Best Christmas Present

Rach already posted this but here's Christmas 2008's best present.... Yup it's the little one's new stroller, not a video game or new gadget :)

Merry Christmas!!

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin - Now - Republican Vice Presidential Running Mate

This just made things much more interesting! I am still on the fence personally but look forward to the election coverage.



Hi Elyse!

Cubs Fan - Catch & Chug

Say what you will about Cubs fans but this is funny and you can't hate!

Finally! iPhone 3G!

It took an early morning arrival at the Santa Monica Apple Store (8:30am) but so worth the wait in line!

Here are the basic details:
- Rachel & I were number 20 or so in line
- Apple opened the doors at 11:00am
- The line had approx. 100 people at 11:00am
- We were inside at 11:40am
- Purchase, Activation, etc. took approx 30 minutes
- Walked away from apple with our shiny new iPhones at 12:15pm
- The line still had 50+ people in it
- 24 hours into using the iPhone - LOVE IT!

Finally - iPhone 3G

Tomorrow morning you will be mine! FINALLY!

Chipotle Good News Bad News

I absolutely love Chipotle Burritos but it has come to my attention that my food fetish could kill me. I guess I kind of knew it was bad in the back of my mind but never to this extent - see the Nutrition Fact Calculator below!!

Click HERE to calculate your own....

ASSPLOSION - Behind The Fake Music

So worth watching!

IBM breakthrough - Racetrack Memory

Why even announce something that makes us all excited if you can't produce it for 8 more years.... UG - it would have been nice to have 250 GB in the iPhone or 1TB in the new laptops....



IBM is working on a new form of memory that promises future iPods could hold half a million songs the company has confirmed.

In two papers published in the April 11 issue of Science, IBM Fellow Stuart Parkin and colleagues at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose describe the fundamentals of a technology dubbed "racetrack" memory

The memory is being described as faster and more reliable than a hard drive or flash memory. It combines elements of both memory types in its conception, but is capable of storing far larger quantities of data and reading that information an astonishing 100,000 times faster than flash memory is able to achieve. The solution uses spintronics, a technology that exploits the spin and charge properties of electrons to deliver large capacity memory on very small devices.

There's other advantages: like flash, there's no moving parts, but unlike flash it never wears out (flash drives can handle 10,000 read/write cycles before failing). Even better, the new storage technology is cheap to manufacture.

"It has been an exciting adventure to have been involved with research into metal spintronics since its inception almost 20 years ago with our work on spin-valve structures," said Dr. Parkin. "The combination of extraordinarily interesting physics and spintronic materials engineering, one atomic layer at a time, continues to be highly challenging and very rewarding. The promise of racetrack memory - for example, the ability to carry massive amounts of information in your pocket - could unleash creativity leading to devices and applications that nobody has imagined yet."

There's no chance of the new technology seeing immediate deployment, though the company hopes to provide storage solutions based on it in six to eight years. And the company hasn't yet built a functioning racetrack memory unit - but it's boffins are confident they have the theory pretty much nailed.

So in 2014, will Apple introduce the world to the iPod nano nano? Can we look forward to an even smaller, lighter MacBook Air?

Verizon Curve 8330 - TOO LATE

Back in January I called Verizon and asked them if they would update my phone and my wife's phone at little to no cost if I signed a new 2 year contract. They basically wanted to charge me $500 for both of us to get new phones. With that I decided to wait until the Verizon Curve launch and give it a second chance. Well it looks like the time is about to be here but I say TOO LATE Verizon.

The iPhone has seduced me long enough and with the release of the 3G model around the corner and the SDK software being released in June AT&T will be getting my new two year contract.

In & Out Truck

Yum - Thanks Evan & Erin!

MSNBC LIVE Coverage - Nice

Check it out ( a little late but worth posting) - MSNBC has a LIVE feed of Super Tuesday. Have to say it's looks good and has no lag!

New Blackberry 9000

Your Blackberry Curve is already old!

Happy New Year!