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Are the New Gaming Systems Worth The Money?

The new gaming systems have been blowing my mind. Everything is so real! I don’t play video games that often and even though these new systems are incredible I have never thought that it would be worth the expense and I will just stick with my Madden on PS2. I dare anyone to try to convince me that it is worth spending half a grand on a new system. I have played some games on the new Xbox and I have to admit it is fun. However, I think I will just mooch of my friends’ gaming systems instead of… Continue

Posted on August 4, 2008 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

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Cell Phone Use Defines My Generation

From generation to generation there is always one thing that represents the main difference between the two generations. Cell phones have defined the difference between my parents and I. However, it isn’t just the cell phone in itself that is the difference because cell phones were in existence back when my parents were young adults. Even if it was the bag phone it was still a portable phone nonetheless. Cell phone use has really been the thick line between the culture thirty years ago and now.… Continue

Posted on August 4, 2008 at 1:02pm

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Smaller Ipod Larger Capacity Please

I have been waiting to see what the next generation of IPod will be in great angst because I think Apple is getting further and further from creating an IPod that I want. I want small IPod with large capacity. It seems like now I have to always make some sort of compromise with size versus space. I find myself always buying the smallest over the most capacity with the thought “I can just delete the songs off my iPod that I don’t like”. What a hassle. If only Apple focused instead on making a… Continue

Posted on July 18, 2008 at 2:43pm

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Vacation with the Garmin

Our Garmin has prevented many arguments in the car and has become an essential item to take along with us on vacation. However, we would have been better off if we just left it at home when we went on our most recent vacation to Arizona. We landed into Phoenix very late leaving my family itching to tuck into the beds at our rental house an hour or two outside of the city. We got our rental car, punched in the address into the Garmin, and departed for the house which was located in a relatively… Continue

Posted on June 5, 2008 at 5:30pm

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