Ewdison Then

Epson Artisan 800 TV Ad mentioned SlashGear - what a nice suprise

Ewdison Then — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:09:51 +0000

I did gave them permission to quote SlashGear, but was not aware it will show up on video/tv ad - but I don’t mind at all. When I went to Fox.com to watch Sarah Connor Chronicles, was surprised to see the man in the ad mentioned SlashGear. Figured I captured and share it with you guys.

Click here to view the embedded video.

We are giving away HP xw4600 Workstation on SlashGear.com

Ewdison Then — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:03:09 +0000

You can’t win if you don’t enter the giveaway. So hop over on SlashGear and win it! Specs: Intel Quad Core Q9300, 2GB DDR ECC RAM, nVidia Quadro FX1700 512MB PCIe Graphics, and Vista Business.

Android Community - Are you ready to evolve?

Ewdison Then — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:02:44 +0000

Building an active community is a daunting task and many times we scratch our head to figure out what made a community successful. Android Community is our fastest growing community site; and credit goes to the team of droids for making it happen.

With the big push of first Android device from T-Mobile and HTC (The G1), we gain at between 150-300 droids (that’s what we call our members) and 2000+ posts daily. Android Community is not only a forum, but also a social medium for Android platform users; hence conversations on the community go beyond Android itself.

According to Quantcast, AC served roughly 3.6 million pageviews each month and that is some serious number for a site that has been running less than four months. With only the first Android device out, we are expecting rapid growth in coming months following the extensive flow of new devices to the market.

With the additions of Android Community to Aradius Media Network, we are dishing out almost 8 million pageviews monthly and it’s a very good growth rates for us in this coming quarter.

So if you have not visited Android Community, you might want to hop over there for a visit; once you become a droid, you will stay a droid. Are you ready to evolve?

Android Community Party - Oct 18th 2008

Ewdison Then — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 18:21:10 +0000

It was a fun weekend and our Android Community party had a pretty good turnout in Dallas. Got to meet some cool people at the party, there were Jason from Big In Japan (ShopSavy), The SoftLayer guys (love them), Travis from Dallas Morning News, and many others. While we only have one G1 phone to pass around, we have plenty of booze to keep everyone happy :)

I want to thank our premier sponsors for their support - Business Asset Consultant, SmartPhone Experts, and Sandisk. We gave away a Plantronics headset, a Jabra Headset, a T-Mobile Sidekick, a WoWee Robot, and a 16GB SanDisk MicroSD. Overall, the party was a success. So if you are in DFW area, don’t miss the next one and make sure to RSVP early as we only have limited spot available.

Gallery after the cut…..

Westinghouse 37” 1080p HDTV for $569.99 at Woot

Ewdison Then — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:23:58 +0000

Woke up this morning looking for a new TV for my bedroom and found out Woot has Westinghouse 37” 1080p HDTV for $569.99. It’s not a bad deal and I can actually use this for my secondary monitor - hooking it up to my MacBook Pro. It sports resolution of 1920 x 1080 and it’s pretty thin for an LCD TV at 4.7-inch. Waiting for the “Wife” approval before I hit the Buy it button!

Finally! Bananas foster

Ewdison Then — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 04:11:45 +0000

I’ve been wanting to eat bananas foster for quite sometimes now and I’ve mentioned it to my wife several time in the past months. She finally made a serving for me today and I captured a couple of shots when she was making it. Craving fulfilled!

SlashGear Live coverage on Apple’s Let’s Rock Event - Bandwidth usage

Ewdison Then — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:34:53 +0000

Earlier this week (on the 9th), Apple held a press event called “Lets rock” announcing several new things related to iTunes, iPod, and iPhone. As usual, SlashGear is covering the event live and I want to share some stats. Unlike the past, we did not hit 447k users during the livecast, that was our record. However we did get a decent 103k users (unique) for the “Let’s rock” event. Looking at the RRDTOOL, we actually hit 53Mbps during the period of livecast. The entirely live coverage went well and servers did not choke. Another press event was rumored to take place on the 14th of October, so we are hoping to break the 447K records.

