Well, if you’re like me, you’re having a really hard day dealing with the bankruptcy of one of the world’s best catalogs to ever make its way down the shitstream from God’s trash can on the crap ferry to hell. SkyMall. Continue reading
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If you ever wanted to read your car’s mind and see what it’s thinking about look no further than the ScanTool OBDLink LX Bluetooth
There’s really no way to stop the evolution of technology. The more we desire access to things at the touch of a button, or hell, through our eyeballs, the more a means to supply what we demand will materialize. With Google Glass that day has arrived. Yet, as many are finding out, the world around the Google Glass wearer isn’t so open or appreciative of having its midst invaded by a walking cyborg-person wearing a face-computer gawping at the world and everyone in it as if monkeys in a zoo cage. In short: “Hey! You! Your robo-face is making me feel uncomfortable, jerk!” Continue reading
Put simply Chromecast lets you solve the problem of, “I want this thing on my device to show up on my TV.” There are a few complexities and limitations but that’s basically it, you see a thing on your phone/tablet/browser and you want to put it on your TV with one or two taps.
What makes it even more attractive is that it has a list price of $35 and can often be found for less than that. Currently running $29.99 on Amazon
Cyanogen Inc., is a newly created company that has been producing the slowly adopted, but somewhat popular CyanogenMod custom Android ROM. They just released a new app called the CyanogenMod Installer which will unlock the user’s boot loader, root their device, and flash CyanogenMod to their phone with almost zero extra effort. The app is free over the Google Play store and after downloading their free desktop software you can have a very user friendly, highly customizable version of Android. Continue reading
Today thousands of Americans will gather in Washington, DC and many other cities across America to protest the mass surveillance by the United States government on millions of people who are not suspected of any crime and have broken no laws. As a fellow citizen of the internet, I am asking for your help. Continue reading
I feel I need to preface this post with the following: I am not a technologically savvy person. I love my iPhone for the reasons most of us love our smart phones: in addition to making calls and sending texts, I can check Facebook and Twitter and email and the Internet wherever I am. It gives me directions when I’m hopelessly lost (sometimes — ask me about the time I wound up in the middle of a field. The phone said turn right!) It means I’m never without somewhere to eat. It is a portable computer I can fit in the palm of my hand. What’s not to love? Continue reading
Just when we’ve begun to contemplate the need to possibly power down our dependence on our smartphones, Samsung jumps into the compact tech game and now introduces us to the Galaxy Gear Smartwatch. Yes, this is essentially a helper gadget for your already existing gadget. Continue reading
This actually rather poignant short film encapsulates, with some possible exaggeration (or is it?) our modern everyday usage (or addiction) to our smart phones. It begs the question of when is enough…enough? Continue reading
Based on some of your Photo Phriday pics with rumpled clothes strewn about all willy nilly, many of you may not be familiar with the clothes hanger, let alone its history. I’m here to help you. Continue reading