http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com Entertainment, reviews, sports, gadgets, audio, and video Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:47:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We had our bathroom recently remodeled and the dust has given me an idea of what Woody Guthrie was always singing about. :) We had our extra-duty air filter changed out, but we still had dust all over and our old vacuum cleaner just wasn't up to the task. ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2010/02/27/dyson-dc17-asthma-allergy-vacuum-cleaner/ Well, the most hyped gadget since the iPhone hit the scene was introduced. The tech mags, newspapers, and blogs have been blazing with haters and lovers of the new device. If you followed the lead up hype to the product, you were probably disappointed. It was annoited ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2010/01/30/ipad-first-impressions/ Well, I have had my iPhone for a while and for a few weeks I could not decide whether I wanted to jailbreak it or not. I had a 1st Gen Touch laying around so I tried a program called Blackra1n. It installed without issue, so I decided ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2010/01/16/favorite-jailbreak-apps/ This is just a list of some of my favorite items from the last decade: 1. Best Gadget - This was tough, but I have to give it to the iPhone (jailbroken). The iPhone's app store put it in front of its competition. The fact that it plays ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2010/01/09/best-of-the-decade-list/ Well, I found a round about way of getting Netflix and Hulu on my iPhone! I got a Slingplayer Pro-HD for Christmas and it happens to have two inputs for different devices. I hooked up satellite to the HD input and my IO Data linkplayer to my second ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2009/12/26/netflix-and-hulu-on-iphone/ Well, Directv gave us a few days of the NBA package for free and I got a chance to watch a few Memphis Grizzlies games. While the Griz have a lot of issues, their lack of defense is what really shows. Also, their inability to win games down ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2009/11/07/memphis-grizzlies-thoughts/ I have had the iPhone for a week now and thought I would post some of my thoughts. In short, I LOVE IT! The main reason is that I like having a million apps to play around with. Some of my favorite apps: 1. Rhapsody for the iPhone - ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2009/09/14/apple-iphone-3gs-32gb/ I played Rhapsody on my way to work, at work, and on my way home. I did not connect to wifi, so this review is only related to Rhapsody over the AT&T connection . On the way to work, I listed to one of my preconfigured radio stations. It cutout ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2009/09/11/rhapsody-on-iphoneipod-touch-part-2/ Well, I got an iPhone 3GS last weekend and I wanted to mess around with it a couple weeks before I gave it a thorough review. However, one of the things I thought I was losing when moving from my Treo to the iPhone was the ability to play ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2009/09/10/rhapsody-debuts-on-the-iphone-wooohooo/ Well, I have been waiting for 09/09/09 since December 2008 because today was the release of the Beatles' version of Rock Band for my PS3. Well, a few months ago I was making an infrequent trip to Steve Hoffman's forum and found out that The Beatles were also coming ... http://www.blog.uofmtiger.com/2009/09/09/happy-beatles-day/