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Canada Is Better..

…than the US in at least ONE way: you can get Coffee Crisp chocolate bars just about anywhere in Canada. But in the US? No way, except San Jose. There is a militant group of expatriates fighting the good fight to get a Coffee Crisp into the hands of every...

Hasta La Vista, Sega

Like the Commodore Amiga and the BETA VCR, another case study in the ability for inferior technology to triumph through shrewd business strategy, the Dreamcast system, is now toast. Borrowing a page from the Microsoft employee handbook, SONY has effectively FUDed...

Escape from Silicon Valley..

BIV just asked me to write an article about my experiences on the RollerCoaster. I think this might be more than they were looking for.. Escape From Silicon Valley As I stared up from under the sweat-soaked crown of my badly scarred goalie mask I saw the opposing line...

DVD For The Masses?

Well, maybe not. You still have to buy a Writable DVD drive for $4k, and because there are still three DVD standards out there, of course you’re going to pick the wrong one.. -Ian. ——— http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/001207/ca_spruce_.html Thursday...

Handheld PDAs

Okay, so I’m what you’d call “unique”. I am a very mobile user and also very disorganized, so I need tools to prop me up. But, over the years, the hard lessons of early-adopter victimization have saltied me to the gimmickry of high-tech,...