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Pads and Pods

Chris — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:21:26 +0000

The introduction of the iPad by Apple has made me think about how I use the various computers and devices that are part of my life. Do I need to have a bunch of different devices doing similar things? The short answer is “yes” and the short reason is context. My iPod Touch is great for [...]

Top Ten Films of 2009

Chris — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:25:48 +0000

While I’ve posted the list elsewhere, I didn’t really explain the choices. So here is the annotated collection of my favourite films from last year in alphabetical order: 35 Shots of Rum, (500) Days of Summer, Bright Star, Broken Embraces, An Education, The Invention of Lying, Moon, Pontypool, A Serious Man, and Tokyo Sonata. It was [...]

Essential Apps for Time and Money

Chris — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:14:57 +0000

Sometimes when you grow accustomed to certain applications they disappear as they’re always there and you use them all the time. In compiling a list of apps that I use every day, I forgot about the ones that are so completely integrated that I don’t really think about them as I just constantly use them. [...]

The Beauty of Simple Apps

Chris — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:56:17 +0000

Over the past few months I’ve been relying on my 2nd generation iPod Touch more and more for connecting to the online world. On a recent 3 day trip I didn’t even take my MacBook pro with me and I didn’t miss it at all. All of my reading and email and even posting things [...]

Synthesizing Stories on Bad Metaphor 11

Chris — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:09:30 +0000

With some of my online homes I’ve been quite active and with others, not so much. One of the things that is quite enjoyable to do is record audio podcasts with my son John. We started doing the Bad Metaphor podcast (an audio podcast) a few years ago and would sporadically update it. Due to [...]