http://www.tech-hacker.net Hacking through today's tech Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:44:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am currently enrolled in an Intro to Visual Basic class and I am loving it.   I spend quite a bit of time reading and taking notes about methods and properties and such.  I spend a lot of time writing psuedo code to get things laid out on paper and ... http://www.tech-hacker.net/2009/03/09/programming-learning-at-a-slow-pace/ So, I was pretty excited about the release of the BlackBerry Storm last week.  A touchscreen BlackBerry seems like something to get excited about.  I saw the commercials, read what other bloggers and tech pundits were saying, and actually became somewhat giddy about this gadget.  Well, I came to find ... http://www.tech-hacker.net/2008/11/24/after-the-storm-sort-of-feels-like-before-the-storm/ So, I have recently suffered the loss of two, count 'em, two MP3 players this week.  Very annoying.  So, needless to say I am on the look out for the next greatest MP3 player.  It wouldn't be that urgent of a need if I weren't going to school.  While I'm ... http://www.tech-hacker.net/2008/11/19/the-best-mp3-player/ So, I've become somewhat addicted with technology in the last 6 years or so, but much more so in the last couple of years.  What I have realized, is that I feel like I have not learned that much about programming in this time and I am feeling rather behind. Yes, ... http://www.tech-hacker.net/2008/11/17/why-you-shouldnt-learn-programming-from-me/ I was just reading an article over at CNN called "Driving while texting -- do you know the cost?"  Apparently I did not know the "true" cost of texting while driving.  They are saying the the leading cause of accidents now-a-days is texting or messing with some piece of tech ... http://www.tech-hacker.net/2008/11/16/text-messaging-while-driving/ The anwer to this question is...  obviously everyone.  With the Storm coming out at the end of this next week people (bloggers) are starting or continuing the "Will the Storm be the iPhone Killer?" discussion. Even with myself being a BB user I do not believe that the Storm will "kill" ... http://www.tech-hacker.net/2008/11/15/omg-storm-vs-iphone-and-who-really-cares/ So, according to the email yesterday that I received from Verizon, the new BlackBerry Storm 9530 will be released next week on the 21st. The phone will be 199.99 (mail in rebate of $50) w/ a 2 year contract and a little over $500 without one. It is RIMs first ... http://www.tech-hacker.net/2008/11/14/blackberry-storm-is-coming-to-verizon-112108-and-make-us-nervous-about-touch-screens/ Just reading over at CNN Money that the G1 (Google's first Android operating system based phone) is 10% cheaper to make than the untouchable iPhone according to "iSuppli research group."  The G1 costs around $144 worth of materials while the iPhone costs around $160.  Mind you these costs do not ... http://www.tech-hacker.net/2008/11/11/g1-phone-cheaper-to-build-than-iphone-not-by-much/ I understand that this news is somewhat old.  Old in tech terms meaning about 5 days (actually that's acient).  Anyways, aparently Obama and McCain's campaign computers were hacked during the summer.  Obama's campaign noticed that something was running "slower than usual" but they thought that it was a virus or malware.  ... http://www.tech-hacker.net/2008/11/10/obama-and-mccain-have-been-hacked/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="178" caption="source: http://hosted.ap.org"][/caption] Just reading some AP top technology news and revisited Honda's robot that can help people walk.  Supposedly Honda has designed it to help people that walk a lot, squat a lot, or stay on their feet for long periods of time.  Honda says that this ... http://www.tech-hacker.net/2008/11/08/robots-help-us-walk-before-they-destroy-us-all/