The latst Kid on the block of the highly lucrative and much fought for market of Search Engines is Cuil. There are tons of new Engines being released all the time, but Cuil (cool) stands out. It claims to have the largest index of all search engines. Its output results look better and are highly [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Cuil – a better Search Engine?
Posted in Technology, tagged Ask, Associated Press, cool, Cuil, Cuill, Goolge, News, Patterson, Search, Yahoo on July 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
iPhone 3G the good, the bad, the ugly
Posted in Technology, tagged Apple, Applications, battery, Form, iPhone, iPhone 3G, Macintosh, review, safari on July 26, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A day after I wrote my spiteful rant of Apple’s marketing strategy, my better half offered to stand in line for the iPhone. As long as I did not have to, I did not mind and so I am the happy owner of a brand spanking new iPhone 3G (actually it is already a week [...]
Top 10 recession proof investments
Posted in Fun, tagged Downturn, Economy, Fun, Funny, Future, Humor, Investing, Investment, Joke, Money, Recession, Retire on July 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
1. Obesity
photo by Malingering
This is a favorite investment strategy of many Americans. At great risk to their own health and other peoples well being, many people choose to store their hard earned dollars on their hips, cheeks and arm flaps.
The unfortunate side effect is increased global warming, as all the cows they digest fart the [...]
Manipulative Marketing Gurus at Apple
Posted in Technology, tagged Apple, Influence, iPhone, Marketing, Persuation, Phone, Psychology, Scarcity, Shortage, Steve Jobs, Technology on July 21, 2008 | 9 Comments »
This weekend I was out to buy two iPhones, ones for me and one for my better half.
After I saw a long line in front of the Store in Los Gatos, I decided to try the Apple Store in Oakridge Mall. It turns out, everyone was pretty much sold out and that there are no [...]
Photographing Fireworks
Posted in Photography, technique, tagged Camera, celebration, fireworks, independenc day, independence, July 4th, Photo, Photoblog, Photography, tuturial on July 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
photo by Creativity+ Timothy K Hamilton’s
Thank god for holidays. I am overworked and so much in need for a few days off. I couldn’t be happier about July 4th. After the last weeks ranting about the government I am going to focus a bit more on photography.
With the holidays ahead of us, how about a [...]
