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Archive for September, 2006

Free iTunes, iPod-loving stereos, and a Bluetooth MP3 player

September 20th, 2006

As some of you may already know, I also maintain a blog over at the WritingUp website (which you can check out here). It hasn’t gotten that many updates since Beyond the Rhetoric hit the scene, but it still gets the odd post from time to time to keep that side of my audience satisfied [...]

The world’s first RDS FM Transmitter for the iPod

September 18th, 2006

The latest innovation coming down Kensington’s accessory chute is the world’s first RDS FM Transmitter for the iPod.

What’s RDS, you may ask? Well, it stands for Radio Data System and is a standard developed in the 1980s that allows not only the audio to be sent over FM radio, but short text messages as well [...]

Mario Hoops 3-on-3: Initial Review

September 13th, 2006

There’s no denying that the most recognizable face in video games is a pudgy Italian plumber named Mario. He truly revolutionized the video game scene, beginning with jumping over barrels in Donkey Kong, right up to do where he zips past you in a go kart (Mario Kart DS), hits up the links (Mario Golf), [...]

Bolloxed: I never knew testicular pain could be this fun(ny)

September 9th, 2006

The Vancouver Fringe Festival is in full swing for the next week or so, and after my experience with Darren Barefoot’s “Bolloxed” last Thursday, I think I want to catch a few more shows.
Getting back to Bolloxed. The basic plot goes as thus: Jack is a Canadian working for an American computer company in Ireland. [...]

Bolloxed: A Play about Balls

September 7th, 2006

The Vancouver Fringe Festival kicked off tonight and I had the chance to see the Vancouver premiere of Bolloxed, a play by Darren Barefoot. As promised, here is a short review (expect a longer review in the days to come).

The one-hour show is held at the Playwrights Theatre at Granville Island. In a nutshell (no [...]