Yearly Archives: 2007

Virgin America: Like a Multimillion-Dollar IPod. That Flies.

Posted on 8/8/2007 by Dylan Tweney

Virgin America launched its U.S. air service yesterday, and immediately staked a claim as the most geek-friendly airline yet invented. It’s also one of the most comfortable and pleasant to fly in — and it’s reasonably priced. I flew in … Continue reading →

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Help! My daughter wants a UFO.

Posted on 7/26/2007 by Dylan Tweney

Thanks to repeated viewings of Jimmy Neutron, Clifford the Big Red Dog, and Scooby Doo, Clara is now obsessed with the idea of building a super-duper clubhouse that contains, among other things, trap doors, secret pools, a waterfall, and levers … Continue reading →

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Book Review: It’s Not News, It’s Fark

Posted on 7/25/2007 by Dylan Tweney

Drew Curtis may run one of the funniest news aggregation sites around, but just because he’s a joker, don’t make the mistake of thinking he doesn’t really understand the news. If his claims are to be believed, Curtis has probably … Continue reading →

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Our biggest trick — and it’s not really a big stroke of genius or anything — is simply to make a huge and dramatic presentation and then not let anyone actually see the phone. The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs: … Continue reading →

Posted on 7/9/2007 by Dylan Tweney | Comments Off

The iPhone is pretty damn fun.

Posted on 7/1/2007 by Dylan Tweney

I’ve been playing with an iPhone all weekend, and I haven’t had this much fun with a gadget in a long time. Is it useful? You bet. No phone does web browsing or email quite as well as this one. … Continue reading →

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Really, what could be more perfect than an elegant titanium spork? Spork of the gods

Posted on 6/27/2007 by Dylan Tweney | Comments Off

Lore Sjoberg unveils the dark secret: the iPhone is the tool of Satan! Beware the Magical IPhone

Posted on 6/27/2007 by Dylan Tweney | 1 Comment

If you understand what a “gadget” is, please go vote for your favorites here — lots of people are unclear on the concept, so we need some smarties to offset the clueless: Wired News: The Greatest Gadgets of All Time

Posted on 6/20/2007 by Dylan Tweney | 1 Comment

Well, that was fun! My quick-and-dirty benchmark of Safari 3 for Windows really brought the haters out of the woodwork: Wired News Benchmarks Show Safari 3 Is Slower Than IE 7, Firefox

Posted on 6/14/2007 by Dylan Tweney | Comments Off

Space Cowboys and the Steampunk Treehouse.

Posted on 6/8/2007 by Dylan Tweney

One of the best discoveries I made at the Yuri’s Night party at NASA Ames a couple months ago was the Space Cowboys, a group of people with a modified Mercedes-Benz Unimog — it looks like a military vehicle — … Continue reading →

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