All Posts Tagged With: "Dap"

“i got a mac” edition: tech news 9/12

after all the crap i talked about apple, i bought a mac mini yesterday. no, i didn’t buy it because it’s white and shiny and cool. i bought it as a professional tool for my up-and-coming web design business. sometimes you need to be familiar with all platforms (windows, linux, and mac) because of the [...]

12Sep2007 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

“hope you get half, shaunie o’neal” edition : tech news 9/5

shaq has decided to divorce his wife, shaunie o’neal, after 5 years of marriage. i’m sure she’ll be well taken care of considering the small tribe they have together. i, for one, am enjoying my new found life with the wife! we did a small interview over at the “love’s a peach” blog.
on to the [...]

5Sep2007 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

tech question? ask engadget

first off, apologies for slacking on the ‘tech news’ and ‘weekly round-up’ posts these past days. the almost wife and i have been in transition from london back to the good ol’ chi and i’ve just been exhausted. rest assure that i’ll get back on the ball this week.
ok, back to the topic [...]

1May2007 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

tech news 4/11: “gadgets galore!” edition

nothing worth noting has changed this past week in the tech sector. i figured i’d hit you guys up with some cool gadgets that i think will enhance your tv viewing and music listening experiences.
did you know that your laptop can receive over-the-air digital broadcasts? plextor and avertv have released tv tuners that directly plug [...]

11Apr2007 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

tech news 4/4: “vps is that fire!” edition

i couldn’t be more happier with the move to our new server. the guide is running a lot smoother and i have to give props to spry hosting for being so helpful. i even got my hands dirty with some command line linux!
woot!
just in case you missed that, woot is a cool ‘one day, one [...]

4Apr2007 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

the next new thing: ssd

if you’ve attempted to ride the technology train at any point of time, you know that most of the ’stops’ are marked by acroynms : dap, psp, hdtv, os, gps, GB, usb, etc. keeping in accordance, there is another acronym that will become mainstream very soon that all ybp’s should know about.
ssd.
solid state disks (ssd) [...]

12Mar2007 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

howto: record internet audio

unless you’re technically inclined and know how to use proxies or stream your music collection, downloading music from behind the company firewall can be tricky. to compensate, we often just navigate to launch or some other internet radio station and listen. then, just like that, your favorite song that you haven’t heard in FOREVER queues [...]

6Mar2007 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

what do i get my [insert sappy name here]

so i’ve been barraged recently with questions of ‘what do i get my shmookie wookums’ for christmas, tech guy? you’re a guy. you’re tech. you tell me!
lol, ok young, black professionals. let’s do a short little roundup, shall we?
see those ‘labels’ on the right? they group all advice. say, you want to know what dap [...]

30Nov2006 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

psp…good for the ybp’er on the go

if this is your first time here, welcome! as the description says, you’ll find a plethora of information in the ybp blog and wiki to keep hope alive in the new millennium as a ybp in the 21st century.
ok, on to the good stuff…
psp, for those that don’t know, stands for PlayStation Portable, and it’ll [...]

17Oct2006 | Fredric | Comments | Continued

ipods and daps

i know you saw the post title and thought, ‘wtf is a dap?’
dap stands for ‘digital audio player’ and is the tech industry’s shorthand version of mp3 players. this term is also used interchangeably with pvp (personal video player).
first off, i’m going to start with the fact that ipod sucks. yes, i said it (waiting [...]

16Oct2006 | Fredric | Comments | Continued