http://twothirtyam.com ...when ideas become reality Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:08:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It has been about a month or so since it opened I believe, and my girlfriend and I have been wanting to go since it first opened. Well on November 1st, we finally got some time to go and it was brilliant! The lines were still pretty crazy, but buying ... http://twothirtyam.com/2008/11/10/california-academy-of-science-visit/ Recently I have been feeling the need to build something tactile. I create and work on projects everyday on the computer and online, but nothing analog. I have been very interested lately in building and programming robots. A large part of the robot is the code you write to control ... http://twothirtyam.com/2008/10/27/electronics-project-1/ I have had an iPhone since version 1.0, and although the iPhone is great, it has been a rough road. The first generation iPhone was absolutely amazing, considering what its competitors were at launch. I was in line for 6 hours on launch day to get mine, and it was ... http://twothirtyam.com/2008/10/01/itunes-8-iphone-21-getting-there/ Today we look at an iPhone app called Dynolicious. A Dyno in my phone? what? how does that work? The idea of an in car dyno is nothing new, G-Tech is a popular product in this arena, but at $200 - $300 it's kind of pricey for the average person with ... http://twothirtyam.com/2008/09/19/quick-iphone-app-review-dynolicious/ So my girlfriend and I got invites to a research study about "small cars" a couple weeks ago since we both have a "qualifying" car (both MINIs). At first we just figured it was a US car market ploy to get us to not call their cars crap, but after ... http://twothirtyam.com/2008/09/17/the-fiat-500-test-drive/ So we are walking toward the checkout at the local Staples, and out of the corner of my eye, I see see DVD's for $4.99. I was somewhat intrigued because for the price and the newness of the DVD titles. I walked over and discovered a display rack titled "Flexplay." ... http://twothirtyam.com/2008/09/14/flexplay-no-return-dvd/ Let me start by saying, I have been trying to find a set of headphones I like, for probably about 5 years. So this was no easy task to say the least. Finding a set that I actually say is good, that is. Some of the criteria for searching was ... http://twothirtyam.com/2008/09/11/quick-review-bose-in-ear-headphones/ Another installment of Unreal! Totally rad, right!? Well kinda. The game was pretty good, but the single player story line mode got stale rather quickly. I like the idea of there being a story line if you want something a little more that just straight deathmatch. This seemed like a ... http://twothirtyam.com/2008/08/31/quick-xbox-360-game-review-unreal-tournament-iii/ Well I finally broke down and did it.. My iPhone 3G is hacked, well Jailbroken to be more specific. I couldn't take the BORING, stock, Apple mandated layout of the iPhone anymore! I had my first generation iPhone jailbroken as well and it was fantastic with all the themes and ... http://twothirtyam.com/2008/08/26/my-iphone-is-mine/ Today on Weekly Dragnet The Big Youngster The Big Youngster http://twothirtyam.com/2008/08/26/weekly-dragnet-082608/