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Author: Colin Scully

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The iPad, Two Weeks Later – Yes, It Is Disappointing But Yes, There Is Hope

February 8, 2010February 8, 2010 - by Colin Scully - 3 Comments.

My immediate reaction following the conclusion of Steve Jobs’ iPad keynote was a lack of any kind of reaction at all. It was more indifference. I needed to absorb what …

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Tablet Rumors False After All; Apple Announces Large iPhone Instead

January 27, 2010January 27, 2010 - by Colin Scully - 3 Comments.

Apple defied all expectations today by announcing a ten-inch iPhone rather than their expected Tablet computer, resulting in a massive embarrassment for news outlets, stock holders, and trending Twitter topics. …

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This is Google Wave

December 14, 2009December 13, 2009 - by Colin Scully - 9 Comments.

Like G-mail, Google Maps, Google Books, Google News, Google Earth, Google Chrome, and www.google.com, Google has just come out with something incredibly useful and very innovative that’s free, sending a …

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The Apple Tablet: The Most Hyped Device That No One Knows Anything About

November 30, 2009November 30, 2009 - by Colin Scully - Leave a Comment

Recently, Apple’s oft-rumored Tablet device has done nothing but build up in hype, despite the fact that Apple has never confirmed a word of what’s been said. A recent article …

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Jonathan Blow’s Braid Blends Mario with Time Travel and Violins

November 16, 2009November 16, 2009 - by Colin Scully - Leave a Comment

“I think that a lot of people feel like the point of life is to be happy, or comfortable, or something like that, whereas I am highly suspicious of those …

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Final Fantasy XIII Releases March 9, 2010 in North America

November 13, 2009November 16, 2009 - by Colin Scully - Leave a Comment

This post is actually just to satisfy my own personal excitement. I’ll be in my room that month.

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Ultra High Def Video Expected to Replace HDTV As Early As 2017

November 5, 2009November 5, 2009 - by Colin Scully - Leave a Comment

Keeping up with the popular trend of technology moving outlandishly fast, analysts over at In-Stat have gone ahead and announced that the days of HDTV are most likely numbered, as …

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Tale of Tales’s Beautifully-Made “The Graveyard” Available For Free Today Only

November 2, 2009November 2, 2009 - by Colin Scully - Leave a Comment

Video games often come under extreme criticism for lacking the artistic and intelligent ambitions that literature or film can bring to a narrative. The reality is actually that such games do …

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Um, What the Hell?

November 2, 2009November 2, 2009 - by Colin Scully - Leave a Comment

I thought we’d reached the worst when CTA Digital released a bowling ball peripheral for the Nintendo Wii but apparently, that was just to brace us for what was yet …

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The Benefits Brought On By Internet Freedom

November 2, 2009November 2, 2009 - by Colin Scully - Leave a Comment

Do the consequences of letting students perform private activity on their university-provided network outweigh the alternative: network monitoring? It’s an ongoing debate I had mostly shied away from, not because …

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R.I.P. GeoCities

October 26, 2009October 26, 2009 - by Colin Scully - 2 Comments.

Update – xkcd has redesigned their website today in honor of GeoCities. I thought this day would never come. Today GeoCities, arguably the golden web child of the ‘90s, is …

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Consensus – Windows 7 is Very Good

October 23, 2009October 24, 2009 - by Colin Scully - Leave a Comment

Forgive me – I did not deliver this on promised time (blame midterms and Sound Tribe Sector 9 playing at House of Blues last night). I find myself questioning the …

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