Switching to Apple Music

Well, it finally happened. After a few years of bouncing between Spotify and Apple Music (and even Google Play Music / YouTube Music for a bit), I’ve mostly moved over to Apple Music as my main music service. The cataylst turned out to be sales on both HomePods and Sonos One speakers, but I’ll address […]

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My 2020 Podcast Lineup

Thought I’d give a quick update on something I’ve been spending a ton of time with in quarantine life. I’ve been a heavy podcast listener for a long time now – I can remember listening to podcasts even before it was part of the iTunes Store, using apps to side load mp3s into the app. My […]

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Apple Watch, Revisited

A few months ago, I posted my initial review of the Apple Watch after using it for a few weeks. It’s been nearly 9 months since I’ve had the watch and I thought I’d give a follow up based on what I’ve learned after using it daily. The hardware While aesthetically I think the hardware […]

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The Apple Watch

About 2 weeks ago, my wife handed me a box that contained a 42mm stainless steel Apple Watch w/ a black Sport Band. It was an early Father’s Day / 5 year Anniversary combo gift, but it had showed up about 2 weeks early and she knew there was no way my impulsive self would […]

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Canon SD960 Review

As you obvi­ously know by now, I’m a gadget freak, and I also love pho­tog­ra­phy. This com­bi­na­tion means that I tend to buy a lot of photo and video related gad­getry. The latest entry is the Canon SD960IS, a 12 megapixel point-and-shoot camera that also shoots 1280×720 HD video. This is decid­edly a con­sumer level […]

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The Definitive Dominican Republic Review

Well, we’re back in town after a delightful weeklong trip to the Gran Bahia Pricipe Ambar hotel in the Dominican Republic. Michelle and I have been talking about taking a ‘real’ vacation for quite some time, and after much research, saving, and rushing around at the last minute, we were on our way. We finally decided on […]

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2 Down

11 months go to. The first two months here have been mind numbing – most of the classes I have taken have been boring, review-style sessions I should have tried to test out of. Fortunately, I escaped with very good grades in all of the courses, which is the only thing that I can hang […]

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Emusic Review

Okay guys, i’ve been using eMusic for a couple of days now, so i figure it’s about time to deliver my verdict. i gave the service a try, first just going thru the trial service (sign up, and get 50 songs for free, cancel at any time – no charge), but quickly signed up once […]

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