http://jg.org/blog Opinions and less Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:09:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So much hype for so little. The promise: a new niche with an new, exciting user interface. To me the reality is that the iPad competes with other tablets and netbooks. There are a few new UI features (mainly multitouch) but for the most part it behaves just like a ... http://jg.org/blog/2010/01/30/ipad/ I just bought a new Hewlett Packard Windows 7 PC. The machine is fine but it comes with no recovery discs. First they stopped giving you manuals, then the Windows CD/DVDs, and now the recovery discs. The machine comes with a partition containing the initial, recoverable state of the machine which ... http://jg.org/blog/2009/10/27/where-are-my-discs-hp/ I like the fact that the FCC is checking up on these big companies. I don't expect us, the consumers, to benefit much which is presumably the point. However, this peak behind the scenes should push the companies in the right direction so that they avoid PR problems. I do note ... http://jg.org/blog/2009/08/23/apple-att-google-respond-to-fcc/ I suffer from smart phone purchase paralysis. That is, I want to buy a smart phone but because all the phones require a 2 year plan commitment I don't want to make the wrong decision because I will have to live with it (and pay for it) for so long. First ... http://jg.org/blog/2009/05/12/mobile-telephone-plan-lockin/ If you are reading this you are probably one of the 20 million (and counting) people that have watched the video of Susan Boyle singing on Britain's Got Talent. She's got a nice voice but is not the kind of singer I would normally listen to. I much more enjoyed ... http://jg.org/blog/2009/04/17/susan-boyle-unites-the-world/ I waited until I heard Ron Moore's commentary on the finale before writing because I wanted to hear if he had an explanation of some of the things that I didn't think were properly resolved in the finale. Unfortunately that was not the case. First, this review is full of spoilers. ... http://jg.org/blog/2009/04/07/battlestar-galactica-finale/ My old iPod mini died a few months ago (the USB connection killed the driver on my computer requiring a reboot and the ipod would just die a few times a day) so I bought the latest (4th.) generation iPod nano. I bought the 8Gbyte version for $150. That is twice ... http://jg.org/blog/2009/03/29/ipod-nano/ Okay, this is really silly but it's also really funny and captures all the main plot points of the movie Kill Bill. Kill Bill in One Minute has the main character (the Bride) moving across a football field meeting (and mainly killing) all the characters in the movie. I give ... http://jg.org/blog/2009/03/23/kill-bill-in-one-minute/ I was recently on a long trip and my Tivo filled up. As expected I missed recording several shows towards the end of my trip. Not a problem, I thought, because with hulu and the networks own websites I figured I could watch any shows that I missed. I would ... http://jg.org/blog/2009/03/13/cbscom/ My first opinion is that companies never space out their products to match the way that I purchase them. I have wanted a netbook for years (a small, light portable computer) and was really happy when that market took off. Not being one to jump in to a new category ... http://jg.org/blog/2009/03/08/asus-eee-pc/