Yearly Archives: 2008

MP3 Players for 2008

I’ve been sitting on the sidelines watching different MP3 players come and go.  I refuse to buy into the iPod mentality, and pay a 50% premium just to own a popular brand name.  So, I’ve been watching a couple of other options, and I think I may have narrowed my choices down to a few.  Read on!

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Posted in Music

Sirius Wields Its Axe

What an unpleasant day I had.  Couldn’t wait to turn off the AM radio and listen to some music on XM.  I shouldn’t have bothered.  What I heard today wasn’t the XM Radio I subscribed to!

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Posted in Radio (Online, XM, AM, FM)

XM Merger Takes Its Toll

Any “merger” these days tends to mean one thing: layoffs. And there was one XM fatality that really grabbed my attention over the past few weeks. A downer for me, as this was one of my favorite things about XM Radio.

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Posted in Music, Radio (Online, XM, AM, FM)

Twitter: No More Tweets

If anyone noticed, I had a Twitter sidebar on this site.  I’ve taken it down.  This twitter shall tweet no more.  Huh?  Well…read on and it’ll make sense!

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Posted in Computing

First Impression: Google Chrome

Does the world need another web browser?  Google thinks so, and today, their new browser product, Google Chrome, was released.  A free download, Chrome offers something different to web users.  But is it just another browser, or does it really offer something new?

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Posted in Computing