Another hardware itteration
Beta unit two hits the road, and this time it comes with a case
Hardware
Alpha hardware!
First iteration is working! More info at Straight Apex: http://straightapex.com/first-alpha-unit/
Sneaky ways to make money part 27: steal search traffic
Say you make consumer broadband routers and you’re looking for a new revenue stream. Your customers expect you to spend money upgrading the firmware for their routers, but you’ve already taken money…
A quick search can pay off big
Paula's using my old laptop and Pa really needs to take it out back behind the barn with a shotgun. It's slow, it won't dock properly and I really don't like the…
Thin, beautiful and wearing leather
Intel recently commissioned Ziba Design to build a sexy laptop and I'd say they hit the target... and blew right through. About as thin as a Motorola Razr, this magnesium shelled bit…
NOOOOO!!!! What?!?!?!? NOOOOO!!!!!
Okay... what have I learned today? If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Ignoring rule number 1 should only be proceeded by backing up your crap. For those who are too lazy or…
Some very cool eye tracking videos using eyetrak machine
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PC Hardware makers, you’ve been put on notice
It has been a long time since the PC world migrated away from churning out beige boxes, but major manufacturers have been slow to adopt industrial design standards which can keep up…
Geek girls rock
Ok, I admit it, smart women make my nerd beanie spin. Brains wins over cheesecake, no doubt about it. If, however, someone tells you smarts and style are incompatible you can give them…
Where’d I take that picture?
Pick a trip you took from, say, two years ago. Take a look at the pictures. Do you remember where each picture was taken? Exactly where? Great, do you think you'll remember…
Times they are a-changin’
I'm getting close to finishing my hard drive upgrade for my desktop at home (ran out of space for ripping CDs) and the amount of storage I now have made me start…
Mechanical procreation
There's cool, and then there's geeky cool. I think this is both. Robots master reproductionAndreas von Bubnoff Modular machine assembles copies of itself in minutes. Humans do it, bacteria do it, even…
S’bout time
I've been jealous of my coworkers in Redmond for a while because the Seattle-area has a very cool system for monitoring traffic status. It now seems that the bay area may finally…
Thank the tech gods
I know I could be considered a complete MS lackey (something about MS paying me has a bit of an influence in that) but I must confess... I really love my TiVo…
Lost in transition
UPS, FedEX, USPS... take note: if you can do a better job keeping track of packages than DHL I will insist that all shipments to me use your services. I recently ordered…
Are you crash-safe?
No one ever wants to believe their computer will fail them. You can try to make yourself feel safer... your computer is new, it's under warranty, you take good care of it...…