All Great Things Must Come to an End.

Right now you are looking at a dinosaur. Not your computer, your optical drive. It’s probably right in front of your eyes (or just off to the side if you are on a MacBook like me). For the non-nerds reading this (not that I am saying a non-nerd would be interested in a blog called “Hot Tub Crime Machine” but humor me), I’m talking about your computer’s DVD player.

Think about it. When was the last time you even used yours?

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Is blogging dead?

Much like the old adage about not asking a woman if she’s pregnant until you actually see a baby coming out of her, I’m hesitant to pronounce anything dead until I see its cold dead body. But blogging has certainly changed. Some might say it’s evolved, others say it degenerated.

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Batteries – The Final Frontier

Sitting at the gate, waiting to take off on my virgin Virgin Atlantic flight I find myself constantly checking my battery power. I’m watching the percentage drop on my iPhone with every text, starting at the battery meter on my Kindle wondering if I will have enough juice left to make it through the six-hour flight and then there’s my laptop. It was near 100% when I left the office, but where will it be when I open it halfway through m trip.

And that’s why batteries are going to be the next technology battle ground.

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