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The other night, I got a coupon over email for a product I've been meaning to buy (direct
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Satisfaction - People-Powered Customer Service
Satisfaction has launched (more on their blog). Disclaimer: officially I'm a "member" of their "advisory
Playstation 3: complete failure for casual gaming
The other day this thought popped into my head and since several people asked, I wanted to expound on my
Dwell as economic indicator
While walking back from the mailbox today, I was reminded of the old "number of pages in WIRED closely
Boing Boing redo
I gotta say that I'm enjoying the Boing Boing redesign so much that I'm actually breaking
Testing out .Mac, iMovie '08, and the Panasonic AVCHD
I used PCs on a daily basis for about ten years, but over the last three or four years I&
A smarter audio manager
Here's what I typically do in the course of a day.
* Start iTunes, play some new songs while
A Wii little story
A friend from college visited me a few months ago and we played a few rounds of Wii tennis and
Jumping Monkeys Episode 6: Matt Haughey
I was interviewed by the new TWiT parenting podcast: Jumping Monkeys Episode 6: Matt Haughey.
We recorded in the afternoon
Planning to attend the MeFi party in Portland, July 14th?
For MetaFilter's 8th anniversary, we're throwing a party at Ground Kontrol (511 NW Couch St.), a
Canceling tmobile
Getting an iPhone meant I'd be leaving tmobile after four years of service, and I re-upped my contract
24 hours with the iPhone: my dream mini computer
After my initial problems, I got a new iPhone from my nearby Apple store and spent several hours using it.
Some lingering iPhone questions I haven't heard answered anywhere...
So I'm thinking about getting an iPhone, but a few potential dealstoppers keep coming up and I haven&
Words to live by
I would suggest that all of you find your "accordion" -- that thing that makes you try out
Summer Reading
Obit is a great book I've been meaning to mention here. When I was at the news writer
What does "MeFi" mean in the background of Mythbusters?
I figured I should write the answer to this entry in case some fans of the TV show Mythbusters ever
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If you've followed this site for a few years, you probably saw my old essays introducing Google'