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Microvision Pico Movie Projector for Your iPod

Posted by metroxing in Friday, January 11th 2008   
Topics: Apple, Computing, Design, Film, Gadgets, Marketing, Mobile, Retail, TV, Travel    Tags: , , , , , ,
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You’re on a plane, the movie they are offering is NORBIT or the edited 9-minute version of DEADWOOD … fortunately the rotund dude in front of you who had to buy two tickets is sound asleep and he’s wearing a white shirt – just attach the Pico Movie Projector to your iPod and you use [...]

Google Rolls Out Google Transit Out Of Google Labs

Posted by tizmanian in Tuesday, October 9th 2007   
Topics: Internet, Media, Travel    
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Google has rolled out Google Transit out of the Labs and into Google Maps as an fully integrated feature. What’s the big deal? Not much unless you live in one of these cities: Not a very complete list but more will follow one would think. Using Google Transit means that when you look up directions [...]

Google MyMaps: Not Quite Ready for the iPhone

Posted by metroxing in Sunday, July 29th 2007   
Topics: Apple, Computing, Internet, Mobile, Travel, iPhone    
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As Tizmanian covered a few month back, Google’s MyMaps are customizable. In theory, it should be perfect for the iPhone. Of course, you’re all familiar with Google Maps. You type in a business name, a city or an address and you hit return, in literally seconds, it spans the globe and you a pin placement [...]

Pricing for goods and services in the Bahamas

Posted by tizmanian in Wednesday, May 23rd 2007   
Topics: Food, Travel    
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So staying at the Atlantis is not a bad gig. What is a killer is realizing that you need a fatter wallet to enjoy the posh scenery. The following pricing is all in US dollars as the Bahamian dollar is roughly 1-1. For example: One copy of a daily issue of the New York Times: [...]

Now, That’s An Airfare! $10 From Columbus to SF Bay Area …

Posted by tizmanian in Thursday, April 26th 2007   
Topics: Internet, Travel    
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Startup airline SKYBUS is offering 10 seats for $10 dollars on all their flights – they are launching May 22 with Columbus to Oakland, CA as their only service so far – planning to add 9 cities in the near future. A quick check shows that surprise, there are no actual $10 tickets left but [...]