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Technical Malfunction…
Jul 10th
Early today BraArsenault dot com went down and after some tinkering and restoring a database is now back online. This will be a good motivator to redesign the site, but in the meantime this plain and simple theme will have to do.
–Brad
Dell gets (Studio) smart with new Studio Hybrid Line!
Aug 1st
This week Dell has released another addition to their “Studio” product line and advertising campaign. This new “hybrid desktop” (as they refer to it) offers far more customizable options than Apple’s Mac Mini. This Wii-sized device offer an intel core 2 extreme up to 3ghz, up to 4 GB if ddr2 ram, upto 320 GB of hard disk storage, and most interestingly, Blu-ray player. This computer, or home theatre component, outputs HDMI, could easily replace my LG SuperBlu player, and requires as little space as the Nintendo Wii. By far it’s far more important that this will challenge Apple’s Mac Mini; the mac mini uses outdated, slow hardware, a slower hard disk, and no Blu-ray support. With rumors of a MacBook refresh this September, a mac mini update is far overdue, a staggering 358 days according to Macrumors.com s buyers guide…
Firefox 3 Review
Jul 31st
Firefox 2 in my opinion has been a flop from the memory leaks, the interface, and it’s dated when compared to Safari or Opera.
- All memory leak issues are fixed.
- It runs faster (start and page-load)
- It’s more reliable (No more javascript or flash issues)
- It looks so much better than the old Firefox
- Safari is almost 10x faster (in my CSStest file I got from the internet) Read the rest of this entry »
