Chris Schiffner's Corner of the Web: "Always thinking one step ahead… Like a carpenter, trying to build stairs. "

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Slacker Personal Radio – Update #2

Slacker Personal Radio is a free internet music service. Although the company has existed for some time now I had never tried their service. Unlike Pandora, Slacker lacked the media attention and since none of my friends were users of the service or their devices neither was I. This all changed when I acquired a Slacker Portable 4GB G1 player in a woot-off. Before discussing the Slacker Portable I'll discuss the service. Slacker, [...]

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Woot.com 1/28/2010 Bag of Crap

On Saturday I received my 4th Bag of Crap from woot.com. For those of you who don't know what a Bag of Crap is, it's basically a grab bag. You pay $3 for the bag + $5 shipping and the only guarantee is you will get some sort of bag and some random crap -- most of which may be completely useless but occasionally you will hit the jackpot. I received a broken Blu-Ray [...]

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Google Voice Funny – 1/27/2010

So Cathy's department head decided that it would be a good idea to celebrate everyone's birthday on one day and make it the office birthday party. We all know what a bad idea something like that is but that aside...Knowing she wouldn't answer her phone I called and sang Happy Birthday to her voice-mail. Here is what google voice came up with: "Happy Birthday to You. Happy Birthday to you at your birthday. D A. K. [...]

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Apple iPad, more like iDisappoint

This afternoon Steve Jobs, donned in his usual black turtleneck, unveiled the much hyped and long rumored Apple tablet. The Apple iPad is a 10 inch tablet like device which runs the iPhone OS. The device is powered by an Apple designed processor, most likely developed by P.A Semiconductor which apple acquired last April. Available in 16, 32, and 64GB versions the device also boasts 802.11n, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, GPS, Compass, and [...]

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UPDATE: Fix for Broken Barnes & Noble e-Reader iPhone App

A couple of weeks ago I posted about the problems with the Barnes & Noble e-reader app on the iPhone. Fortunately, I have found a way to read my B&N e-book on the iphone, without the need for their app. If you find yourself with the same predicament I had, follow these steps and you'll be reading in no time: First, install the Stanza app on your iPhone (iTunes link). It's [...]

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Conan to NBC, Leno: I wont be pushed around

NBC, Conan O'Brien, and Jay Leno have spent the last two weeks in the spotlight following rumors of an NBC late night restructuring. For the last week it appeared as if no late night personalities were safe. As details of the restructuring emerge its pretty clear that everyone suffers to some extent, but none as much as O'Brien. After being forced to move to Los Angeles to host the Tonight Show, uprooting his family and [...]

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What do you do when your lonely?

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Barnes & Noble’s eReader iPhone app: You can buy books but you can’t read em

I am an avid reader and I have read several books on my iPhone, using both the Kindle app and the Barnes & Noble eReader app. The Barnes & Noble eReader app has some features I prefer over the Kindle app, so last week, when I decided to buy another e-book, I bought it for the Barnes & Noble eReader app for $9.99. I opened the book and started reading. The following day when I [...]

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#ATTdrop, the perfect way to share your crappy AT&T experiences with the world.

Anyone who has AT&T service in a major market has come to accept the outrageous dropped call percentage [1]. AT&T conveniently blames the iPhone for this "recent" problem, but I had this problem with AT&T 5 years ago when I owned a simple Motorola V400 flip phone. At that time AT&T blamed the V400 for the dropped calls. My girlfriend owned two different Nokia flip phone models, both on AT&T, both before the iPhone [...]

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Netbook consumers beware! Windows 7 is on the horizon.

Windows 7 is poised to be a hit. By all accounts Windows 7 is a superior operating system when compared to Windows Vista, sporting both a smaller memory footprint and lighter hardware requirements than its predecessor. It also offers a significant jump in technology to users upgrading from Windows XP. Save one instance -- Netbooks. Most netbooks are going to ship with Windows 7 Starter Edition. Unfortunately Windows 7 Starter Edition is so heavily stripped [...]

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