I've been looking at getting a Microsoft Surface and was on the fence until they announced that there was a 128GB Pro version that was capable of running full desktop applications. When I saw that, I had to have it! I've been waiting and watching for the release date of February 9th to come around. This device in all it's glory would only be available from 3 locations; The Microsoft store, Staples and, Best Buy. None of these retailers offered the ability of pre-order so, I just had to … [Read more...]
Zune HD Video!
Hi. As they say on twitter, I'm "the guy" with a Zune. Well, one of them anyway. Microsoft has recently officially announced the release of a new Zune this Fall. The Zune HD! Some of Features of the new Zune include: a Touch Screen with multi-touch navigation. This is a 3.3-inch screen and has a vivid 16:9 OLED display (480x272 resolution) Integrated HD Radio receiver: Tune into all your favorite stations with crystal-clear reception. Access a variety of HD Radio stations at no additional … [Read more...]
TOMMY: The Campus Review
If you'll remember , I was contracted to play in "The Band" for the Clarence Brown production of TOMMY. I know, I know... you play Horn. "You're not a Rocker Robert! " Anyway, the production finished up it's first week and is about to start up its second. (Shows run Wednesday through Sunday for the next two weeks) And, it appears the show has gotten it's first review. This one comes from the Daily Beacon (The University of Tennessee's Paper) and it's not too bad. Here's a snip: ...Still, … [Read more...]
Google Chrome: ooh, shiney!
Last night I downloaded and installed Google's new browser, Chrome. I plan on putting it through the ringer today and will, if possible, use it as my primary browser. My initial impressions are pretty positive. The download is simple and quick. There is a 400ish kilobyte installer that you download and run. That installer then brings down the rest of the browser. All in all download took about a minute or less.(that's saying something as my internet is terribly slow). When the … [Read more...]
Online Backups: Mozy
I have to say that my initial impression of Mozy Backup was not that great. Besides the abundance of outgoing bandwidth at my server the initial backup was very slow. I was only sending up a little over 1.5 gig of data and, it took the better part of a day to complete. But, now that I think about it more, that was actually a good thing. That way the first backup does not totally consume your outgoing pipe. Well, no sooner than my initial backup was complete, I needed to restore some data. In … [Read more...]
The Toshiba A305-S6843 Laptop
The Toshiba A305-S6843 Laptop Recently I decided it was time to replace my laptop. My old Laptop was a Toshiba 4300 series. The laptop came originally installed with Windows 98SE, 800mhz PIII processor, 16 gig hard drive, DVD rom, 128 meg RAM. When I got this laptop originally it was "The stuff" so to speak. When Windows XP was released I upgraded the OS to Win XP Pro. Over the years, I maxed out the RAM (384meg) and swapped the 16 gig harddrive to an 80gig. And now this machine was "the … [Read more...]