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Continue reading →: iPhone/Newton Getting Started Videos
The original Newton MessagePad came with a getting started VHS videotape. An eight-minute long video, the tape described Newton’s features and functionality and provided some tips and tricks to getting the most out the handwriting recognizer. Watching the iPhone’s keyboard video tutorial on the web made me nostalgic. Thanks to…
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Continue reading →: Mossberg's Review of the iPhone
Walt has reviewed the iPhone and gave it a fairly positive rating, calling it a breakthrough handheld computer. We have been testing the iPhone for two weeks, in multiple usage scenarios, in cities across the country. Our verdict is that, despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is, on…
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Continue reading →: How Many iPhones at Launch?
There are over 170 Apple Retail stores and 1,800 AT&T stores across the country that will be selling iPhones. Apple’s goal is to sell 10 million iPhones by the end of the year of 2008. With any large-scale introduction of an ultra-hyped product, there’s always a mass frenzy at the…
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Continue reading →: iPhone T-minus 3 days
So here we are, just three days away from the iPhone’s release in Apple and AT&T stores across America. People are already starting to line up in New York, and I bet someone will soon be camping out in front of the Palo Alto Apple Store — assuming there’s no…
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Continue reading →: Quimby Road and Mt. Hamilton
On Saturday morning, Stephen, Jorge, Derek, Gilad, and I road up to the Mt. Hamilton Lick Observatory via Quimby Road. Though, the ride was easier than my Triple Summit climb two weeks ago, it was still a tough climb. Quimby Road, in particular, has a 0.5 mile stretch at the…
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Continue reading →: Return of the Roaches
With the mercury rising, all kinds of critters are coming out of the woodwork. This evening, Rae and I had caught a big, juicy spider in our house and decided to release it out into the front yard. I didn’t think many things would be awake at 2:00 am in…
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Continue reading →: 60 Laps of MacBook Pros
It’s been hot, hot, hot in the Bay Area the past couple of days. After a morning-to-afternoon meeting, I came back to a nice cool 76° pool and swam 60 laps or about 1200 meters. I’m quite the injured manatee in the pool, so it took me nearly an hour…
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Continue reading →: The Police Reunion Tour Comes to Oakland
It’s been over two decades since The Police last toured together. As you might expect, Rae is pretty excited to be going to their concert tonight at the Oakland Coliseum. Almost seven years ago, I went with Randy to see Sting play at the Shoreline Amphitheater. It was one of…
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Continue reading →: Triple Summit
After two weeks of traveling in Southern California, I returned to the Bay Area well behind in my Death Ride training. We’re five weeks away from the ride, and I have adjusted my goals correspondingly. I don’t anticipate finishing all five passes, but I do plan on completing three of…
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Continue reading →: Dynamic Range and Preserving Highlights at June COBA Meeting
The June meeting for the Camera Owners of the Bay Area (COBA) user group will be held on Wednesday, June 13, 2007, in Cordura Hall 100 at Stanford University from 7:30-10:00 pm. Alvin, Doug, Chris, Mike and Harold will be hosting and organizing the COBA meeting this month, as I…
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