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About Darren Bowling

Faith, technology, and politics. Techno, house, and DJing. Sailing, crafting beer, and history.

You Will Never Kill Piracy, and Piracy Will Never Kill You – Forbes

This was a great, insightful article. Thanks to my buddy Paul for forwarding it to me. http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2012/02/03/you-will-never-kill-piracy-and-piracy-will-never-kill-you/

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“Siri” for Android?

Mashable says so. Check out “Evi” in the Android Market… https://market.android.com/details?id=com.trueknowledge.android.evi

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Nexus Droid vs. iPhone 4S

Haha this article is a bit biased, but lots of truth to it…I can’t wait to compare Nexus Droid to iPhone 4S. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidandme/~3/siOTlW3vjoA/

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What’s wrong with sweet wine?

I couldn’t agree with this article more…what’s wrong with sweet wine? Way, way too much emphasis and trendiness associated with drinking dry wines. I used to drink dry wine…until I discovered how good sweet wine is. And now people think … Continue reading

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Natural Gas Consumption

Just as an FYI, I thought this was interesting: In December, I used 20.1 (thousand) cubic feet of natural gas (units correct?) and the bill was a total of $208. This was based on a gas company actual meter reading … Continue reading

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Dropbox

This is sorta my plug for Dropbox, which is a service I love. If you sign up using this link I’ll get some extra space!

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location aware applications

So Facebook Places is online now through the touch.facebook.com site. Pretty cool. Ubsurd as it is, Foursquare has no integration with it, but Scvngr and Gowalla do. Signed up for all three…one of them should gain some kind of edge … Continue reading

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Skyline Coney Island review

I saw an ad for Skyline Coney Island in the City Pulse so I thought I’d head over there and check it out. The place has promise – it was very clean (including restrooms), the service was very attentive, and … Continue reading

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Cloud vs. Hard drives

My buddy and I have had an on-going debate about data storage security in the cloud vs. personal hard drives when it comes to storing personal information. My argument has always been that (1) it’s a lot easier for someone … Continue reading

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The state of the economy

The economy is still bad. It isn’t really improving. The economy is showing signs of deflation as more people are hanging onto their money, banks can’t give money away, and prices are dropping. People’s wages are falling, not rising. The … Continue reading

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