Monthly Archives: August 2009

Aug
29
2009

Apple’s Snow Leopard

Apple is getting a stranglehold on the evolution of computing devices, particulary for consumers. iPod + iTunes dominates the media playing world. iPhone + iAppStore dominate the phone plus highly portable app and messaging world. But Apple missed the boat despite a huge technology leads on the PC desktop and laptop world back in [...]

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Aug
27
2009

Apple 13.3″ MacBook 2Ghz procesor, 160GB Drive for $$$$ ?

Just as Apple’s Snow Leopard hits the streets I just saw the Microsoft attack ad material - Apple 13.3″ MacBook 2Ghz procesor, 160GB Drive for $1200. $Twelve hundred when Walmart is offering on its website for $348 for an Acer Aspire 11.6″ Netbook :

Operating System: Genuine Windows XP Home Edition
Processor: Intel Atom Processor Z520 [...]

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Aug
27
2009

Pico Projectors Arrive !

The NYTimes technology section is getting to be one of my favorites for finding out about the last electronic bling. With the exception of Apple topics, the coverage is not breathless fanboy scrapings of every detail of the Palm Pre or HP Mini Netbook seen on many other gadget sites; but rather fairly well measured [...]

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Aug
06
2009

Caribana Designs - Clever Crafting

Caribana colours, as we have seen, are rich and sumptuous. Equally clever is the design and craft of the costumes and floats which make up the Parade.  Having been behind the scenes while work was done on some of  the Rose Bowl floats in Pasadena California I was expecting  to see some of the [...]

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Aug
05
2009

Caribana Colors - Sumptuously Inspiring

Caribana took place this last weekend in Toronto - see PixofCanada for pictures and a  complete description of the event. What I want to show here is some of the great colours and ideas to be found in the many Caribbean cultures that put on another splendid show in Toronto this summer. The hues were [...]

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Aug
03
2009

Huck Finn from Google Books

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Hope this is Huck and Friends

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