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the dell studio 15 is about three times as powerful as my current pc. it’s ridiculous. you can get it with a blu-ray drive, and it’s got an hdmi out, so you can hook it up and use it as a blu-ray hd player. you can get led backlighting for the screen [...]

so i stepped on a squirrel this morning. stupid bastard ran right out in front of me, literally right underfoot. i trod upon it’s paw, it freaked out, and ran back the way it came. i hope i didn’t hurt it, but i’m also glad he didn’t try to go at me, [...]

as has been much discussed recently, the comics industry is in trouble. many ideas have been put forth, but most of them are simply editorial redirection or trying to work within a broken distribution system. see here and here for a good start on the current thinking.
this is all crap. there are [...]

i just discovered what may be my favorite umpc yet. she’s not the prettiest, but she’s fully featured, nice form factor*, and you can get her with a 32gig solid state drive. due out in south korea in june/july for about $800, closer to $1000 to import one.
4.8″ touchscreen, 800×480. 568 mhz [...]

marvel is reissuing grant morrison’s entire run on new xmen in three softcover volumes. this is fantastic. i want comics i can pick up on a whim and flip through, and hardcovers are the exact opposite of that.
there’s this wierdness going on in tradepaperbackery right now where it’s kind of a crapshoot if [...]

i am/was about to buy a $350 wacom. i’m getting that stimulus check from the government for presumeably $600. the 12″ cintiq is $1000.
nice.