What’s new with Aradius and my life

Ewdison Then — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:03:12 +0000

Not that I’ve forgotten about my own personal blog, but I’ve been really swamped lately. While I don’t blog on my personal blog often, I do still write on SlashGear and doing a lot of micro blogging on twitter. I plan to syndicate my twitter to this blog in the near future.

On the business end, Aradius has been growing in such an amazing rate, especially SlashGear; it has reaches over 720K unique visitor last month (excluding all the bots traffic from search engines). The network now brings in more around two million unique visitors each month. We also launched our Android Mobile site called Android Community - if you are an application developer for Android, submit your application to Android Community Application Directory.

Daniel Lim, our long time contributor on SlashGear has joined us as a full time staff. Daniel is a home theatre expert and a wildlife photographer, his work has been featured in several ads campaign. Daniel earns his bachelor of science in electrical engineering from Univ of South Alabama, where he also earned his master degree for the same major.

Daniel in Action

Daniel is not the only new member to the Aradius family. Brenda Stokes has recently joined the company as an editor. Brenda holds a B.A. in English Literature from California State University and her work has been featured in Parenthood Magazine.

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Swelling OQO2 battery pops itself out of the unit - the horror!

Ewdison Then — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:54:01 +0000

We covered many horror stories on SlashGear about battery exploding, swelling, and the aftermath of its explosion – but never do I experienced it myself until I received an OQO2. The battery was attached to the unit but I notice there is a small gap between the unit and the battery itself. Ignoring that thinking it might not be a big deal, I plugged the unit to charge up and within two minutes I heard a loud pop. The battery unattached itself from the OQO2 and cracks open.

Immediately I unplugged the charger and made sure nothing has leaked out. Luckily it was just swelling, but the crackling sounds made me nervous. I properly wrapped the battery and took it to battery recycling center in Dallas. [Note : Always properly disposed an unused battery!] I guess its time for me to buy a new battery for it. I carry the OQO2 everywhere I go for emergency in case I need to reboot our servers and etc.

Footnote : This Post in no way blaming OQO for this battery problem

iPhone 3G Cases - Several good options

Ewdison Then — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 14:55:02 +0000

I’m not a clumsy person, but from time to time I would drop my shiny gadgets, that includes my new iPhone 3G. While cases probably won’t do much to protect the phone when dropping it into a pool, but at least it will give a little resistance to scratches.

Belkin Slim-Fit is on the top of the list. It has slim profile design and features shock-absorbent padding (which is good if I dropped it on the hard concrete). It’s top aligned with the iPhone speaker, so if you are in a noisy place, your iPhone 3G’s ring will be quite loud compared to those cases with closed top (covering the iPhone speaker).

Marware is no stranger to iPhone cases, and they make very well designed. Their C.E.O Premiere for iPhone 3G cases is my second choice but still worth the consideration; it comes with free screen protector and microfiber cleaning cloth. The leather-constructed case allows access to headphone port and easy phone removal due to its bottom notch.

Marware C.E.O Flip Vue reminds me of my old Compaq Aero PDA’s case. It flips open and allows you to use the iPhone 3G screen without pulling the iPhone off the case. Pretty convenient and its rotatable clip is a nice touch. The perforated leather and contrast stitching really makes this case look extremely attractive. I do wish the clip would be a little smaller and thinner.

Incipio alphaPouch Lycra Slim is my last option. I like simplicity and this case offers it. It is also slim like the Belkin Slim-Fit and Griffin Elan Holster, and cost the least (only $14.95). It might protect your phone from scractes, but I’m not sure it’s padded enough to give dropped protection.

Well, those are my top pick for iPhone 3G cases. If you have any other suggestions, please do post it on the comment section below this entry. For wide selection of iPhone 3G cases and accessories, visit our store.