Concept Cars

I live in the Detroit area and the only real benefit to that has been the North American Auto Show that happens once a year in January. At one poiont it was the biggest auto show in the world and may still be, I’m not really up on my car knowledge that much. But every year or two I’d make the trek there to see what was out, coming out and drool over the concept cars that were put on display.
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Digital Cameras Part 2

It’s been just over two years since I first wrote about my thoughts on digital cameras. I figured I’d update that a little bit as a lot can happen in two years time, and has. For a year and a half now I’ve owned a Canon D300 digital SLR camera I bought used off ebay. It’s been a great camera for me and in that time I haven’t touched film. I’ve picked up my Nikon FE just to hold it in my hands for old times sake, but the poor thing I’m afraid won’t see any more action from me. I’m converted.
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The Apple iPhone

Earlier this month Apple Inc. announced the iPhone at their 2007 Macworld keynote. This has been a long rumored product and after its announcement every tech site seemed to gravitate around it for the following week. Since then however many peoples heads have seemed to shrink back down to size and really weigh out the products advantages and disadvantages. I want to talk a little bit about the iPhone because it clearly marks a certain shift in the possibilities of the American cell phone market. Lately Apple has been hot on the lips of people in the tech industry because the company represents not only innovative ideas but also fashionable electronics. There is a certain amount of lust factor that Apple products carry with them that more people then just mac fan’s are starting to take notice of.
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Welcome Back 2007

It’s been a while since I’ve posted on this site. The year 2006 pretty much just flew by without me even really taking a look at this website, and 2005 was nearly the same.

Well I don’t plan to avoid this site in 2007. To be honest I’ve been posting a lot but I’ve just been doing it in my Livejournal where I have a captive audience of friends (readers). They read what I write (sometimes) because it’s on their “friends page” along with the entries from their other friends. To that end Livejournal has been a staple to my group of friends for over a half decade now. We all use it to keep up on each others daily/weekly lives. And now that we are spread all over the country it makes even more sense. That’s one of the things I really enjoy about Livejournal, the community aspect. People by nature are kind of greedy or at least require attention. Most people want other people to read their stuff when they write it. But the problem with blogs that exist on private websites is that you usually have to remember to visit that site, and unless it’s really compelling most people don’t. But with Livejournal everyones blogs are in the same place, all interconnected. So viewing your “friends page” will show you updated entries from all your friends without having to visit fifty different websites. Sure blogs can do similar things but you have to be more tech savy and pay for your own hosting.
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