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I‘ve been toying with whether to reinstate AdSense and I’ve come to a conclusion. “Not right now” is the short answer. This mainly has to do with the current state of NViRT and the fact that a reemerging/struggling publication such as ours would be worse off with ads mucking up the works. It’s not that we aren’t greedy bastards or anything, far from it. Know that if(read: when) we decide to place ads on this site, it will be done in the most tasteful/profitable way possible. So yea, NViRT is ad free for the time being.

We will reassess profitability vs reader loyalty in the future and who knows, we may even get those bullshit contextual links in the middle an article. You know,  those links no one wants to click on in the first place but does anyway. All because they are thinking the author is referencing something relevant. Seriously though, that will never happen. Worst case scenario, theres going to be specific adverts for things that we endorse or an AdSense box in the sidebar with some defined control over what AdSense will display.

It all started with the new header image I whipped up two days ago. It must have got my mind stuck on giant robots or something. I say this because when I went to Borders the next day, this fantastic piece of required reading caught my eye and just had to buy it immediately. From the author of “Where’s My Jetpack?” (a delightful guide on all the missing items we were promised in the 21st century), comes “How To Survive A Robot Uprising”. This informative guide will teach you how to deal with your cold steel adversaries when the time comes; everything from your standard Dr. Killall’s Death Machine to your own smart home gone to HAL. Whether you believe the end of the world will be dominated by giant robots or not, the end of the world will happen… it’s up to you to ensure its not the end of the world for mankind. The book has its own website as well so go on and check it out while your waiting for your books to ship.

…Unless you’re somehow blessed with divine righteousness and the very fingers of Jesus himself. I like to think of myself as a reasonable man…a somewhat OCD reasonable man, but a reasonable man nonetheless. However, there a few things in this world that make we want to don a green fedora, sling an iron musket over my shoulder and slink off into the woods to loudly murder Bambi-esque forest dwellers until my bloody thirst for retribution is quenched.

My failed attempt to properly install a screen protector on my brand-new ceramic white PSP falls neatly into this category. Here’s the skinny: I purchase the Darth Vader-edition PSP and return it to Best Buy three times before I manage to come into possession of a model without any dead or stuck pixels. Overjoyed that I had finally managed to cheat the Fates, I promptly did a bunch of research on PSP screen protectors so I could protect my Precious.
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You don’t have to tell me. Yes, I know there are a million people out there that want their iPhone to be a teleporter too; or magically grow 3G tech with software updates. Fortunately, this is a different type of wish list. A list of wishes, if you will, that is not too far from reality. The following additions to the iPhone will not only be desired by the community, the underlying methods and technology exist now. Only software updates, add-ons and/or infrastructure changes are needed to make them a reality. Today I give you my insight into the future of iPhone application possibilities and add-on device support.

Okay, the wish list introduction horse is dead. Lets get started shall we?
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