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A quick trip to Akihabara
I had a little spare time today, so I went with Albert from the LIVE team (who has been on my show in the past) over to Akihabara , also known as ‘Electric Town.’ While Albert was looking for vintage Japanese action figures, I was taking photos...
e is a PC
If you listened to my show last week, you know that e is working on building a PC. (Yes, e is a PC.) While LIVE is still being worked on, I thought I’d post his list for you to take a look at and give him your opinion. A few explanatory notes: This...
I am playing the Fable II Pub Games...but I have a little problem
Out of the three pub games , which is your favorite? I’ve run into a very unique situation. I left the game on in my office at home, and I came back in an hour later to find my wife playing the games. Now, she’s not a gamer unless I put the...
Posted: Aug 14 2008, 09:38 PM by Major Nelson | with 245 comment(s)
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Flying the UltraCam (or how Virtual Earth gets those images)
Behind The Maps - Flying the UltraCam Mark Brown on the Virtual Earth team has an interesting post and video (above) that give you a behind the scenes look at the UltraCam and the process involved in getting those high resolution images (Bird’s...
Must have mobile ring tones
If you listed to my show yesterday, you heard me play the ring tones and alerts I use on my Treo 800w and Motrola Q 9 . I am always looking for good ring / text alert tones, so I was interested when Maximum PC posted their 20 Must-Have Geek Ringtones...
Posted: Aug 04 2008, 08:09 PM by Major Nelson | with 67 comment(s)
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Holiday Weekend update
With the E3 Media and Business Summit just around the corner, and the long holiday weekend here in the US I thought I’d take a moment to let you know that there will not be a show this Sunday . Instead (and depending on the weather here in the Northwest...
Posted: Jul 03 2008, 10:56 PM by Major Nelson | with 26 comment(s)
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Flickr Interestingness feed
I have been going through my email, and a lot of you have been asking for the Flickr Interestingness feed that I was talking about on my previous podcasts. Using this RSS feed , I add it to the RSS screensaver on the Mac in my office. Here are the instructions...
Posted: Feb 26 2008, 11:06 AM by Major Nelson | with 6 comment(s)
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Preparing for 2008
Typically, this is a slow week around the office as many folks are off for the Holidays and spending time with the Family. After a few days off from work, I have returned to the office to kick off my annual post-Christmas, pre-New Years ritual. It consists...
Posted: Dec 27 2007, 11:53 AM by Major Nelson | with 58 comment(s)
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