Snack-Shaming. It’s now a thing. How would you feel if whenever you went to your company vending machine and made a purchase the vending machine, yes, the vending machine, launched a tweet from its own Twitter account to all your co-workers that said, “Todd just bought a Snickers from the vending machine.”
Would you be angry? Continue reading
Welcome podcast-obsessed denizens of the interwebs. This is Podcast Catch-Up, a monthly series for those of us who love podcasts and frequently finish episodes and want some place to shout our happiness or horror. Continue reading
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
I have my little round of websites that I visit each morning, eyes half open, coffee mug in hand. I’m sure most people do. But every now and then you need some fresh ones. Continue reading
This is the final post of the series that examines topics from the perspective of the characters in the upcoming novel, The Paths of Marriage which will be for sale starting 1 October 2014.
“The Implicit Outings of Facebook” is written from the point of view of the character, Deepa Deva.
Why hello there!
I’ve been on Facebook for a decade. Yes, a decade. Considering social media companies have used Facebook as the beacon of all things new age tech company is a total a mind boggler; when did it become standard that a company about ten years old has one of the longest histories in one of the most lucrative industries in the world? 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
Eight cats, one saucy grandma and one elf. That is the formula for internet magic. Christmas Cats TV is the magical cat nip that brings all the cat ladies to the yard.
Here’s how it works, you tweet them things @ChristmasCatsTV and then they do them.
The cats are also up for adoption, because why else would they be pimping them online? The cats all live at Howard Stern‘s favorite charity, North Shore Animal League.
Fafa loves you! Continue reading
Recently Penny Arcade, Inc. posted a help wanted ad for a system administrator. I’ve been working in IT for eight years, and I’ve seen some job postings with outlandish experience and certification requirements with unreasonable job responsibilities for a staggeringly low amount of pay, but this posting takes the cake. Continue reading
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
Recently Adobe was the target of a successful intrusion and data theft that resulted in the compromise of millions of accounts, encrypted credit cards, source code and who knows what else. The nice people at LastPass (the greatest password security product ever produced by humankind) have put together a great tool to tell you if your account was hacked and what you can do about it. Continue reading
