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• Computers, Cool Technology, Gadgets, Geek, Psystar Open

  Psystar — Still Hopeful

  04.20.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Earlier today I checked the Psystar website, and they must’ve been doing some maintenance on the server or changing something with the configuration; got nothing but errors. And the pit in my stomach came back.
  It was Sunday, so it wasn’t difficult to put it out of my mind for most of the day. When […]

• Computers, Cool Technology, Gadgets, Geek, Psystar Open

  The Psystar Saga — Riding It Out

  04.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  All the hysteria on Gizmodo and elsewhere over the Psystar saga had me all weirded out yesterday. I was ready to call them up to cancel my order, then take it to the credit card company if they balked.
  But then I had a decent night’s sleep, and woke up to see this insightful comment on […]

• Computers, Cool Technology, Gadgets, Geek, Psystar Open

  Psystar — The CrabApple That Could

  04.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Psystar made a huge splash on the interwebs yesterday by introducing the OpenMac (later renamed “Open Computer” when they realized how badly that would piss off Apple.) The Open is essentially a white box Intel-based computer that can run unmodified OS X Leopard kernels, and can even be ordered with Leopard preinstalled. The computer’s specs […]

• Cars!, Fun!, Gadgets

  Wilcraft Ice Fishing Machine

  02.18.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I saw an ad for this thing on tv tonight; the Wilcraft ice fishing rig. “Because trucks don’t float.”

  The ad aired during the Kent Hrbek Outdoors Show, and made me laugh out loud. I mean, a purpose-built $10,000 buggy made for rapid deployment for… ice fishermen?
  Roll this bad boy off your trailer, drive out […]

• Gadgets

  A New Knife In My Pocket

  04.19.07 | Permalink | Comment?

  For the last couple of years I’ve carried around a cheapo Chinese-made pocket knife, but as in most things, you get what you pay for in a knife. The one I used to carry — actually the ones, as I bought four of them back then, for about $1 each — had the pocket clip […]

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