Ryan Gardner on January 10th, 2006

MacBook Pro has got to be the lamest name for the PowerBook I have ever heard of. When I hear the phrase “MacBook Pro” it feels oudated. It feels like a name that came out of 1980 or something. I think of a dusty, dinged-up box in the corner of an abandoned office with the [...]

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Ryan Gardner on January 10th, 2006

Todays news from MacWorld was good to hear - but nothing super exciting. Here are some of the things that were announced:

A $49 FM tuner/remote for the iPod (works on current models)
Mac OS X 10.4.4 Trivial updates. New widgets. Biggest reason to update is for Intel compatibility
New iLife update Trivial updates to the programs - [...]

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Ryan Gardner on January 9th, 2006

A man caught a mouse, and threw it in the fire to dispose of it. Problem solved, right? Not with this mouse. The mouse decided to return the favor to the man.
“I had some leaves burning outside, so I threw it in the fire, and the mouse was on fire and ran back at [...]

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Ryan Gardner on January 3rd, 2006

An LDS missionary from Bountiful and a fellow missionary from Greeley, Colo., were shot Monday night while going door to door in Chesapeake, Va., police said.
The attacks happened just after 6 p.m., police said, when a man approached them, shot them and ran away. One of the victims ran to a nearby nursing home seeking [...]

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Ryan Gardner on December 29th, 2005

A Wal-Mart employee saved up money for a long time to buy her son a 5G iPod. On Christmas morning when he unwrapped it - he was extremely happy when he saw the box. Inside the box, however, was no iPod. It was a hunk of mystery meat.
Wal-Mart is going to replace the iPod [...]

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Ryan Gardner on December 5th, 2005

USA Today has your first look at photos from 20th Century Fox’s X-Men 3, coming to theaters on May 26, 2006. X-Men 3 is being created by a different director, and includes some new characters.
If someone wants to go stand in line now for tickets, pick one up for me too
See the images [...]

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Ryan Gardner on December 1st, 2005

A local engineer in Anchorage, Alaska has secured a used cyclotron from Johns Hopkins University. Everything was looking good for him until his neighbors found out. Now everyone is mad - but without real reason.
I think that physics must be taught at a higher level in public education to help people understand what is [...]

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Ryan Gardner on November 27th, 2005

Bose introduced a new car that uses experimental, Bose-designed suspension and four electromagnetic motors to jump over any kind of obstacle blocking the driver’s way. In a few years, this suspension will become standard equipment on some luxury car.
I hope that this will soon be available in an aftermarket kit so I can get the [...]

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Ryan Gardner on November 26th, 2005

I am watching TV right now (this post brought to you by the blackberry) Cindy Sheehan is up to her old antics. The news was showing her dancing with some regae band. When the clip first started, I couldn’t help but wonder why they were showing a clip of an unattractive man. Woops - that [...]

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