http://electronzoo.com technology dispatches by Christian MacAuley Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:41:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those of us who aren’t sitting in rain waiting outside the Apple store — or even those who are — here are five timekillers. (Also, here are my pics of the DC area Apple store.) The iPhone is the business media’s Paris Hilton. Because combining the words “iPhone” with ... http://electronzoo.com/go/5-links-for-the-iphone-less Long known as the “easy” internet — praised by grandmothers and shunned by the tech elite — AOL, at $20+ per month, has seemed overpriced for years. The free hours of internet they used to offer upfront used to seem like a steal, but they’re now as easy to ... http://electronzoo.com/go/the-new-aol-now-for-the-other-masses-the-cheap-ones Read the post below, or download the podcast to your MP3 playing gadget. (2:31 duration; 1.2 MB filesize.) From Stonehenge to Switzerland, humans have long used gadgets to measure the passage of time. These days, we're still figuring out crazy new ways to find out how soon we can break for ... http://electronzoo.com/go/5-gadgets-for-the-time-of-day-no-6-in-a-series NOTE: This is my first podcast ever! If you want to hear my melodious voice rather than reading this post, just download the MP3 file to your computer or MP3 player. It runs 2:15 and weights 2.1 MB. For those of us who occasionally wake up wearing our shoes, here are ... http://electronzoo.com/go/5-gadgets-for-party-animals-no-5-in-a-series Although I avoid calling this website a blog in public, I do use blogging software to keep it up to date … or out of date, depending. In that vein, I’m keeping up with the times by updating to a 2005 blogging app … just in time for 2006. ... http://electronzoo.com/go/blogs-away