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Comment on Corn Cob Blasting on a Budget by Stephen Burke

Stephen Burke — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:40:15 +0000

We are in upstate NY. I feel like the amount of adhesion of the dust seems to be dependent on the humidity for the day. Only in areas where the wood was over-weathered did we need to dust off the boards before applying stain.

Comment on Corn Cob Blasting on a Budget by Kevin Oyloe

Kevin Oyloe — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:32:31 +0000

Thanks for your post. Are you from MN? I am from Owatonna and have been cob blasting for over 15 years. I am sitting on about ten pallets of the 2040. I have decided to get more agressive on using it up by marketing our service to the log home industry. We have used the cob blasting on factory ceilings. I have found that the 2040 is very dusty and the dust by static electricity wants to adhere to the surface. That dust needs to be removed prior to painting at least when it applies to steel/metal surfaces.

Comment on Countdown to the HITECH Act by Timmy

Timmy — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:34:15 +0000

Sounds like a great opportunity to start a new business.

Comment on Leveraging Facebook Pages by Rochester DSM OneLap » Blog Archive » Facebook Page Established

Rochester DSM OneLap » Blog Archive » Facebook Page Established — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:02:51 +0000

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Comment on Apple iPad has some battles ahead by Brian Driggs

Brian Driggs — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:30:18 +0000

Good review, Stephen. I think the iPad is neat, but that’s about it.

They say, in business, the trick is to find a need and fill it. It seems that the iPad fills a need for something bigger than an iPhone, but smaller than a Macbook. I think they could have done much better, offering a touch screen version of a full featured laptop, maybe even a netbook equivalent. This thing just sounds like another fancy gadget for the I-gotta-have-it Apple fanbois.

The iPhone is great, even with it’s inability to multi-task or the substandard carrier it saddles Apple customers with. (Ironic, considering the Apple customer experience, that they would partner with a sluggard like AT&T, but I digress.) This just seems like a bigger iPhone that doesn’t make calls and accelerates the race to the limits of what the iPhone platform can do.

I think the real measure of success will be seeing how many people who buy the first generation rush right out to buy the second generation in a year because now it has a camera in it. :shrug

Comment on Apple iPad has some battles ahead by Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:42:29 +0000

The other reason I don’t need one, is because of the iPhone. I can get an iPod touch, and have Apps work with one hand still free. They will need to make a unique app that appeals to the iPad, and it will need to be impressive enough to become a feature.

Regardless, I would wait to see what the next iteration of the device will be.

Comment on Apple iPad has some battles ahead by Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:15:13 +0000

You’re still missing a big piece of magic.

A netbook won’t play “apps”. Only Touches and iPhones… And now iPads. It is a PSP and Nintendo DS killer. Free to $0.99 to $5.99 games? Win.

Will that be enough to save it? I hope so. This is what the future should look like.

Comment on Apple iPad has some battles ahead by Glen Menendez

Glen Menendez — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:48:09 +0000

Great review.

This is one of those products that I’m going to have to try to justify to myself. Nonetheless, I suspect I’ll be one of the very early adopters. My gut is that I’ll get the one without the 3G so I won’t be tempted to add the service later. Also, as long as I have my iphone in my pocket, I don’t feel it’s a big deal. Same with storage space.

Now – if it could do tethering…

Comment on Sony MHS-PM1 Webbie HD First Look by Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:52:09 +0000

Besides taking on what might be the WORST naming scheme ever for a serious video camera, I haven’t heard anything concrete regarding the recording time. Keep an eye out for when the user manual can be downloaded. It was the first place I read the webbie was truly short on the recording time. -stephen

Comment on Sony MHS-PM1 Webbie HD First Look by Dave

Dave — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:26:04 +0000

The Sony HMS-PM5 Bloggie just came out… Does does anyone know the Continuous Recording Time on that one?