Hasta La Gadget!

Pound for pound, there’s no bit of technology that made me happier last year than the brand new Honda Grom motorcycle. Is it cheating that it’s not strictly a gadget? I don’t care. Even if the Grom still breaks fast on old-fashioned dino juice, its diminutive size paired with 50-state street legality changed the way I think about city transit and my personal motive needs.

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While we’re so close to the release of the Xbox One-first release of the Call of Duty: Ghosts expansion “Onslaught” we can taste it, there’s a bit more work the … Continue reading

Right, I’m going to kick off this post by saying that I am not a squeamish person. I love food, I love meat, and I particularly love pork. In an ideal world, we would all get our meat from the guy in our village whose family has lovingly cared for their animals over generations, given the animals the best possible life, fed them only the best food, read them a bed-time story every night and given them kilometers of space to roam free in before being humanely and ceremoniously slaughtered by the patriarch of the family.

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BlackBerry has an almost uncanny ability to not die when it’s been written off again and again. Today, the Pentagon has announced that it will install 80,000 BlackBerry handsets on its network by the end of January. According to Fox News, the new phones are part of the Pentagon’s “new mobile program for unclassified work.” BlackBerry’s shares soared 10% in midday trading on the news.

The Pentagon’s faith in BlackBerry gives the company the sort of credibility it needs to retain corporate clients and keep investors interested in its future — that it has one.

Today’s gains pushed BlackBerry temporarily north of the $10 per share mark. The company is trading at the time of writing a hair below that threshold. BlackBerry ended 2013 at $7.44, meaning it is up around 34% so far in 2014.

Given that we are less than a month into the year, that’s somewhat impressive.

BlackBerry has suffered from declining device sales, loss of corporate clients, and eroding mind share more than commensurate with its slipping unit volume. This Google Trends chart is telling, I think, showing the decline in interest in BlackBerry:

Blue: iPhone. Red: Android. Yellow: BlackBerry. Green: Windows Phone

But whether BlackBerry could carve out a niche away from the consumer space, vending its hardware and software to large clients was never a closed question. The Pentagon’s installation plan of new BlackBerry devices certainly keeps the dream alive.

Unless, of course, the Pentagon is making a poor buying decision and BlackBerry’s future remains as cloudy as widely thought.

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If you drink a lot of the same food or beverage, you’ll eventually be able to pick out the finer points of how it tastes. Wine is a wonderful example, as there is an overwhelming amount of options available, but two things can taste almost identical to the untrained tongue. Coffee is very similar, and while we consume mass quantities of this drink daily, it’s hard to not be a little swept up in the quality of the beans and method of brewing.

Each method yields slightly different results, and for those who want a perfect cup of brew, then nothing less than the best will do. The Canadiano Coffee Brewer is a fine example of elitist preparation practices. Keep in mind that I’m not saying that with a negative connotation, as I enjoy being a bit of a coffee snob, but if you’re going to spend anywhere from $45-75 on a single-cup brewing method, then you can’t say you’re not being a tad bit elitist.

This is a wood and metal combination that will allow your cup of joe to improve over time as it will be drawing from the oil in the coffee beans of cups past consumed. They are a bit specific about what types of coffee should be brewed in which kind of Canadiano Brewer, “The Walnut edition is crafted and designed for use with darker roasts and earthier flavors such as beans from South East Asia. Maple and Cherry is designed for beans with slight citrus hints and nutty taste.” For those who have the refined taste, this will be a pleasant edition to your day, otherwise, it’s a lot of money to put down for no reason.

Available for purchase on canadiano, found via redferret
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