Jeff McNeill

Brain-eating zombies invade SF Apple store, and other locales…

Photo from Declan McCullagh

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Ok, so it is now possible (from the magic of Dell Outlet) to purchase any one of the following for under $200:

500gb hdd (yes, that is a half a terabyte of hard disk) 20″ widescreen lcd monitor (Refurbished E207WFP) (wtf? and this has free freaking shipping deal right [...]

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Google TiSP (BETA) is a fully functional, end-to-end system that provides in-home wireless access by connecting your commode-based TiSP wireless router to one of thousands of TiSP Access Nodes via fiber-optic cable strung through your local municipal sewage lines.

Installation FAQ

Also, over on the forums, we have this interesting speculation on convergence:

I’d [...]

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C.E.S. is the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, considered the largest of its type, where many new products are introduced. Macworld is just that, held in San Francisco. How can a single company’s show eclipse that of the entire industry that [...]

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p>I’ve been waiting for this since the late 1990s when the early reader hardware was coming out. And while it is not the full package of what I have been envisioning, it is a significant step forward.

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p>Sony Reader PRS-500, $350http://www.learningcenter.sony.us/assets/itpd/reader/

The lowdown 

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p>1) Small, light, power lasts a long time2) Reading screen uses e-ink, readable in [...]

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This is a follow-on from the Desktop Hardware for Second Life post. Again, these are only suggestions, and are not meant to be comprehensive. I focus on the two mainstream platforms, Dell and Apple.

Main Options

The primary options are to choose between a laptop and a laptop + external monitor options The question is as to [...]

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