Category Archives: Tech stuff

My decision to leave Driven Magazine

Posted 1512 days ago by Mathieu

The past four years I have been Tech Editor for Driven Magazine, a really awesome men’s lifestyle magazine aimed at high income earning men between the ages of 30 and 50 (or thereabouts). Recently I gave notice to the editor-in-chief …

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Logitech releases Harmony One remote

Posted 1538 days ago by Mathieu

I have a dozen remotes, controlling everything from the television to the lighting situated above my living room coffee table. My wife needs intervention now and then to watch a DVD, and when we have a babysitter…forget about it. When …

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Experiments: Do Coat Hangers Sound As Good Monster Cables?

Posted 1540 days ago by Mathieu

I’ve been telling everyone who would listen for years. When you buy your HDTV or Blu-ray player from that big box store, do not, I repeat: DO NOT buy your cables from them. It is the biggest rip off around. …

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HD movie rentals via XBOX 360 in Canada too!

Posted 1554 days ago by Mathieu

Don’t you hate reading or seeing a great new announcement from Apple only to find out it won’t be available in Canada? For example: iPhone HD movie rentals 2 GB iPod Shuffle I’m particularly ticked about the HD movie rentals …

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Blu-ray player profile update

Posted 1560 days ago by Mathieu

With the recent announcements from Best Buy and Netflix, HD DVD is all but dead. Earlier this month I posted a suggestion consumers should hold off on their Blu-ray player purchase unless it was a PS3. I came across this …

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