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The Resurgence of Ayn Rand and Tax Lies Redux

Thanks to the Tea Party loonies and a lot of gullible sheep out there, Ayn Rand has really come back into vogue in the last few years. Her book, The Fountainhead, was made into a movie starring Gary Cooper back in 1949 but her other opus, Atlas Shrugged, has long been considered too long and complic.[...]

Before Declaring Device Convergence King, Consider Battery Life
It is not like I didn't see this coming, but when Cisco announced its decision to shut down its recently-acquired Flip portable camera division (which actually wasn't doing too badly, but was only experiencing slower growth than expected) yesterday, I couldn't help feeling that it was somewhat prema.[...]
So Long...to the Flip camera?!

I can still remember adding this to my list of items to get, and always forgetting to actually cop it. Guess now I'm glad I didn't. Click here to read the article.[...]

We wore layers. Kept them on.

Here we are checking out the view from a handicap section before the game. As seniors, we arrive early so the game doesn't start without us and we lose our place. April outdoor baseball games are always going to be dicey in Minnesota, but we layered up today and took our chances. No problem. There w.[...]

'The Hobbit' in 48fps

HTC and Sprint separately launch audio-video streaming services, Cisco kills off the Flip video camera, and Peter Jackson will shoot "The Hobbit" in 48 frames per second to create better image quality. 3 minutes 29 seconds April 13, 2011 8:21 … Continue reading →[...]

5 Gadgets That Would Be A Thousand Times Better If They Used Intel's Thunderbolt (INTC, AAPL)

When Apple introduced Intel's Thunderbolt technology to it's line of MacBook Pros we got really excited. Thunderbolt is a technology that allows data to transfer between devices at 10 Gbps. That's insanely fast. To put it in perspective, you could transfer a two-hour HD movie to your PC in just 30 s.[...]

R.I.P. the Flip
Guest blogger Bart Weiss is the Artistic Director of Videofest. Well, Cisco has decided to kill what once was the most popular video camera in the world – the Flip. Just a few years ago, this simple, easy-to-use camcorder was a modern day version of Kodak's Brownie camera and the Polaroid. It was th.[...]