tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82116665170703388152011-12-07T09:55:58.563-05:00The musings of a twenty-something with thoughts on everythingbricknhymrnoreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211666517070338815.post-63130913276830257362007-09-05T14:51:00.000-04:002007-09-05T14:52:53.424-04:00

(Also posted at abrickoncesaid.blogspot.com)Steve Jobs, in a black turtleneck and jeans, made a number of big announcements today. Being the fan-boy that I am I thought I would give you my first impressionsiPod Shuffle - Nothing really big here... no real feelingsiPod Nano "Fatty" - I think this is pretty cool, but the form factor to me does not make nearly as much sense as the original Nano.

bricknhymrnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211666517070338815.post-48096609702756621362007-07-06T10:10:00.000-04:002007-07-06T10:11:33.360-04:00

Sorry for the lack of post. I have not really seen anything that has caught my interest in the tech world. So it goes in the summer. Have a good weekend all.

bricknhymrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211666517070338815.post-40732770081901832172007-07-03T14:34:00.000-04:002007-07-03T14:36:48.076-04:00

The iPhone is out and to this point I have been very impressed with the reviews of the device. In addition the release by apple has been very impressive. Here we are at Tuesday and we are beginning to see the first shortages. Good Job Apple. If you would like to send me a review device I would be more than happy to give you my honest opinion.

bricknhymrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211666517070338815.post-84250108439720398942007-06-22T09:17:00.000-04:002007-06-22T09:47:39.847-04:00

In just seven days, 8 hours and fourty minutes from the writing of this post the iPhone will be released (Yes it is another iPhone Post). While my personal excitement has wained slightly because I have made the decision to not get one for a couple of months, I am sill foaming at the mouth to see what developments will take place over the next few months. I am hoping that by December we will hear

bricknhymrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211666517070338815.post-36128508207827939852007-06-20T09:20:00.000-04:002007-06-20T10:29:16.025-04:00

I am relatively new at blogging, having started this just a few months ago, and I have no idea if anyone is reading. That changed when I was turned on to Google Analytics when listening to a podcast from Chris Pirillo. Chris is doing some amazing things with streaming tech videos, live from his home/car, and podcasting. He is also one of the many former TechTV personalities who are really pushing

bricknhymrnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211666517070338815.post-6927169035834487512007-06-18T13:09:00.000-04:002007-06-18T13:11:37.745-04:00

I am a sucker for a good casual game. You know the type, you sit down, load it up, look at the pretty colors. line up three of a kind and before you know it, it is 2am and you need to get up for work soon. These are some of my favorites. They are a little mindless, but they are relaxing. I was listening to the PC Gamer Podcast and heard them talk about a new popcap game, Peggle.Peggle is

bricknhymrnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211666517070338815.post-23830867159904965382007-06-07T09:38:00.000-04:002007-06-20T16:51:42.638-04:00

It looks like it is official. We should see the public release of the iPhone on June 29th, 2007.Here are some of my predictions for the release:There will be lines - I think that there are enough apple fan boys, which I may be one of, that people waiting for stores to open to get the phone. This is like a grown up xBox360 or Wii. If you are in San Francisco, I hear that Kevin Rose, of Digg, will

bricknhymrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211666517070338815.post-9472821483933191292007-05-29T13:13:00.000-04:002007-06-04T11:00:34.660-04:00

So there are few things I like better then opening up a new electronic and seeing how it works, how it will improve my life, how it will make me happy, but there is a small problem with that, I cannot afford my own tech fetish. Don't get em wrong, I don't deny myself, but I do need to do some thinking before I make some bad decisions about the things that I want.I only buy the latest and greatest

bricknhymrnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211666517070338815.post-10882957351197080862007-05-15T15:48:00.000-04:002007-05-21T14:55:43.576-04:00

There has been lots of speculation about newest reincarnation of our favorite little mp3 player, the Apple iPod. Widescreen, see through interfaces, touchscreen... all have been mentioned in relation to the sixth generation of the Pod, but there are some features that I have not heard about that could really help the improve the iPod:Better Battery - This is the most important feature that they

bricknhymrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211666517070338815.post-38428746220668554232007-04-12T12:01:00.000-04:002007-05-22T12:55:08.821-04:00

I Love LOST, and House and a number of other network shows. My Tivo gets filled each week with a number of great, compelling television that are high dollar productions. The type of entertainment that only large studios can produce. These are great entertainment, but they don't speak to some of my personal interests. Lefts face it, I am slightly left of mainstream, and my entertainment attention

bricknhymrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211666517070338815.post-32494550768383375012007-03-29T10:22:00.000-04:002007-03-29T10:41:30.691-04:00

I admit that I have not really been in the IT workforce for that long, completing my masters degree in May. However, I have developed some strong feelings over the past year or so about the good and the bad of the workplace. My previous employer, unnamed large investment bank, was a a great experience. I was fresh out of grad school and they offered me a great entry level position where I could

bricknhymrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211666517070338815.post-31260887976901472702007-03-28T09:52:00.000-04:002007-03-28T15:46:26.188-04:00

If you were to talk about the top business institutions in the country the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania would probably be at the top of the list. The school is known for housing some of the greatest minds in the business world, and creating an atmosphere where knowledge is king. But something new is happening at this, and many other schools across the country. They are giving

bricknhymrnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211666517070338815.post-27233981425505326212007-03-27T11:11:00.000-04:002007-03-27T11:34:42.029-04:00

I am a child of the mid-eighties - early nineties, which means a couple of things.I played Sesame Street video games on my Commodore 64.I am, and forever will be, in debt to Lavar Burton for helping me learn to read.Me and the Mario brothers could do just about anything (wrangle monkeys, clean pipes, save damsels in distress)I grew up on great cartoonsAs far as number four goes. I can remember

bricknhymrnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8211666517070338815.post-87923737543008475982007-03-27T10:14:00.000-04:002007-03-27T10:17:19.588-04:00

There are lots of new things happening on the web these days. I am sure you have all see the explosion of social websites, the supposed second version of the internet. While I don't really by the whole web 2.0 thing, I can definitely see a number of new sites and new business models becoming apparent, and yet is is still some of the old ones that are good ones. Here is my list of the 10 best

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