For the last week, it seems that every tech story or tweet that I read is clamoring over the fact that Google+ already has 10,000,000 users. Wow! Right?! Just… Wow! ”Do you know how long it took Facebook to reach 10,000,000? Way longer!”
Um… Duh? Read more.
Last year, when I built my computer and got a new TV, I invested in a few surge suppressors from CyberPower for the house (namely, I got two of the 1090′s and one 895). Since I started using them, I haven’t had any real opportunities to see them in action. We’ve had plenty of power outages, but no surges … until tonight. We had two consecutive surges within about 5 seconds of each other. The surge suppressors did exactly what they were designed to do (all my of electronics kept power, while the rest of the house flickered), but it was just extremely cool to see it happen. I will never, ever go back to the generic 6-outlet power strips. Read more.
I was looking at cars recently, not with any real intent to buy, but just to see what interested me. I thought to myself, “Hey, with those American car companies failing, maybe I’d see what they had. Maybe I’d try to support them, even if only in while perusing.” Read more.
As I watched the first week of NFL games on Sunday, I realized I was getting a little tired of it all. I remember last season being so stoked on opening Sunday. This year, I felt a bit blah about it. I spent most of the early games playing on my computer instead of focusing on the “action”. I am starting to find college football more interesting *gasp*, even though I used to be a pretty big hater of it. I guess living in SE Michigan makes a difference there, where U of M football is king, and the Lions are horrendous. Read more.