http://www.genxdigital.com Making sense of the digital universe Wed, 13 Dec 2006 13:59:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It’s been FAR too long - I’ve been immersed in my long-time non-profit venture recently, but will try to get a few of my many thoughts out since attending http://www.genxdigital.com/?p=52 I wouldn’t ordinarily pimp out a specific manufacturer, but in this case - it just may be warranted. I downloaded a beta copy of Windows Vista to play with in 21 minutes. Now that may not seem remarkable, but this was a DVD installation - 3.1 GB of ... http://www.genxdigital.com/?p=50 The Canon EOS 1D Mark IIN is the latest in the line-up of Canon Digital SLR cameras, and I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing it for the last month in preparation for the forthcoming Men’s Vogue article showcasing hot new technologies. Being a Canon user myself for the last ... http://www.genxdigital.com/?p=49 You can’t get much sexier than Kate Moss (actually, maybe you can) and Nikon’s taken their advertising plan to new sex-appeal highs to tout their new Coolpix S6 pocket digital. I’ve spent a few weeks with their new flagship Coolpix and my impressions are below. The first few things I ... http://www.genxdigital.com/?p=48 For the upcoming August Men’s Vogue issue, I’ve been tasked with bringing in some new toys, and I thought I’d finally update some of this site with stories of each of the toys. To start - I’ll whip up a concoction of nouns, verbs, pronouns and sentences to feed ... http://www.genxdigital.com/?p=47 Anybody out there in the digital atmosphere knows the Harmony 768 is a pretty ancient (3 years old!) gadget. But, I had a few extras and sent one to a family friend. Here’s his review. I’ll add a few photos, but this is his experience with the ... http://www.genxdigital.com/?p=46 I just found a fun little site. Check after the link for a graphical representation of where I’ve been in the world, and try your hand to see what your world looks like: create your own visited country map or check their Venice travel guide I seem to be doing a ... http://www.genxdigital.com/?p=45 On my current ESPN the Magazine tech makeover I’m working on - the centerpiece is an HP Media Center PC with the new Intel dual core CPU. The model we’re putting into the athlete’s home is a 7250N which has a gig of ram, 2.8ghz dual-core cpu, 250gb ... http://www.genxdigital.com/?p=44 Las Vegas HATES the annual Consumer Electronics Show. Or at least that’s what I’ve always been told. More than 300,000 geeks decend on the City of Sin and spend all day and late into the evenings drooling over geek toys, spending very little time in the casinos or ... http://www.genxdigital.com/?p=42 Well, I made it. CES is the place to be right now of anyplace in the world, if you’re into geeky tech. I won’t have a ton of time to write about what I’m seeing, nor should I - other people are far better at covering news than I am ... http://www.genxdigital.com/?p=41