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The random thoughts of Robert Barrios

Category: General

  • For years, I’ve been fascinated by the idea of having a virtual assistant like Jarvis from *Iron Man*. A seamless, intelligent AI that understands natural language, executes complex tasks, and engages in meaningful conversations felt like pure science fiction. But with the rise of Generative AI and advanced voice-to-text interfaces,…

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  • August 15, 2010 9:40 PM I had an exciting weekend where I took a photography workshop! It was a Father’s Day gift from my wife and kids, and since Father’s Day was a couple of months ago, I was very anxious for this weekend to come. The workshop was held…

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  • May 14, 2010 2:32 PM Wow, it’s been 5 months since my last blog (which several people have pointed out). Laziness is most of it, but the other part is I haven’t gotten anything exciting in the last few months. You would think I’d have an iPad by now, but…

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  • January 24, 2010 6:49 AM I heard that the HTC Droid Eris was available for $9.99 on Amazon.com, so I figured that it would be a cheap way to try out the device and see if I liked both Verizon’s service as well as the Android operating system. I’ve been…

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  • October 17, 2009 7:10 PM So, here is my second “1 Year Later” review. I’ve had the Amazon Kindlesince September 2008. It was a gift from my wife and kids. So I have the 1st Gen device, not the 3rd generation Kindle that was released just last week. So, for…

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  • September 7, 2009 9:15 PM As mentioned a couple of blog posts ago, I’ve decided to do reviews of gadgets I’ve had for 1 year or more, mostly due to my not purchasing any new items recently. The first gadget I’ll do a long term review on is my Canon…

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  • August 12, 2009 11:02 PM So I was browsing around Amazon and saw that the next book of the Wheel of Time Series will be released in November!!! The Gathering Storm (Wheel of Time) is scheduled to be released on November 3. Robert Jordan passed away on September 17, 2007.…

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  • July 31, 2009 9:33 PM So I broke down and bought a new MacBook Pro 13.3-Inch Laptop this week. I ended up getting the 13“ Macbook Pro with a 2.53Ghz Dual Core processor, 4 Gigs of RAM, 250GB Hard drive, and 256MB Shared Video NVidia graphics card. It was an…

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  • June 27, 2009 8:50 PM So I finally got my Palm Pre, and here are my thoughts around this new device. I had a preview of one a week before it went public through a person who had a pilot version. So when I finally got mine, I wasn’t surprised…

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  • June 18, 2009 7:21 PM I have a bunch of new gadgets to talk about! So I finally got my Archos 5 !!! But, it took me washing my iPod Nano in my pants… My wife says I did it subconsciously, but I really didn’t. So, my first impression is…

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