The Net Vol. 7

Posted By: Bob Buskirk on November 11th, 2007
12 Comments... What do you have to say?

Even though I have writers block I couldn’t miss a “The Net” post again! What’s really easy about writing these posts is that you are not actually writing the story, you are telling people about other stories. The only hard part is finding the stories. This week once again has been busy for me as ThinkComputers has been pumping out the reviews, I have highlighted some of the better reviews from the week later in this post. Ok so let’s see what happening on the net!

BlogWord Expo
It seemed like everyone and their mother was at BlogWorld this week. It was in Las Vegas and of course John Chow and Shoemoney were there. Also MsDanielle made the trip out there as well. From the looks of it BlogWorld is a small show, but it’s not like CES. I think it would have been a lot of fun to check out. One thing that is great about any convention is meeting up with other people. Networking is huge at all conventions. Of course John took all the bloggers out to eat! Looks like everyone had a great time, hopefully I can make the trip next year!

iPhone 1.1.2 Firmware
The new 1.1.2 iPhone firmware hit this week and no one really noticed! The only thing the firmware adds is foreign language support for UK English, French, German, and Italian. Also you get a battery status indicator in iTunes. It seems it has already been jailbroken, but there has been no official release. There really is no reason to even upgrade, so until there is an official jailbreak release stick with 1.1.1.

Self-filling Champagne Glasses

With the holidays coming up I know a lot of you will be celebrating. What better way to impress your guests than with some self-filling champagne glasses. This is great an allows you to fill up all the glasses in just 1 pour. The glasses are made from hand blown Pyrex glass. Thinking about getting a set, it will set you back around $1200!

New ThinkComputers Reviews
As I said it is the busy season for reviews at ThinkComputers. We have published 5 reviews the week, 3 of which are really cool products. The first is the ASUS Commando motherboard. It is part of ASUS’s Republic of Gamers motherboard line and is really badass. Second is the ViewSonic VA1930WM 19-inch LCD. If you are in the market for a new 19-inch LCD this is a great choice. And finally the Meizu M6 Mini Player. If you are not a huge fan of iPod’s than you might want to check out this player from Meizu, it can play music, videos, and photos, and costs far less than an iPod.

No related posts

Posted in: The Net
Subscribe to RSS

12 Responses to “The Net Vol. 7”

Widescreen Wallpapers said on November 11th, 2007 at 8:27 pm

Hey Bob I just went through your site and checked out your reviews on monitors. I’m looking for a new Widescreen monitor for my PC and thought about going with the Samsung 226BW for the price and good reviews its getting. Whats your advice? Email me.

Thanks.

Reply
Living Room Furniture said on November 11th, 2007 at 11:26 pm

Ooo! I loved the self-filling champagne glasses. Real conversation starter they would be!

Reply
Sean said on November 12th, 2007 at 12:03 am

I’m considering going with a 3 monitor setup… there’s just the problem of buying another monitor.

Reply

Greg said on November 12th, 2007 at 12:26 am

I wish I had the deskspace for 3 monitors.

Reply
Greg said on November 12th, 2007 at 12:22 am

Maybe we’ll see you at BlogWorld next year?

Reply
Neil Duckett said on November 12th, 2007 at 12:25 am

Those glasses are pretty cool i have to admit it.

Reply
ms danielle said on November 12th, 2007 at 1:25 am

woulda been cool to hang out with you at BWE, but i know CES is just around the corner have fun in vegas when you go!

Reply
BigMan said on November 12th, 2007 at 6:15 am

I love the glasses

Reply
Dining Furniture said on November 12th, 2007 at 11:24 am

Yes the blog convention has been occupying a lot of cyberspace. The champagne glass collection is a wonderful invention. Thank you.

Reply
Thomas De Maesschalck said on November 12th, 2007 at 6:15 pm

BlogWorld looked pretty cool, I wish I could have been there. Too bad all those conferences are so far away

Reply
Mike Huang said on November 13th, 2007 at 1:18 am

The glasses remind me of the new AT&T commercials

-Mike

Reply
Hair Loss Treatment said on November 20th, 2007 at 5:16 am

Those champagne glasses look cool. I wish I could have one of that set. And I am sure the blog expo would have been a great experience. I would love to visit such a place atleast once and see all the big bloggers.

Reply