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The Facination with Apple

nobody@vox.com(Virtunate) — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:09:46 -0300

"It puzzles me why the entire technology industry is fascinated with Apple. Granted, it is one of the few companies in Silicon Valley that aren’t really feeling the effects of the bad economy in the states right now, but just over a decade ago, m...

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nobody@vox.com(Virtunate) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:33:59 -0300

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Touch Your Media: A Review of the iPod Touch

nobody@vox.com(Virtunate) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:03:29 -0300

So, as many of you probably know, I bought an iPod Classic back in December as a Christmas present. Having 80 GB of storage was really sweet. I could throw anything I wanted on to it and still have gobs of storage space left over. But in compa...

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Reworking the Blog: History + Tech

nobody@vox.com(Virtunate) — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:24:17 -0300

So after a really loong lull in posting (I really haven't posted seriously for about a year.) I've decided to rework the blog. Up until this point, I've been focusing on technology exclusively. Now, however, I've decided to include my second passi...

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Format? What Does Format Mean?

nobody@vox.com(Virtunate) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 22:51:26 -0300

I had one of those banging-my-head-against-the-wall type of moments. It went something like this: Little Brother: uh, Nathaniel, I accidentally deleted everything on the Wii. Me: You......What? Why did you do that?!?!?!?!? Little Brother: I though...

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The Brains Inside the Computer

nobody@vox.com(Virtunate) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:55:37 -0300

So I've been meaning to get a new CPU for quite a while now. Like, since I got the computer. I've upgraded pretty much everything else since I got it over a year and a half ago. Pretty much everything except the motherboard has been replaced, but...

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Valentine's Day

nobody@vox.com(Virtunate) — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:08:19 -0400

So, I've been looking around for the obligitory "I hate Valentine's Day!" posts on Vox and haven't come up with any (mind you, I haven't been looking very hard.), but I'm here to say two things A) I'm okay with Valentine's Day and B) No the reaso...

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The Computer Problem From Hell

nobody@vox.com(Virtunate) — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:47:14 -0400

So, I've been thinking about getting a second Hard Drive for backup and other stuff, so I scanned the ads in Kijiji (being the bang-for-buck person that I am) I found a 200 GB drive for about $50. Went down last night and got it. Got home. Put in...

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The Writer's Strike Over?

nobody@vox.com(Virtunate) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:11:49 -0400

So the word on the street is that the writers strike may be nearing an end. Apperently, the studio's a nd the studio's have reached an agreement on royalties for both new media and DVD's, which is pretty close to what the WGA wanted for it's memb...

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Amazon MP3 Store Going International in 2008

nobody@vox.com(Virtunate) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:44:48 -0400

Hallalujah! As some of you probably know, my main source of music these days is iTunes. I've downloaded hundreds of tracks from the service and I'm pretty happy with the deal I'm getting. However, I'm all for competion and was excited when Amazon ...

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