Archive for the 'technology' Category

zomg!

Posted by Joe on January 23rd, 2008

yes, ZOMG! Sasquatch was found on MARS!!! As one enthusiast put it on a website: “These pictures are amazing. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw what appears to be a naked alien running around on Mars.” Another, dismissing cynicism about the somewhat stony look of the “alien”, wrote: “If you show me another [...]

Don’t do drugs kids…

Posted by Joe on December 17th, 2007

Dad sells son’s 90-dollar video game online for more than 9000   You smoke-ah the Pot, you Lose-ah the Gat – tar Hero 3 So, a father goes out of his way to get Guitar Hero 3 for his son. Then, finds his boy smoking weed in the backyard. Needless to say, the father sells [...]

Extreme Gamer Tat

Posted by Gary on October 7th, 2007

What’s that?  The 8-bit necktie in the previous post not “extreme” enough for you?  How about this?  A full back piece tattoo featuring a myriad of classic gamer icons.  This is one of the coolest things ever!  Courtesy of thebbps. Technorati Tags: tattoo, thebbps

Geek fashion statement

Posted by Gary on October 7th, 2007

For all the geeks, nerds and dweebs in the crowd, check out the hottest fashion accessory compliments of the fine folks at ThinkGeek. Yes, you are seeing that correctly… it’s an 8-bit necktie. Handmade and only twenty bucks. Be the envy of your next Dungeons & Dragons] adventure. Technorati Tags: ThinkGeek, necktie, Dungeons & Dragons

Sweet Mac Software Site

Posted by Gary on September 27th, 2007

Ok, so you may or may not know that I’m a Mac geek. Sure, I work in both Apple and Windows platforms… you kinda have to nowadays. But given the choice, Mac is my computer of choice. Now, some folks argue that Macintosh is inferior due to the lack of software. I would contend that [...]

Inspiring lecture by Randy Pausch

Posted by Gary on September 24th, 2007

Randy Pausch is a Carnegie Mellon professor and virtual reality pioneer.  He also happens to have terminal pancreatic cancer. He recently gave his final lecture, entitled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.”  It’s about two hours long, but very much worth it. He talks about his dreams & aspirations, Captain Kirk, virtual reality and a host [...]

Declare (email) Bankruptcy

Posted by Gary on September 21st, 2007

My friend Kevin over at Incompetech.com alerted me to this brilliant idea to deal with a backlog of email after a business trip, vacation or other overwhelming backup of your inbox… declare email bankruptcy! Apparently this was coined by (or at least credit is being given to) Wired columnist Lawrence Lessig. Here’s a snippet from [...]

360 Demo Report

Posted by Joe on September 17th, 2007

Here is my Xbox 360 demo report…   Fifa 08 Graphics – The difference between the Gamecube version and this one is slim when playing with the wide shot during the game.  When the camera is close in on a player it is very nice.  Crowds look like crap. Controls – Same basic controls, but [...]

Travel the world on the cheap

Posted by Gary on July 21st, 2007

Just saw this site on Nightline, and thought it deserved mention.  The concept is awesomely simple and hopefully it catches on.  Basically, you can travel the world and crash on someone’s couch (or spare room) to save some moolah.  Transportation is your responsibility, but you can save on lodging by crashing with strangers. Check out [...]

Pimp your Bathroom!

Posted by Joe on July 11th, 2007

with Automatic Toilet Tissue Dispensers…. from Kimberly-Clark (local) Transform your toilet into a WASHLET! with TOTO. plus, the second website is rather addicting… I wanted to click on all the options for some scary reason. Technorati Tags: Automatic Toilet Tissue Dispensers, Kimberly-Clark, TOTO

The Time has come…

Posted by Joe on July 5th, 2007

ReMission, the game that helps people (mainly young adults) understand and give them aid while undergoing cancer treatments, has arrived! I will be playing it and reviewing it as soon as I can. Technorati Tags: ReMission, game, cancer

You need to watch this video.

Posted by Joe on June 19th, 2007

This is where the future of picture sharing on the internet is headed, and its awesome!  Its a program/technology procured by Microsoft called: C Dragon.  It takes photos of all sizes and dpi’s and makes the accessable at a much quicker rate and in more interesting ways.  Click here to see some interesting new technology. [...]

The Great Equalizer

Posted by Gary on June 7th, 2007

You like music? You like t-shirts? Then the T-Qualizer is for you. It’s a t-shirt with an animated audio equalizer built in. Impress your friends at the club, or amuse yourself home alone on a Friday night. Powered by 4 AAA batteries, the color equalizer moves to the dopest block rockin’ beats of the Captain [...]

Your contacts are safe with us

Posted by Gary on June 6th, 2007

ed. note: in the interest of full disclosure…author works for U.S. Cellular. If you’re like most folks today, you can’t be bothered with remembering people’s phone numbers. That’s why cellphones come with a capacity for at least 300 contacts. And, if you were ever to lose those contacts, you’d be S.O.L. In the last couple [...]

He likes sushi… but how does he feel about Pr0n?

Posted by Joe on June 5th, 2007

yeah… I wrote Pr0n… twice now… ugh… Anyway, our lovely friends in Japan have been working their hind ends off trying to create battle androids in disguise of maids for the world and here is evidence. There is a robot that now has facial expression which reacts to words said to him. He knows how [...]