I’ve often said that if I could do my life over, I’d be an architect. There was also a time I thought of becoming a chef. However, I decided that I’d be a terrible chef. I would never have tolerated a person sending back a perfectly cooked protein because they prefer a charcoal briquette, or [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2010’
Life without cable or satellite TV, a 1 year experiment
I’ve been thinking of ridding myself of cable and satellite TV for over 4 years. When I moved to Austin, TX a year ago, I thought it would be the perfect time to give it a try. Here were my requirements:
100% legal
No cable, satellite, or antennas
Minimize DVD usage – I’ll have a DVD player hooked [...]
Google Chrome OS – Microsoft and Apple should be worried
It has been a couple of months since Google first demo’ed Chrome OS at the Googleplex in Mountain View, CA. Most of the reviews I’ve read have been rather bearish on the operating system from Google. However, I’ve come to believe that Microsoft and Apple, to a lesser extent, should be quite worried.
The basis [...]