It’s been a great year for tech and I’ve boiled it all down to my top10 wishes for the new year.
My Top10 Tech Wish-list:
1. Iphone 3g 16GB
Price: $299.99
2. DELL ULTRASHARP 3008WFP 30-inch Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
Price: $1999.00
3. i-rocks USB Hub
Price: $10.99
4. EOS Rebel XS 18-55IS Kit
Price: $599.99
5. VIXIA HF11
Price: $1199.00
6. Sony Bravia KDL-46W4100
Price: $1999.99
7. Bose QuietComfort® 2 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones
Price: $299.00
8. Bose Acoustimass® 16 speaker system
Price: $1299.00
9. Vodoo Omen
Price: estimated to be up to $20000.00
10. Macmini 2GHz, 120GB HDD
Price: $799.00
Total cost of my fantasies?
Approx. $30505.95
Maybe I’ll wait until …
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So it’s here, the new iPod Nano. I originally wasn’t too much a fan, but having seen it in real life, it looks a whole lot better than the photo’s. Doesn’t appear to be purposely designed for scratches all over it either (this time)…
Anyway, as promised, here’s the Apple iPod Nano 4G ad (details follow).
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As some of you from Twitter may know, I tried to disable Windows Vista’s Desktop Window Manager for a few days to get used to the feel, and UI I am presented with on XP Pro, at work. I personally hate it, but it does its job, everything works seamlessly, and performance is through the roof! I have to say, if it weren’t for the eye-sore, OS X would be in trouble (cue Snow Leopard, designed to stop W7 wiping the floor with them). I’m drifting.
By this point it’s worth …
A question that has always haunted me, ever since founding my first blog, or even written my first article, has been a simple grammatical error seen all over the internet.
Is it bare in mind, or bear in mind?
The answer, before I hold it back any longer, is "bear in mind." The reason behind this is bear, in the sense of holding, rather than the sense of grizzly bear. A common misconception is that bare means to hold, as well as the correct meaning, nude.
Well that’s my nugget of wisdom for …