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I just got my W acaom table today and TTS not too bad. In fact I’m using it right now. Definitely slower than typing. But a bit more enjoyable. I’ve found that I actually prefer to write using the eraser end instead of the regular end. All in all not toobad. the only thing I wish it could do is have bciter integration with onenote. Because anyone that-saved one note is familiar with its great note taking aids- I really like the way you Can write notes and then east them. The only downside Ts that to make it really work great, you have to have a tablet to take fall advantage

man I-want a tableT-

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There’s talks around the water cooler that eBay may buy Skype for $4 billion. That’s right…$4 billion!

They apparently want to generate some other sources of revenue, which is a load of crap. Yes it will be another source of revenue, but it’s because eBay has done a piss poor job of keeping sellers happy that many of them are jumping ship, which of course translates to eBay getting less money.

I can imagine how this service can also help sellers and buyers, especially in terms of customer service. I wouldnt be surprised if they integrate this into their services and allow for buyers to contact sellers directly. This could be a great option, but then again, having sold on eBay before, I would not be able to stand constantly being interrupted by other eBayers.

All in all, this can be a great deal for Skype, although I wish they would just stay away from eBay and join a company like Amazon.com.

We’ll see.

c|net article

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Brilliant! Simply brilliant! A guy in the UK developed a shower filter that will recirculate and clean shower water with ideas based on the Dyson vacuum cleaner. Funny how things are coming out of the UK that seem pretty cool. Well…namely this and the Dyson vacuum cleaner, especially the one with the ball!

I would love to get this shower recycling thing installed into my house, because not only does it save money but it helps save the environment! Especially with all of the water shortages here in Los Angeles.

bbc article

Dyson Vacuum with The Ball

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This is a pretty great little product. It doesn’t have anything to do with the iPod, its a camera accessory. It’s a tripod replacement that will let you use your camera wherever it’s needed. It’s a pretty great little idea. I dig it because I tend to like to put my camera down and just start taking pics but its always unsteady.

The yellow pod is the ideal model for the small cameras.

Bogen Pod

yellow pod

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It happened. Funny how it was about the time that I should have gotten a check from them, but it looks like google banned me from their adsense program. This blows. Granted it wasn’t making a whole lot of money, it was still something. Invalid clicks my ass. Prove it! Where’s the customer service love?

I think it wasn’t invalid clicks. It’s just their way of telling me that it costs more for them to have me on their program than if I were removed. It would actually make more sense for them to do this becuase then they can guarantee quality traffic to their advertisers, but still, wtf? Do no evil my arse! What it all boils down to is that they are still a company and they are looking out for number one…their investors. It’s like how Yahoo! has a requirement for traffic before being eligible for their program. This ensures that little sites that generate no clicks or very little clicks don’t eat up the bandwidth to serve up the ads, because, let’s face it, serving those ads add up. I dont know the exact cost of the bandwidth, but I’m sure there is a formula that says that if the user isn’t generating more clicks to at least cover the bandwidth to serve the ads, then cancel their account. Usually this gets determined when they have to cut checks, becuase then their accounting formula would come into play. They would then review your account and see what you cost them to run the ads on your site.

That totally makes sense. Now I see why I was kicked out. Click fraud. yeesh

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Finally after much speculation, Apple launched their new iPod line dubbed the iPod nano. These are smaller than the iPod mini hence the name nano. They sport a color screen and are available in 2 Gb and 4 GB flavors. They are ideal for the active person in your life because they are flash based players, which means no moving parts!

How awesome is this? Pretty dang awesome, but I can’t see this being a really good thing for Apple. Even though they also launched the iPod phone, it seems like the iPod boat is running out of steam. What they really need to do is get the video iPod out that can play divx movies and other formats out of the box. If they hold out too long, they may actually lose the whole halo effect as the current batch of portable media players support windows only. Let’s go Steve! Get the iPod video out! And while your at it, get the iTablet out!

iPod nano

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This past weekend was a bit of an interesting one to say the least. A good friend of mine from high school came down from Seattle with his korean g/f and we hung out pretty much most of the weekend. The interesting stuff happened when we hung out with bryan at his place.

Overall it was a pretty relaxing weekend, a whole lot of eating and a whole lot of just hangin out. Haven’t had a chance to do that in so long that it felt nice to just hang out and chill.

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The boys over at pvrblog.com have found that the $150 rebate from tivo on their boxes can be applied to those boxes bought at amazon.com. So if you get the 40 hr tivo, you can get $51 back from tivo. If you have been looking for one, or waiting to get one, now is the time as the rebate ends on Nov 27th.

Get the rebates here.

TiVo 40 hr recorder

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Thinksecret is saying that Apple will be revamping their iPod mini line to all flash drives. This means smaller ipods and better battery life. They will also be sporting color screens. The iPod mini’s will come in 4 GB, 6 GB and 8 GB. The pricing for the the 4 and 6 GB will remain same however the 8 GB will be $299.

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