Author Archives: Jono

Apple’s Product Pipeline has Constipation

Apple, listen up. These product release delays are getting silly. The new MacBook Pros should have been released a long time ago. Meanwhile the Mac Pro is getting stale. People don’t even buy Mac Pros anymore because the faster/cheaper i7 … Continue reading

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Progressive Insurance Rocks!

Last night I accidentally left the inside lights on in my Honda Odyssey. Oops. This morning as my wife was headed to story time at the library she discovered the resulting dead battery. Sorry honey. So I called up Progressive … Continue reading

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Google Public DNS: Perhaps better than Comcast?

I walked into my office after lunch and my internet connection was down. WTF? How can it be down. Well, turns out the internet is just fine, but the Comcast DNS servers are either not responding, or are running really … Continue reading

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My Intel X-25M Died!

I’ve been running an Intel X-25M G1 in my Mac for about 9 months. I paid $325 for it last year. It’s been the single biggest performance improvement I’ve ever made to a system. I thought the SSDs were supposed … Continue reading

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Google Fiber: Another Way To Get Our Data

Today Google launched their new Google Fiber for Communities pilot project. The goal is to deliver super fast fiber internet connections to your home. But before you go dashing off to sign your community up for this service consider for … Continue reading

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Bad Decision: Alaska Air To Stop Serving Jones Soda

I’m very disappointed in you Alaska. Your recent decision to stop serving Jones Soda is a big mistake. You were an innovator. You were doing the right thing. Now you’re just like all the other airlines. Serving crappy high fructose … Continue reading

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Nikon Releases 24mm f/1.4

Today Nikon released some really fancy new lenses including the 24mm f/1.4 G ED, 16-35 f/4 G ED. The 24mm 1.4 will be an amazing lens. Shooting that wide at 1.4 makes for some great images. The price tag is … Continue reading

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New MacBook Pros Coming Tomorrow?

I’m predicting that Apple will announce the new MacBook Pros tomorrow. Let’s see if it happens. Will they put the Intel Core i7 in the 13″ model? Or just the 15″ and 17″ models? Would be pretty cool if the … Continue reading

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Apple iPad

Magical & Revolutionary Device at an Unbelievable Price Apple released the iPad today! I have to say I wasn’t that excited about a tablet from Apple, but it looks pretty cool. And it’s only $499. Way to go Apple! Everyone … Continue reading

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DeathCabForCutie.com MySQL Meltdown

I stopped by DeathCabForCutie.com today to see if they had any tour dates. After trying to click on the blog the website turned into a pile of steaming MySQL failure! Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Too many connections in /nfs/c04/h02/mnt/62444/domains/deathcabforcutie.com/releases/20090526132419/cake/libs/model/dbo/dbo_mysql.php on line … Continue reading

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