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A trip through time- The Known Universe [by AMNH]

A trip through time- The Known Universe [by AMNH]

Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by zevmo.

The new film, created by the American Museum of Natural History, is part of an exhibition, Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe, at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan through May 2010. Check out Journey to the Stars also!

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Apple releases the iPad- possible Amazon Kindle killer

Apple releases the iPad- possible Amazon Kindle killer

Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.

Steve Jobs revealed the latest Apple device called the ‘iPad’. The iPad has a 9.7 inch, full capacitive multi-touch IPS display, and weighs in at 1.5 pounds, measuring 0.5 inches thick. Pricing for the iPad starts at $499 for the 16GB (Wi-Fi only) version– far lower than the early $999 projections of many of the [...]

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Disney’s Mobile Magic application- the future for WDW guests?

Disney’s Mobile Magic application- the future for WDW guests?

Posted on 20. Nov, 2009 by zevmo.

Last week, Disney Parks Blog gave some wonderful screenshots of their new Mobile Magic Application. The concept is this, if you are a Verizon Wireless subscriber, you can download the application for $9.99, that’s good for 180 days. And for a limited time (I assume until January, while they are stretching the app’s legs), it [...]

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Trying out TweetMic

Posted on 17. Nov, 2009 by zevmo.

Zevmo’s audio tweet I am testing out an application called TweetMic.  It allows you to create an audio recording, attach pictures, and geotag information, add a short message, if you like, then post it right up to twitter. Your tweeps just have to click the link on your tweet, and it will launch your page [...]

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Question: Should I switch from the Cablevision Scientific Atlanta 8300HD to a Tivo DVR?

Posted on 14. Sep, 2009 by zevmo.

I am one of the lucky few who is trapped into Cablevision‘s service plan.  Where I live in Northern NJ, we have lots of trees (Dish/DirecTV is out), and we are in a part of town that has no Verizon FiOS b/c of a crappy Englewood Central Office upgrade that has been taking forever.  Alas, [...]

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The online storage fun continues

Posted on 03. Sep, 2009 by zevmo.

There are a lot of online storage companies out there, and I have tried about 4 of them (iDrive, Mozy, JungleDisk (S3), and Carbonite on Windows).  I have a large need for storage; my iTunes (600GB) and iPhoto (250GB) libraries are getting unruly.  Unfortunately, I haven’t broken down to get a Drobo yet… damn, do [...]

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10.6 Snow Leopard post 2, electric boogaloo

Posted on 02. Sep, 2009 by zevmo.

Well, I have had some time to play around on MacOS 10.6 (Snow Leopard), and overall it seems to have been worth the upgrade cost ($10).  I did, however, run into a couple fo snags.  Understandably, there are a few bumps that need to be ironed out, namely software not developed by Apple.  For example, [...]

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