Monthly Archives: July 2006

High tech food

If history has taught us anything, it is that no task is too complicated for a human being to use machines. From automatic can openers to automatic car transmissions, technology solves problems we never thought existed before. Nothing is more … Continue reading

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Legal Oddities (1)

Legal professions (such as lawyers, judges…) are full of anecdotal fun facts and new I-cant’-believe-this-is-happening moments are created daily. I will try to document as many as possible in a fairly regular manner, in what I call “Legal Oddities”. Here’s … Continue reading

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Review: CivCity: Rome (PC)

This PC game promises a lot just in its title: a mix between Civilization and SimCity set in the Roman times. It lets you build a Roman city, develop its economy (just like in those Settlers games) and strengthen its … Continue reading

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Toshiba Gigabeat S Review (Part 3)

Performance One thing that surprised when I first booted the device was how fast it displayed the main menu. The 4th gen iPod I have is sluggish and it was great to see something as versatile as Gigabeat S to … Continue reading

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10 Oddest iPod Accessories

Even though I’m now using my Gigabeat S instead of my old 3rd gen iPod, there’s 1 thing I have to admit: iPod experience is greatly enhanced by all the accessories available out there. Some of them are overpriced and … Continue reading

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Free calls to (almost) everyone

Since Skype (and its owner eBay) decided to allow free calls to any phone in Canada and in United States, most have wondered how it would make money and how other competitors would react to that decision. The VOIP leader … Continue reading

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SciFi’s Eureka

Yesterday was the series permiere of Eureka, the latest TV series on SciFi channel. In a 2-hour episode (if you missed it, you can watch it online for free), we learn that Eureka is the name of a small town … Continue reading

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Toshiba Gigabeat S Review (Part 2)

Menu and Navigation As I mentioned before, Gigabeat S runs on Windows Mobile Software for Portable Media Centers Version 2.11 (632) and represents a 2nd generation PMC device. Unlike the bulky and expensive attempts by Creative, iRiver and Samsung, Gigabeat … Continue reading

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