http://splendoroftruth.com/techtemptions So much tech to be tempted by, so little time Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:57:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am a fan of Leo Laporte and his numerous podcasts, but sometimes he just seems to blow hot and cold on a subject. This weekend Leo was bashing Snow Leopard basically saying the features should have been released as point releases to Leopard instead of charging $29 for Snow Leopard. ... http://splendoroftruth.com/techtemptions/2009/08/should-snow-leopard-have-been-a-leopard-point-release/ Last week when reviewing the Stanza iPhone/iPod Touch book reading app I had mentioned that I hoped that at some point Amazon would open up there store to sell their Kindle format books for hardware other than just the Kindle.  I was happily surprised to find out last night that ... http://splendoroftruth.com/techtemptions/2009/03/kindle-iphoneipod-touch-app/ I wrote on wanting the new Kindle 2 before, but in the meantime I have been using the iPod Touch as a book reader. When I first got the iPod Touch is was before they had the 2.0 version of the software that allowed applications.  So previously I had read ... http://splendoroftruth.com/techtemptions/2009/02/stanza/ For some time I have been wanting an ebook reader and have been following along for awhile waiting for the device that would want me to dive in.  Previously I had looked at the Sony Reader, especially the 2nd generation one, but was not happy with their pricing structure.  When ... http://splendoroftruth.com/techtemptions/2009/02/kindle-2/ The category of info organizing software has been an important software are for me.  Being able to keep documents, notes, graphics, etc in a database and to be able to categorize content and find it quickly via organization or searching really makes it quite worthwhile.  The central database makes it ... http://splendoroftruth.com/techtemptions/2009/01/evernote/ As a fan of the social networking site Plurk I have been waiting for an iPhone/iPod Touch App to navigate it.  You can use the mobile page for Plurk, but it is quite simplistic.  For those who don't know, Plurk is like Twitter except the comments are threaded and everything ... http://splendoroftruth.com/techtemptions/2009/01/iplurk/ I have always been a reluctant laptop user and always more of a desktop kind of guy.  Sure laptops can be quite useful for there portability, but they always feel like so much compromise when using them.  Over the years I have used multiple laptops associated with work and pretty ... http://splendoroftruth.com/techtemptions/2009/01/15-macbook-pro-review/ This is my current setup and a setup I will be using for the next couple of years at least. Obviously a Catholic geek setup.  The monitors are mix and match.  A Samsung 19", Samsung 24" Widescreen, and an HP 22" Widescreen.  The microphone is a Blue Snowball. Computer is a ... http://splendoroftruth.com/techtemptions/2009/01/geek-cred/ This weekend while at Costco I noticed that they had LED flood lights.  In the front of my house I have use for two flood lights that come on at nighttime.  I had read though that LED lighting for the time being is fairly expensive.  I was pleasantly surprised to ... http://splendoroftruth.com/techtemptions/2009/01/led-flood-lights/ Around midnight Pacific time last night, 30GB Zunes began restarting and locking up at their boot screens. Reports have swamped official forums and fan sites, and Microsoft has yet to officially comment on the reason for this pre-New-Year's Zune apocalypse. I guess all part of the coming Zuneday apocalypse that all ... http://splendoroftruth.com/techtemptions/2008/12/laughing-at-the-zune/