Well, it was 366 days ago that the first posts for Geekazine surfaced (Leap Year, ya know). It’s been a little longer for the podcasts. Nonetheless, this site went live on November 7th 2007.
Since then we’ve had over 175 podcasts and video casts, over 400 posts, a few posts and some people got some [...]
Written on November 7, 2008 | Posted in
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I didn’t get a good chance to spend time at Geek Kon this year due to the schedule. That’s why I put down thoughts rather than a review. What I did make of it was pretty good. Lots of die-hards attended and most in costume.
The event brings Sci-Fi enthusiasts, gaming pros and guild members together. [...]
Written on September 29, 2008 | Posted in
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I passed by the old Comp USA store in the area yesterday. It looked so lonely. The other shops in the mall were bustling - the Party City next door was getting ready for Halloween and the Target was doing it’s normal influx of customers.
It would have been nice to see Tiger Direct purchase this [...]
Written on September 21, 2008 | Posted in
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Apple said it was an update. They applied the update and it didn’t fix the problem. Apple is still saying its about the update.
Now a woman in Alabama sues Apple for false Advertisement. Jessica Alena Smith filed the lawsuit stating that the advertising said the iPhone 3G was suppose to double the speed of the [...]
Written on August 22, 2008 | Posted in
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Part of the world is already in this Superstitious day. The rest will follow shortly. 8-08-08 will also be an interesting day for many.
The Summer Beijing Olympics will start at 8:08:08 on 8-08-08. It’s not true 8:08 depending on how you look at the clocks. It will be officially 20:08:08, but then again, halfway around [...]
Written on August 7, 2008 | Posted in
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Hasbro has made Scrabulous take down the popular knock-off game. Since then, the makers of Scrabulous have changed the rules, colors and board a bit and changed the name to “Wordscraper”. In the meantime, Hasbro makes its own Facebook App of the popular game. But you know, it’s not the only games on the block. [...]
Written on August 1, 2008 | Posted in
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I was going through a few Social Network sites today, especially microblogging. Each one has their own positives and negatives. Of course we all have been exposed to Twitter and their problems. Something I’ve noticed they have been working out. The down times are not as frequent, although I do notice that sometimes I don’t [...]
Written on July 30, 2008 | Posted in
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I am reminded of the Billy Joel tune “We Didn’t Start the Fire”. In the song he chronicles history in about 4 minutes 40 seconds. The chorus says “We didn’t start the fire, It was always burning since the world’s been turning.
Well, we DID start the Internet, and we DID start Web 2.0 and Social [...]
Written on July 7, 2008 | Posted in
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