Game controls built into a slim phone case. Why are we not funding this?? Actually, I expect a kickstarter any minute now. But THIS is a great solution. Just like a normal clam case but with controls. Natch! Now, as its shown here, it would not work because there is no way to support the flap, but if there was a solid hinge with a restriction, it could work. … Read More
The Smiths meets Peanuts (Charlie Brown) A while back I wrote about a funny site that took Peanuts comics and replaced the text with random tweets. Well some decided it would be a cool idea to do the same thing but instead replace text with lyrics from the Smiths. Now, if you are not a full blooded Smiths fan, these will… Read More
Cool 3D printed Pebble SmartWatch stand. This is pretty cool. Corey Perlman created a Pebble stand using a 3D printer. Came out pretty nice I think! If you want one, he can get it to you for around $10 depending on where you live. He also placed the .stl files on makerbot thingverse so you can grab and print yourself. Sweet.… Read More
Kevin Rose throwing a raccoon. Seems the founder of Digg will kick your ass if you attack his dog There is not a whole lot to say here that the video does not say. Seems Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, heard his down yelping in pain. He comes out to see his dog and a raccoon fighting. So what does bad ass Rose do? He charges in dressed in his always fashionable boxes and… Read More
How to get name tag adhesive off a shirt after you washed it. Tip #954 It was only a matter of time. I go to a fair number of events, not as many as others, but enough. And every now and again I will put on a name tag. Since I do not go to that many and I do not always put a paper name tag on, I sometimes… Read More
Top Gear reviews the Ford Fiesta. Chase through a shopping mall and then a beach invasion. Yes, a nice clean standard car review from the stodgy conservative folks at Top Gear. The Ford Fiesta, even the green one, is not terribly exciting. However, give enough resources and cooperative shopping mall, it can be done. Still not sure how they convinced the Royal Marines to allow a beach landing during a what… Read More
Success Gorilla Success Gorilla was successful. That is all. Here is the source. View post on imgur.com… Read More
Changes coming for Apple care. Fix your device on the spot. Good news for jailbreakers This is welcome news. According to AppleInsider, Apple Care will not fix your device on the spot instead of exchanging your device for a like new one. That is not the only new news. Apple is also looking to move to or add a subscription model to Apple care. This can be great for those… Read More
McBain, the full episode from the Simpsons Did you know that the McBain clips in the Simpsons actually make a complete episode if you stitch them together? Neither did I. So credit Gawker for putting this together. Now I present you with episode 1, McBain – you have the right to remain dead. {edit} The links does not work anymore. Go to… Read More
How to play Piano Passcode – jailbreak iphone hack Want to unlock your phone using a piano keyboard? A fun little hack is out called Piano Passcode. Simple enough hack, you have a keyboard and you type a tune in as your passcode. How to play it is easy enough, set pianopasscode to some key combination from 1-7 and your gold. However, it is… Read More
The best FPS controls for the iPad! The Drowning. This is how it needs to be done I have played my fair share of FPS games on the iPad and never enjoyed any of them. When it comes to the UI for games, only SimCity like games seems to make the natural leap to iPad. Well I think that has changed. Enter ‘The Drowning’. This game is not out yet, which really… Read More
Cool pics of the East Cost and Boston snowed under Thanks to Reddit for these. Want to see what MEGA TONNES of snow looks like? check out these. If you see a few other cools pics, let me know, I’ll add them. … Read More
2007. The year the iPhone made the world more quiet, less interactive OK, that was a really misleading title, but in a way, it sums up what I have observed in the last few years. There are so many people with smart phones, that as I’m sitting on the train typing this, 85% of the people in my car are looking at phones or tablets, headphone in,… Read More
Craigslist now has thumbnails and maps. FINALLY! I do not know when this went live, but I’m MUCH happier. I cannot believe how long it took for this to happen. So much better. The thumbs are a little small, but that is ok, just mouse over and you will get a bigger image. Also, there is a map view. I think this… Read More
A cool iphone android retro phone handset Yes, this is pure dorky goodness, but I dont care. It works! I got this retro phone handset on sale for under $10. Last one at Bed and Bath in fact. The funny thing is, just like the original iphone phone handle, this is practical. Its kind of funny how popular this is. Go on… Read More
Top Best Tech Wishes for 2013 2012 has been quite a year in tech, but things are still missing, and I have plenty of tech wishes for 2013. I’m going to make my wishes doable instead of AGAIN wishing for a flying car for the everyday joe. So here is my list for for 2013 in no particular order. Improve existing… Read More
Hyper Fast HTML5. Fastest Javascript CSS ever. I cannot believe I did not write about this when I first saw it. Famo.us is a firm that decided to see just how fast they could get an HTML5 to render. The test was to render 3D in using HTML only, no plugins. The way they got this page to run so fast is… Read More
Google Maps for iOS5 is back yea’ll! Yes, the long national nightmare is over. iOS5 users can finally say goodbye too Apple maps and use a better system. And I bet the Auzzies are super happy. 🙂 I’m going to download this puppy right now and test it out. More later. Now we just need to wait for a jailbreak to make… Read More
Two year Biopsy-versity via XKCD I’m not going to go into the history here, you can figure it out. I had a few close people go though cancer. Its not fun, but when you beat it, its big. Best wishing XKCD(er). Permanent link to this comic: http://xkcd.com/1141/ Image URL (for hotlinking/embedding): http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/two_years.png… Read More
Remote home monitoring system on the cheap. Or how to catch a cat. Its travel time! And like any traveler who lived in Oakland I’m worried someone is going to break into my place. There are older tricks I use to try to reduce the risk, have friends stopping by, I have a timer that turns on and off the lights and TV. The normal stuff for those… Read More