Category Archives: Toy

If I had an iPhone…

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: July 11, 2008

The plan is to show up at an Apple store in the morning to see what obstacles exist to Internet In My Pants. I was unable to rationalize the iPhone’s first release since I knew the 3G was on the horizon, and frankly I’m impressed I waited this long. I believe the ability to annoy [...]

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I will own this

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: July 4, 2007

Harmonix’s Rock Band

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Apple 2007 Teaser

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: January 1, 2007

Apple sets the bar pretty high for 2007, offering a teaser on their home page a week before the Macworld Expo and Conference. Mac Rumors offers a list of often discussed hardware and software expected this year including: Apple Phone New Mac Pro iTV Leopard New Displays iLife ’07 New Video iPod I fear it’s [...]

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Nintendo Wii

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: November 30, 2006

I didn’t expect to add the Wii to our distraction options this year, but one nonetheless sits connected to our TV. I can’t recall having more fun with another video game system. Sony and Microsoft may have superior hardware performance, but they’ve not once innovated with their consoles like Nintendo has with introducing a whole [...]

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Half-life Headcrab

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: May 9, 2006

Sean wins so far for the most evil birthday present. You may all still enter the contest at anytime. This headcrab, while smaller than the ones I remember, still reminds me too much of creeping around the Black Mesa research facility, fearing zombification. I had to seal it back inside its box for the night, [...]

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New Phone

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: February 14, 2006

I was looking for new phone about as soon as I got my last, and I was not particularly excited about anything I saw. My desires fell somewhere between a phone that simply did voice and text in a tiny form-factor, and a full-featured brick, knowing the best of both worlds is not possible. I [...]

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iPod Quest

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: November 16, 2004

I don’t want to pay a lot for an iPod, which means I don’t have one. We have one, but I do not have my own. I want one. It’s useful for cycling, working, or just drowning out external noise with tunes. My efforts for a Free iPod failed, and until recently I was content [...]

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My new bike is officially, finally home

By Ryan Stephenson | Published: April 21, 2004

And so am I, because regardless of the weather, I’m not going to focus on work when I’ve got a new toy begging for a ride during what’s turning out to be a pretty day. But before I can do that, I have to install the SPD pedals from my mountain bike, since the SPD-SL [...]

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