Well, I’ve finally taken the plunge as a young professional to dip my feet in the cold waters of Wall Street as an amateur day trader. Last week I signed up for an account with SogoTrade and deposited a decent chunk of change to give this whole Wall Street thing [...]
Have a blog that you wish you would update more often? I know I do… well Microsoft recently released a free tool dubbed Windows Live Writer that may help speed up the process a bit. In late May I made a quick post about using Adobe Contribute CS3 for the first time and when I [...]
There are few things in this world that I love more than music… and that’s why I truly enjoy the site Pandora. Pandora is a musical and scientific marvel; it is an extremely intuitive and free automated music recommendation and Internet radio service created by the Music Genome Project. If you’re tired of the same ol’ [...]
The title of this blog post pretty much says it all. The movie is everything I dreamt it would be and more… I watched it in the wee hours this morning on IMAX, and it was simply amazing. Christian Bale who is my current favorite actor (Deniro and Pacino have fallen greatly over the past decade) plays yet another [...]
Wow, for someone who just a few months ago promised he’d be around more I definitely don’t seem to be keeping my word. I have a good excuse though, I promise. I recently started a new job with Avanade, Inc. as an Infrastructure Manager/Team Lead and I’ve been extremely busy trying to keep my head above [...]
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails just can’t be stopped. When you think he’s done everything an artist can do promote digital distribution and give a giant middle finger to the record labels he blows your mind again. Nine Inch Nails Lights in the Sky Tour Sampler was released yesterday via digital download from www.nin.com. [...]
As a self-proclaimed gadget whore I’ve purchased and owned my fair share of amazing new gadgets. TiVo/DVRs, iPods, Zunes, an iPhone, an Xbox 360, a Nintendo Wii, a 50" Plasma, a 52" LCD and on and on and on… and the one gadget that I’m glad to have in my life now is my HP MediaSmart [...]
This morning I stumbled across an article on CNN Money discussing why Macs aren’t right for the small business and it got me thinking about the use of Macs in the corporate and enterprise environments. I know I may get flamed for this and I’m sure the author of the above article is going to get smacked hard [...]
Online video sharing has become the crown jewel of the internet. Video viewership has continued to climb across the world over the past three years and the amount of time web surfers spend each day viewing online videos has expanded ten-fold. ABI Research recently released a report showing that online video viewership will quadruple to over [...]
It is amazing the growth of technology over the past decade and a half. I get a lot of questions from my not-so-tech-savy family and friends regarding storage, especially on what are the best ways for mobile storage as in what do I use for files that I need to be able to access from anywhere. Well, [...]