jonathan

Member since: Mar 18th, 2006

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Video: BMW goes unscripted with 413,000-mile 2800 CS (Autoblog)

Sep 9th 2010 8:50PM This kind of love and dedication will never be seen by cars again. With the computers and electronics that cars have today, owners and independent shops are unable to get their hands on the diagnostic and programing software it takes to maintain a modern car. My Volvo c30 requires a disk be stuck in the radio to do a lot of work. Do I believe that the dealer will still have the software in 10 to 15 years? Heck no. Even though I am smitten with my car, it will be dumped at the end of its warranty and I will buy something that is pre-1980 for my next car (if there is still gas for sale). This guy's car looks perfect!

Welcome to the next Engadget (Engadget)

Dec 2nd 2009 10:23PM
Ok Engadget, I have tried give your new design time to sink in, and I must say that it is mostly a pain in the ass.
I will admit that at first glance the site looks slick and beautiful, but after using for some time now (I check the site several times a day) I find it about as un-user friendly as Gizmodo and Lifehacker.

1.Unless you read from right to left, or have your scroll bar on the left, the link to go to older pages is obnoxiously inconvenient. I have not seen any other blog that uses a left justified and left pointed button to access more information. And yes I worded it that way because I understand the idea of 'going back in time' logically seems to the left. But that only counts if when you want to get more information is always to the right. With blogs, you are always at the end of the book. So there. Two logical reasons to stay in the mainstream and put the older post nav back on the right.

2.I am sick of having to scroll past the top stories every time I go to the next page. Maybe if they did not fill my screen I would not be as annoyed. The browser tools and the add take up the third of screen real estate, your Engadget Show banner and tabs take up the next third, and then another set up tools/tabs and your "Top Stories" takes up the last third. Yes, I have found the "jump to the posts" button, but that just seems like a sad excuse to fix the problem of not seeing what I come to you for.

3.Ok so most of what I don't like at the top of the page use to be conveniently out of the way on the side. Why did you have to move it? Because you filled up the side with annoying metrics and crap. Ok, I like the ARCHIVES. That is a brilliant idea to be able to jump to a date. But the rest of it!?!?!?!?! Featured/Breaking: You already have top stories at the top. Seems redundant. Quoted: Could have the size. Most Commented: Could be shrunk to half the size, but personally I don't give a crap. I don't read Engadget to read the comments of the unwashed masses, so I don't care about the metrics of what they are commenting on. KIRF: shrink it!
On Twitter: If I was into Twitter, I would be looking at Twitter not your blog site.WORTHLESS! Game Changer:Shrink it. Editors@Twitter: same as my twitter comment.GET RID OF IT! Gadget Stats: Shrink it.

Microsoft Surface hands-on (Engadget)

May 31st 2007 3:01PM OK, Cool hardware, but any company can design specialty hardware with custom software for an enduser like a casino company. What we need is this new interface tied to our OS's. Check out Bumptop- http://bumptop.com/ Now that is a useful piece of computing!

Ask Engadget: What's your favorite media player these days? (Engadget)

Apr 28th 2007 12:43PM I love my iAudio X5L. Runs for days without a charge and I don't need some management software like iTunes to load up my media files. I am able to record from the built in FM tuner or from the line in adapter. I can record higher quality MP3 or .wav files. Finally it is smaller than my ipod of the same capacity that has less battery life.

Students sue anti-plagiarism site for copyright infringement (Download Squad)

Mar 31st 2007 1:26PM Papers written for class are the property of the school. The copyright principle is "work for hire". As long as the school, is ok with the system, the students have no recourse. It certainly is true in the university system, I can't see why it wouldn't work in high schools.

XP on MacTel is official: narf gets paid (Engadget)

Mar 18th 2006 2:08AM As far as capitalism at work here helping to get this project done so quickly, I would bet that many programers out there may have been gambling with when to release the solution. The sooner you release, less money you get, or wait to long for the pot to grow bigger and get nothing. The idea of captialism may have kept the solution in the bag longer than nessisary ;)