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Interviewed by The Wall Street Journal

Alec Peden — Fri, 25 May 2007 19:23:25 +0000

I had a interview for an upcoming article in the Wall Street Journal today. They are doing a piece on first time Blackberry users. Not sure when the article is going to be published but I’ll blog the link once its live.

Year End: 2006 in Retrospect

Alec Peden — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:55:37 +0000

January – started using Mac OS X

February – built dedicated computer to run Mac OS X on

March – Starting using iTunes to manager my media

April – stopped using Bloglines, switched from Exchange to Google Mail and Google Calendar, bought a Jimi wallet

May – switched Layout, Skype is free for the rest of the year, started a new job, Macbook’s released, went to grand opening of Apple 5th Ave store, bought my Macbook

June – joined valleyshwag, MC360 released for XBMC, bought a Nintendo DS Lite, canceled my Final Fantasy XI account after 3 years

July – switched to Flock, Macbook got hit with discoloration, started running using the Nike+iPod kit, Macbook Random Reboots started

August – switched from del.icio.us to Shadows, started using OpenDNS, got hard to find Trauma Center and Phoenix Wright for the DS, new mc chris and Evanescence albums, bought the Timbuk2 blogger bag

September – started new full-time job, fall TV season starts, bought a Xbox360 after Guitar Hero 2 is announced with new controller, canceled my Myspace account

October – got tickets for macworld 2007, Xbox360 troubles, 300 trailer, Macbook RSS fixed, bought my first Blackberry, my Xbox360 has its own blog

November – interviewed for MacNewsWorld, Gears of War, Guitar Hero II and Elite Beat Agents all released on same day, turned 28, XBL Video Marketplace released, subscribed to Netflix and Gamefly, bought an HD DVD

December – Geekdrome dead, started reading comics again, finally found out what all the hype about Battlestar Galactica, Veronica Mars and Greys Anatomy was all about

Year End: 2006 Revisited

Alec Peden — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 03:28:47 +0000

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year. 2006 looks to be a great year, HD looks to be taking off with LCD HDTVs prices dropping faster than Paris Hilton in a homemade video. Xbox360 (finally on shelves), Playstation 3 and Revolution all dropping this year, should make it exciting in the gaming community. Hope PSP finally gets some �killer app� games as mine has been just sitting collecting dust. I have no use for $20 UMD movies. I really have no idea why UMD movies are so popular, why on earth would anyone want to watch a full length film on a screen that small is beyond me. I don�t think they are a bad idea, I�m just dumbfounded as to why they are more popular than games on the PSP. I have a couple of goals this year, first being to buy my first Mac, the plan is to pick up a Intel MacMini when they get released. I want to completely switch over to Mac for my desktop. Tho this might not happen because Windows Vista will be out this year and I�m going to definitely be all over that. I�ve really been trying to make MCE work in my home and want to see what they do in Vista MCE. Its not quite there yet in MCE 2005 for me, but I�m hoping with Vista and xbox360 it will finally be what Ive been looking for.

That was my first post of 2006. Let take a look back.

32″ HD LCD TVs can be found for $500 now
Nintendo Revolution is now the Nintendo Wii
PSP never got any “killer apps” and UMD died a horrible death
Bought my first Mac but it was a Macbook and not a MacMini
Made a complete switch to Apple
Really have no interested in Microsoft Vista any longer
Vista and Xbox360 have been replaced with me waiting for the Apple iTV now

Pepsi Girl

Alec Peden — Mon, 15 May 2006 03:57:01 +0000

Mentos and Pepsi is the new Pop Rocks and Coke.

Friday Quickie

Alec Peden — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:41:41 +0000

Since I had to send back my motherboard for RMA and I probably wont get it back til next month, I probably won’t be posting much. So in the mean time, short multi-topic posts are my friend.

Based on an article on 43folders.com the other day, I picked up a Jimi Wallet myself today. I have some Before and After pics up on my Flickr. I’m liking it so far, tho I’m always checking to see if I have my wallet with me
now.

Been listening to the new Taking Back Sunday. I was really looking forward to it and i wouldn’t go as far as saying I’m disappointed but Taking Back Sunday – John Nolan + Major Label = not good. Song writing has taken a turn, even there song titles are now actually lyrics in the songs. �MakeDamnSure� is a great song, lot of TAYF in there. Only other song I’m feeling is �I’ll Let You Live�. But, its only been day one so maybe it will grow one me, who knows.

Google Calender Greasemonkey ToDo List – Nice addon til something official comes from Google themselves.

Officially switching from a Motorola MPx220 and Exchange to a Motorola RAZR and Google Mail and Google Calendar. I’ll post alot more on that later.

Flashback

Alec Peden — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 05:10:42 +0000

While rummaging through some files tonight i came across some old webpages of mine. Found some old personal pages, some stuff from work, incomplete sites i had started and even some old school linux pages, not sites, pages from as far back as 1998. While most are too embarrassing to show you, i thought I’d share two with you. One is my first �blog� before i even knew what a blog was and another is a Mac theme i made for Windows 98 when the original iMac’s were released.

My first blog

iTheme for Windows

Some links may still work while others are long gone. You’re milage may vary