtor Personal Storage 3200. It’s a cheap, quick, and dirty way to add storage to your PC, and it’s ilk is becoming the surprise hit of the holiday season, lifting the stock of Seagate and Western Digital, and making Hitachi, LaCie and others fight for a piece of the market. I’ve bought two […]
Optimus Maximus: It’s Beyond This Keyboard-Head
Have you heard of the Optimus Maximus yet? It’s the ultimate computer keyboard (no kidding!), it costs $1500 (no, really, I’m serious!), and I’m not interested (even though I’m a keyboard nut). First, an introduction to the Maximus: It’s a 113-key PC keyboard. But each key is actually a mini OLED display, so the user […]
