Category Archives: General

Super Tuesday Visualization

Posted on February 5, 2008 by jbyers

There are lots of ways to see the outcome of today’s primaries, but I think the New York Times has done the best – far more compact and easier to read than CNN, MSNBC, the Washington Post. No Flash, no … Continue reading →

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Amazon’s Advantage

Posted on November 9, 2006 by jbyers

I bought and next-day shipped my new MacBook Pro from Amazon on October 19. On October 24, Apple announced a new line with Core 2 Duos and other upgrades. This afternoon, by sheer chance, I noticed that Amazon had dropped … Continue reading →

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In the Water – Week One

Posted on October 30, 2006 by jbyers

(Why am I in the water? See Jumping Ship.) After week one, I’m still thrilled with the new MacBook Pro. Careful chronologers will note that just four days after UPS dropped off my laptop, Apple released its upgraded MacBook Pro … Continue reading →

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Jumping Ship

Posted on October 21, 2006 by jbyers

On Friday, I said goodbye to my five-year-old IBM ThinkPad A22P and hello to a new MacBook Pro. Yes, five years. I’ve been putting this off for a while. Now, the ThinkPad was a good laptop – great, maybe – … Continue reading →

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BlackBerry Wiki

Posted on July 16, 2006 by jbyers

This past Christmas, I was lucky to get a BlackBerry 7105t under the tree. This was, I thought, a great phone. Nice and small, good bright screen, and a well-designed address book with Outlook syncing. SureType is nothing short of … Continue reading →

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Better late than never

Posted on January 28, 2006 by jbyers

I have a confession to make. This isn’t my first blog post, it’s my second. The first one was right about when Google bought Pyra Labs for their Blogger service. For those of you keeping track, that was just about … Continue reading →

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