Scorchman’s Weblog

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The Wii’s ‘Pitiful’ Online Service March 31, 2008

Filed under: 1, Tech Trippers — scorchman @ 6:29 pm
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Read why the online magazine Slate wonders why the online service for the Nintendo Wii is so poor. I must completely agree with their opinion. I have  awii and the online side of their scene really sucks! Comments please…

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Leopard Beats Vista for Corporate Satisfaction March 31, 2008

Filed under: 1, Latest Industry News — scorchman @ 5:35 pm
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How weird corporate users of Apple Inc.’s Leopard operating system are more than five times more likely to say that they are “very satisfied” with the OS than business users of Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Vista , a research firm said last week. VISTA SUCKS!!!

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Pranks to pull on your Co-workers March 29, 2008

Filed under: 1, Kool Stuff — scorchman @ 3:58 pm
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Check these out, some are pretty hot! For anyone who wishes they were the “Jim” of their office. Just in time for April Fools. Actually, several of these pranks would probably get you fired…

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Tiger Woods “Threatens Harm” On Snapping Photographers March 29, 2008

Filed under: 1, Kool Stuff — scorchman @ 1:51 pm
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I love Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods is growing more frustrated with photographers snapping pictures of him during his swing. But on Sunday, in a threat punctuated with profanity, he threatened bodily harm to the next photographer who snaps during his swing. He was right. Comments welcome

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I Hope I’m as Cool as This Guy When I’m Middle Aged [COMIC] March 29, 2008

Filed under: Kool Stuff — scorchman @ 1:42 pm
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The next time someone says they’ve doing anything and are proud of themselves I’m busting out the moonwalk! Fun cartoon!

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29% of Windows Vista crashes caused by NVIDIA drivers March 28, 2008

Filed under: 1, Latest Industry News — scorchman @ 9:23 pm
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Microsoft dicks people again, how weird…There’s a class action suit working its way through the courts to determine whether Microsoft changed the definition of “capable” to help Intel sell computers. But some of the documents released in the case are interesting in their own right. For example, Microsoft has a chart that lists identified causes of Windows Vista crashes

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Japanese Man Crosses Pacific with Wave-Powered Boat March 28, 2008

Filed under: Kool Stuff — scorchman @ 3:25 pm
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This guy is brave as hell…Forget sails, this guy is using wave-power to cross the ocean in a custom-made boat. The boat is powered by two fins that raise and lower with the tide, which drive the propellers. On board energy is provided by solar panels and the boat is primarily made out of recycled aluminum.

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What Makes a Good Mobile Application Great March 27, 2008

Some common sense for mobile content creators, “…what makes a good mobile application truly great? There are lots of examples out there, but what can mobile developers learn from them? Here are some common sense guidelines:”

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Motorola insider tells all about the fall of technology icon March 26, 2008

Filed under: 1, Latest Industry News, Tech Trippers — scorchman @ 10:07 pm
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This guy needs a different job, what a total dinosaur and total moron…Motorola’s current CEO, Greg Brown, is so technologically out of touch he refuses to use a computer for communications, and has all his email correspondences printed by his secretary and replied to by dictation.

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2,900 Calorie French Fries – Have Restaurants Gone Too Far? March 26, 2008

Filed under: 1, tienes hambre? — scorchman @ 10:05 pm
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Wow, read this and stop, think where you want to go to lunch now, might be different place than before you read it…Some restaurants have simply gone overboard with the amount of fat, salt, calories, and carbs they’ve managed to pack into a meal. Here are the worst of the worst. Any other places that have horrendous and ridiculous food for sale to the fattest consumers in the world?

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