Comments for Sprockets & Cogs http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com A smattering of the various ways technology changes our lives Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:44:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Water bed? Shower? Eh, who cares! by lili http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/water-bed-shower-eh-who-cares/#comment-61 lili Sun, 15 Mar 2009 02:44:43 +0000 http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/water-bed-shower-eh-who-cares/#comment-61 this really cool and all the ppl who left comments are lame especially the shark person . this really cool and all the ppl who left comments are lame especially the shark person .

]]> Comment on Google’s open-source phone plan by Jamie http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/googles-open-source-phone-plan/#comment-47 Jamie Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:53:39 +0000 http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/googles-open-source-phone-plan/#comment-47 Man! I hope TVWAG doesn't form contracts with the city and my apartment building to jack up my cable/phone/internet/parking/transit/laundry costs. Man! I hope TVWAG doesn’t form contracts with the city and my apartment building to jack up my cable/phone/internet/parking/transit/laundry costs.

]]> Comment on MLB GameDay rocks my dinner hour by Bored with the Offseason http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/mlb-gameday-rocks-my-dinner-hour/#comment-46 Bored with the Offseason Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:46:29 +0000 http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/mlb-gameday-rocks-my-dinner-hour/#comment-46 Greg: I don't watch ESPN because I'm too poor for NYC cable, so I have no beef with poker airtime. But I think I get your point....because imagine going to a sports bar during playoff baseball and finding only one tiny television (we're talking 17-inch here) broadcasting this most important game, while all sixteen plasma screen TVs in the joint are playing pre-season NFL games. I begin to seriously contemplate murder. Cara: I think baseball should end in February, or roughly two weeks before spring training starts. Hmmm. I think I wandered a bit off the point of this blog. Sorry. Greg: I don’t watch ESPN because I’m too poor for NYC cable, so I have no beef with poker airtime. But I think I get your point….because imagine going to a sports bar during playoff baseball and finding only one tiny television (we’re talking 17-inch here) broadcasting this most important game, while all sixteen plasma screen TVs in the joint are playing pre-season NFL games. I begin to seriously contemplate murder.

Cara: I think baseball should end in February, or roughly two weeks before spring training starts.

Hmmm. I think I wandered a bit off the point of this blog. Sorry.

]]> Comment on Google’s open-source phone plan by Byf http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/googles-open-source-phone-plan/#comment-45 Byf Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:53:19 +0000 http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/googles-open-source-phone-plan/#comment-45 Call me cynical, but it's only a matter of time before Google buys Apple to become GoogleApple, which then is bought by TimeWarner, which in turn is bought by Viacom to form a conglomerate named TVWAG. Call me cynical, but it’s only a matter of time before Google buys Apple to become GoogleApple, which then is bought by TimeWarner, which in turn is bought by Viacom to form a conglomerate named TVWAG.

]]> Comment on Google’s open-source phone plan by greg http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/googles-open-source-phone-plan/#comment-44 greg Mon, 05 Nov 2007 19:00:49 +0000 http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/11/06/googles-open-source-phone-plan/#comment-44 another reason google rocks is their mission statement: "Don't Be Evil" another reason google rocks is their mission statement:

“Don’t Be Evil”

]]> Comment on MLB GameDay rocks my dinner hour by Cara http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/mlb-gameday-rocks-my-dinner-hour/#comment-43 Cara Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:00:28 +0000 http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/mlb-gameday-rocks-my-dinner-hour/#comment-43 Baseball should end in September. Can we work on a technology to do that? Baseball should end in September. Can we work on a technology to do that?

]]> Comment on MLB GameDay rocks my dinner hour by greg http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/mlb-gameday-rocks-my-dinner-hour/#comment-42 greg Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:12:51 +0000 http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/mlb-gameday-rocks-my-dinner-hour/#comment-42 oh, you wanna start some shit with me about your disney owned piece of crap network that cares more about showing me endless hours of poker than, i don't know, an actual SPORT like hockey!?!?! i'm kidding, i don't really want to start shit, but it was kinda fun to write... but i really do hate ESPN for that reason. i will say that the reason i prefer mlb gameday is that the graphics/animation of the pitches just looks a bit cooler than the ESPN version. Clearly, this is one of the best reasons ever!!! oh, you wanna start some shit with me about your disney owned piece of crap network that cares more about showing me endless hours of poker than, i don’t know, an actual SPORT like hockey!?!?!

i’m kidding, i don’t really want to start shit, but it was kinda fun to write… but i really do hate ESPN for that reason.

i will say that the reason i prefer mlb gameday is that the graphics/animation of the pitches just looks a bit cooler than the ESPN version. Clearly, this is one of the best reasons ever!!!

]]> Comment on MLB GameDay rocks my dinner hour by alivelee http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/mlb-gameday-rocks-my-dinner-hour/#comment-41 alivelee Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:38:58 +0000 http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/mlb-gameday-rocks-my-dinner-hour/#comment-41 ah, Greg is ALSO all about ESPN GameCast. I, sadly, am behind the baseball times...:) ah, Greg is ALSO all about ESPN GameCast. I, sadly, am behind the baseball times…:)

]]> Comment on My cup rocketh over by Jamie http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/my-cup-rocketh-over/#comment-40 Jamie Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:34:22 +0000 http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/my-cup-rocketh-over/#comment-40 Yeah, I don't get why the serving dish looks like a bathtub. The whole thing screams danger. Yeah, I don’t get why the serving dish looks like a bathtub. The whole thing screams danger.

]]> Comment on You should totally compliment my iPod by Technology Skeptic http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/you-should-totally-compliment-my-ipod/#comment-39 Technology Skeptic Mon, 29 Oct 2007 16:25:26 +0000 http://sprocksncogs.wordpress.com/2007/10/29/you-should-totally-compliment-my-ipod/#comment-39 Amy, your reasons for not buying an iPod in the first place are exactly the reasons you should have stayed away from the iTouch. The "kinks" are nowhere near ironed out....that thing freezes all the time. In my opinion, the iPod is awful anyway (yes, I have one, and the next time it dies it will be taken out to Central Park along with my Treo and bludgeoned with a sledgehammer, Office Space-style). These gadgets try to do too much. All I want is an mp3 player (or, more idealistically, a flac player) that plays my music at the same quality output level as input. Likewise, all I want is a phone that is able to make/receive clear calls and text messages. If these things absolutely must have additional features, why not make them be able to do something useful, like my laundry? Amy, your reasons for not buying an iPod in the first place are exactly the reasons you should have stayed away from the iTouch. The “kinks” are nowhere near ironed out….that thing freezes all the time. In my opinion, the iPod is awful anyway (yes, I have one, and the next time it dies it will be taken out to Central Park along with my Treo and bludgeoned with a sledgehammer, Office Space-style).

These gadgets try to do too much. All I want is an mp3 player (or, more idealistically, a flac player) that plays my music at the same quality output level as input. Likewise, all I want is a phone that is able to make/receive clear calls and text messages. If these things absolutely must have additional features, why not make them be able to do something useful, like my laundry?

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