Tech

The Great Cell Phone Debate – Should I stay or should I go?

Don’t sign a contract between March and June, it’s a bad idea – at least that’s what I’ve discovered. In March of 2009 I decided to treat myself to a new phone so I purchase an iPhone 3G. It was great and I was happy, until July rolled around. The iPhone 3GS was announced and…

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Mozilla Firefox vs Google Chrome – My switch to Chrome

For years I’ve been an advocate of dumping Internet Exploer. My biggest problems have always been IE’s security issues and more importantly the way it tends not to properly render HTML correctly. Around 4 to 5 years ago I made the move to make Firefox my primary browser and never looked back. Aside from the…

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Comic Books in Digital Format

I’m sure it’s apparent that I am a very tech-oriented guy but what might not be so obvious is that I’m also a comic book fan. So I’m sure it’s no surprise that when the two of these cross, I get to be a very happy guy. For quite sometime I’ve been an advocate of…

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On Stage Stands Tele-Boom MS7701B Mic Stand Review

Those who know me know that I have an overly complicated audio setup that includes a sound mixer, XLR microphone, 3 sound cards, 2 computer and… well… it goes on and on. The reason for my convoluted setup is because I like to dabble in the art of podcasting and I figure go big or…

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Nikon D3100 DSLR Camera Review

PRODUCT SPECS 14.2 Megapixels 23.1 x 15.4mm Sensor DX Image Sensor THE CHOICE For quite some time I’ve been looking to purchase an SLR camera. Although my only real SLR experiences were with with Canon, I decided to explore both Canon and Nikon DSLR cameras. I should set it up that I’m not looking to…

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Bluetooth is a standard, not a device…

One of my biggest pet peeves I have happens every day. It comes from your friend, it comes from your boss, it comes from someone you know. You’re standing there in a store and someone says those words “I’m looking to buy a Bluetooth.” As someone who has always adopted new platforms, personally I was…

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Review of Dell Inspiron I15RN-5882DBK

THE SPECS Intel® Core™ i5-2410M processor, 6GB DDR3 Memory, 15.6″ LED, 640GB SATA HDD, Wireless, Bluetooth, 6-Cell Battery. THE HISTORY I recently was in Arizona visiting some family and while I was there I helped out a relative pick up a new laptop. When I got there my relative had done her research and was…

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