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Archive for June, 2010

30
Jun

Kindle and Smartphone Apps

Amazon has now released their Kindle app for all three major smartphones – Blackberry, iPhone, Androd (although I think WinMo should be included in this, although it is dying a slow, painful death).  There is some concern now that because of this there is no need to purchase an exclusive e-reader.  However, I disagree completely. [...]

22
Jun

Toys in Happy Meals

Apparently a county in Silicon Valley (California, where else?!) has banned McDonald’s from including toys in their Happy Meals.  They say that the toys contribute to kids being fat. And now a “watchdog group” is threatening to sue the company unless they remove the toys from all their Happy Meals everywhere.  They are saying the [...]

22
Jun

World Cup

Alright, so I have attempted to be excited about the World Cup.  ESPN ran ads months in advance, and I decided I would give it a try.  (On a side note, four years ago I watched a decent amount of the World Cup because it was one of the few things on in HD.  I [...]

03
Jun

More Perfect Game Thoughts

I read an interesting article earlier today (cannot find it now or I would link it) that mentioned that a perfect game is far more than the pitcher being perfect.  Everyone has to be perfect; the fielders, the catcher, the coach/catcher calling pitches, and yes, even the umpires.  There is a reason there have only [...]

03
Jun

“Perfect” Game

For the second time in a week, it looked like we would have another perfect game in baseball last night.  Detroit’s Armando Gallaraga was perfect for the first 26 outs of the game.  A tough play on the 27th batter made a close call at first base.  First base umpire Jim Joyce ruled the runner [...]

03
Jun

AT&T Data Plan Changes

As mentioned previously, smartphones are becoming more and more mainstream.  It what seems like a move to make that even more the case, AT&T has announced lower prices for monthly data plans for the devices.  Instead of a $30 unlimited data plan, they will now be offering 200MB for $15/mo and 2GB for $25/mo.  Above [...]

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