Category Archives: technology

The most boring day in history?

By Dave | Published: November 29, 2010

April 11, 1954 April 11, 1954 was the most uneventful and boring day of the 20th century. Every day something of significance occurs, but nothing remarkable had happened on the said day in 1954, according to experts who inserted over 300 million important events of the century into a computer search programme to calculate. This [...]

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Even having 5 bars of 3G means nothing

By Dave | Published: November 18, 2010

This was a screenshot taken from my phone after running a speed test in San Francisco’s Financial District today. Pathetic.

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Missed gdgt live in SF? Watch it on TWiT!

By Dave | Published: November 14, 2010

Part 1 – (Fast forward to 1 hour and 39 minutes in the video, that’s when the coverage starts in this particular video): http://www.justin.tv/twit/b/273782240 Part 2 – http://www.justin.tv/twit/b/273789393 Part 3- http://www.justin.tv/twit/b/273796620

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Everyone hates Ticketmaster

By Dave | Published: November 11, 2010

Interesting read in Wired about the rise of Ticketmaster: “Everyone Hates Ticketmaster — But No One Can Take It Down” In 2008, Ticketmaster had made veteran industry shark Irving Azoff—a man so cutthroat (and so short) he is known as the Poison Dwarf—its CEO. Manager of the Eagles since the mid-’70s, Azoff is famously aggressive. [...]

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Civ V and OS X – A mark of desperation

By Dave | Published: September 23, 2010

I’m currently somewhere over New York state, flying Virgin America back from Boston (where we had our gdgt live event last night). I only brought my iPad with me on this trip. Which is painful, because Civilization V is currently out! So, I wanted to see if it was even possible to play. Are you [...]

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Crazy emails from strangers [updated]

By Dave | Published: September 17, 2010

Alright, so someone keeps emailing me, thinking they have someone else named Dave Schumaker. This actually happens a lot. After receiving a number of recent forwarded joke emails, I decided to respond. Check out conversation. It reminds me of this earlier thread I wrote, about receiving strange email. Update: I just realized that it’s the [...]

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Nikon is stepping up their game

By Dave | Published: September 15, 2010

Nikon announced their successor to the D90, the Nikon D7000 (what is up with these model numbers?). I’ve thought about potentially purchasing a new camera at some point in not too distant future. My Nikon D300 is still serving me well though and ultimately, I’d like to upgrade to a full frame camera (hello, D700 [...]

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My favorite iPhone photography apps

By Dave | Published: September 14, 2010

Originally posted as a discussion on gdgt. Since I’ve had my iPhone 4, I’ve noticed that I’ve been using my other cameras less and less. My poor Nikon D300 and even my S90 remain either at home or in my bag. It’s simply easier to pull a phone out of my pocket and take a [...]

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Apple event on Wednesday!

By Dave | Published: August 30, 2010

(I took the above photo today at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts — I love Lightroom 3!) We’ll be there, covering it live. Follow along at gdgt on Wednesday at 10AM Pacific.

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But I don’t even have a wife

By Dave | Published: August 18, 2010

Oh, you crazy spammers.

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