Posts Tagged ‘206’

Jan
25

DiggI’ve been a member at Digg.com since 2006. I remember the first few months of being active at Digg provided for exciting times and I was thrilled to be a part of it all.

But that excitement quickly faded when I started noticing big changes in the algorithm that were, in my opinion, harming the quality of the site.

First came the bury brigade. Through the massive change in the algorithm, Digg apparently gave a lot more value to a “bury”. What this did was allow for Digg “clans” to play a significant role in controlling homepage content. It wasn’t necessarily that they could easily promote stories; Rather, they could easily keep stories from being promoted.

It was during those days that I felt the site lost its “user generated content” appeal and instead became a site ran by self appointed moderators who operated based on political agendas and favoritism for specific companies or brands. Continue Reading

Jan
20

Super Screen

The gamers are going to eat this bad boy up without question, but this super screen will likely reach out to a wider audience simply because of its sheer coolness.

I mean, I dig my 1280 wide screen on my laptop, but it’s NOTHING compared to a whopping 2880!!!

Gizmodo has the full scoop on this chunk of super monitor goodness from Alienware.

We can’t have one of these Alienware curved monitors until the second half of this year, but until then, we’ve been abducted by its four nearly seamless and sharp screens of DLP goodness. Lit by LEDs, this 2880×900 monster is well over three feet wide and is said to have an other-worldly .02ms response time, great for gaming.

Can’t wait to see what the price tag will look like. My guess is the cost will be just as jaw dropping as the monitor itself.

Time will tell…