Reference article: http://www.personalliberty.com/conservative-politics/civil-liberty/woe-is-the-information-age/#comment-459880 How many people remember the phrase, “Moderation in everything”? Yes, I know; usually this phrase is used for your diet–don’t overeat on any one thing and don’t ignore the other things. Our food pyramid (now our ‘dinner plate’) tries to emphasize this point. But the phrase stands true for everything in our [...]
In three words: They Can Breathe! Now, before you go accusing me of any form of prejudice, let me point out a few established facts. Cats with flat faces have breathing problems due to mis-formed nasal passages; a cat with a longer muzzle does not. Dogs with flat faces have breathing problems due to mis-formed [...]
Looking back at my review of the Nikon Coolpix L-20 I have to say I was quite proud of that camera when I first purchased it. Regretfully, that pride of product failed me within six months when it simply stopped working, consistently acting like the batteries were dying even after installing brand-new alkaline cells. To [...]
For a long, long time I’ve been an armchair model railroader. Part of this was due to a lack of space, part due to a perceived lack of time and part due to lack of inspiration; I didn’t know what, who or how to model what I saw in my own mind. Then again, part [...]
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=27310&tag=trunk;content What users want are devices that are easy to use and that do what they want them to. At the moment, only Palm, Apple and Google have really touched that market, though RIM has at least tried with it’s latest versions of the Blackberry; the Curve and the Bold. Up to now, Nokia has [...]
http://www.walletpop.com/economizer/most-worthless-pieces-of-junk Above, you’ll find the link to an interesting viewpoint of what the blogger finds useless in everyday life. In some cases I agree with him, in others, I don’t. Let’s see why. #20 Rice Cookers: I agree that the rice cooker is a (nearly) single-purpose device that is nearly useless to the average person. [...]
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