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Sprint Customer Service Fail

One of the great features of the Palm Pre on Sprint is the turn-by-turn navigation app. The 3D graphics is done pretty well and it’s just as good as any stand-alone navigation device. In case you’ve never seen it in ...

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Katsuya Downtown LA Review

Downtown is really becoming upgraded by all the action from the Nokia Center and LA Live. Because of all the new commotion, I decided to checkout Katsuya at LA Live in downtown. They have other branches in Brentwood, Glendale, Hollywood ...

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Southwest Not Firefox Friendly

Recently, I was trying to make reservations on Southwest Airlines’ website using Firefox. For the life of me, I was not able to make it work. Yes, I’m using the current version of Firefox. Maybe that’s the problem. All I ...

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Oreck XL Air Purifier review

Have you seen the Oreck ProShield™ Plus Air Purifier with Helios Shield™ infomercial on TV? I did too. And since I’m a victim of advertising, I decided to order it and try it out. The unit is approximate the size ...

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Buffalo TeraStation NAS Failure Recovery

So it’s been 3 years since I originally reviewed the Buffalo TeraStation NAS RAID drive I got. As you can see from the picture, the red light indicates a drive failure. The firmware automatically found the error and indicated the ...

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Strawberry Kit Kat

Have you gotten bored with the same old Kit Kat bar? Well, if you go to Japan, or find a store that has Japanese imported Kit Kats, you can get the Strawberry flavored version. Is it just me or does ...

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Wokcano, Santa Monica – Review

Wakcano has several locations in Los Angeles and I’ve been meaning to try it out for a while, so when I got the chance to checkout the Santa Monica branch, I decided to try it out. The first thing I ...

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Palm Pre Bus Ad

According to Gartner, at the end of 2009, Palm WebOS still has only 0.7% of the global smartphone market. In the same 1 year period, iPhone went from 8.2% to 14.4%, Google Android from 0.5% to 3.9% and RIM went ...

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Tesla in the Wild – Part 2

While commuting, I came across yet another Tesla in the wild on the 405 freeway transitioning to the 10 freeway west. These things are starting to pop-up now. Pretty soon, it will be like a Prius.

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Maru Sushi Review – Part 2

Once again, I got an opportunity to return to Maru in Valencia. You can read my original review here. This time around, I decided to try the regular sushi combination instead of ordering piece by piece. My friend and I ...

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