Filed under: OpEd, The Office, Episode Reviews, Reality-Free(S05E10) You know what? I'm just going to ignore that crazy "Michael kinda-sorta-kidnapping Meredith" subplot tonight. I'm going to view the failed intervention and the ridiculous chase in the parking lot the same way my wife views my back hair: disgusting and useless, but not a deal-breaker. My wife's willing blindness has saved our marriage; I hope by following her lead, I'll save this review. You people don't want to hear me rant (again) about how silly/unbelievable/prosecutable Michael is anyway.If you excise those ten minutes, you're left with a fairly good episode that...
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. The listing for 2096 Pine St. assures us of of the unit's historic credentials, citing period detailing "including but not limited to: wainscoting, box-beamed ceilings, rounded bay windows, fireplace, and hardwood floors throughout." The detailing and built-ins do indeed look great, but unfortunately the ground-floor unit doesn't get the sunlight of its upper-floor brethren — not a problem for some, a deal-breaker for others. On the plus side? The price. At $698,000, this 1,239 sq ft one-bedroom is one of the cheapest we've seen in Pac Heights. · 2096 Pine St....
The big news this week is the Blackberry Storm. I’m even hearing radio spots all over the airwaves. That being said I am not a big Blackberry user so I got an email from a hard core Blackberry user. Here is the feedback from my Blackberry source: I spent one hour with the Blackberry Storm this morning, and the bottom line is that I don’t like it. Specifically, the deal-breaker is the typing experience, which is a nightmare compared to any regular full-keyboard Blackberry. Insofar as the comparison isn’t a conventional Blackberry, but rather the iPhone, it’s a closer call,...
Photograph by Ross Reyes on Flickr From the Gothamist Newsmap: A barricaded EDP on East 10th St in Manhattan, a double shooting at E 76th St & Flatlands Ave in Brooklyn, and a serious MVA at Arthur Kill Road at Woodrow Road on Staten Island. Dealbreaker is watching layoffs at JPMorgan: Layoffs apparently started in equities and hit research yesterday, "Sales and trading are supposedly being shown the door circa now." A 19-year-old was sentenced to 10 years in prison for shooting a 10-year-old boy. The shooter, MIchael Peterson, was apparently trying to target the boy's brother. In spite...
Click the image above to view the full photogallery. We've got a real soft spot for homes that look like they might host a murder mystery, and with its coffered wood ceilings and wood-paneled walls, the "trophy penthouse" on the 16th floor of 1201 California St. just about fits the bill. $2,895,000 isn't cheap, but it gets you a great location across the street from Grace Cathedral, fantastic views of the Golden Gate Bridge, and for good measure, a solarium with 14' high ceilings. But for some, the dealbreaker might be the $2,801.57 HOA dues. Talk about murder. · 1201...
Verizon, understandably, is going all out to promote the upcoming Blackberry Storm. Comparisons to the iPhone are rampant, especially from we tech journalists, but the biggest salvo yet in this arena could have been fired yesterday. In this latest comparison, Verizon said to hell with the iPhone, and went straight to the Blackberry on Blackberry comparisons. In the world of smart phones, it's officially brother against brother, father against son. Touchscreen versus trackball. Thanksgiving at Blackberry manor is going to be awkward. BGR has to goods on why Verizon thinks the Storm will wash away the Bold: Verizon has a...
Verizon, understandably, is going all out to promote the upcoming BlackBerry Storm. Comparisons to the iPhone are rampant, especially from we tech journalists, but the biggest salvo yet in this arena could have been fired yesterday. In this latest comparison, Verizon said to hell with the iPhone, and went straight to the Blackberry on BlackBerry comparisons. In the world of smart phones, it's officially brother against brother, father against son. Touchscreen versus trackball. Thanksgiving at BlackBerry manor is going to be awkward. BGR has to goods on why Verizon thinks the Storm will wash away the Bold: Verizon has a...
The number of photo sharing websites in operation is immense. No question about it But though Flickr, Photobucket, and Facebook take top order in the field, services in the second-, third-, fourth-tier and beyond sometimes deliver options that may be attractive to some very particular folk. Enter, Pix ‘n’ Pals. Leaving aside any comments about the name chosen for the service, signing up with Pix ‘n’ Pals can give you and your friends quite a bit of utility. It can also bug you right from the get-go. I’ll explain. Everything about Pix ‘n’ Pals centers around events. You create events,...
Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), which is probably the most prominent environment for running web applications in the Internet cloud, has announced two big moves that should solidify its dominance and increase its appeal to big business users. Most importantly, Amazon took the “beta testing” label off EC2. Although the label didn’t stop some developers from launching apps on EC2 and others from launching services to supplement it, it was probably still a drawback for anyone wanting to build their business around Amazon, and probably a dealbreaker for big companies. Now, it’s almost as if the cloud has finally gotten...
Filed under: Gaming Hey there, budget-conscious gamers: the Vii didn't quite pan out the way we'd all hoped, but we just want you to know you still don't have to spend $500 or wait for a PS3 Slim to hit the shelves to have a gaming experience worthy of 2008. Just pick Sonilex -- it's a fraction of the size of the PS3, and at around 32 bucks even the most stingy gamer can splurge for it. Word is 41 "NES games" have been released for Sonilex this year alone (probably piled into that odd-looking cart on the left there),...
Filed under: Handsets, Features, RIM, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE The BlackBerry Pearl 8220 runs neck-and-neck with the Storm for the title of "most leaked RIM device of 2008," but for what it's worth, T-Mobile is just now getting around to announcing a date and price for the most fliptastic phone in Waterloo's ever-expanding lineup. That's good news -- but perhaps the best news is that the launch date just happens to be today (for one of the two available colors, anyhow). The black version of the 8220 will be appearing online and in T-Mobile stores today, while the dark red will...
Filed under: Wireless Sprint may have just launched the XOHM WiMAX network in Baltimore, but would-be merger partner Clearwire has been running its version of the mobile broadband service in Reno for a while, and InfoWorld went down to test it out and give us a taste of what to expect. Performance was good while not in motion, with downloads speeds around 1.5 to 2.0 Mbps and uploads hitting 275 to 325Kbps, but actually getting mobile broadband seems to be out of the question -- the system simply couldn't connect to a laptop moving in a car or on a...
Congressional leaders and the White House agree on a bailout plan that will aid troubled financial firms, but now it must be passed by Congress. The Wall Street Journal reports the bill, which would "effectively nationalize an array of mortgages and securities backed by them -- instruments whose deteriorating value has clogged the nation's financial system," was finished late yesterday, and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says it's "frozen"--as in no more changes. Here's a NY Times graphic with an overview of the bill's details (the program is run by the Treasury secretary, but in consultation with the Fed,...
