Archive for 2009/03


Guitar Hero: World Tour

The most worrisome thing for me about Guitar Hero: World Tour was whether it would work with my Rock Band gear. I didn’t want to have to buy a whole new set of plastic drums and guitars just to play the game. It was such a worry for me that I didn’t even consider buying […]

Photojojo’s 90-Degree SLR Spy Lens

A perfect example of “Now why didn’t I think of that?” making perfect sense: Photojojo recently made its Super-Secret Spy Lens available for purchase on its website. For at least $50, you get an SLR lens attachment that contains a 90-degree mirror inside, allowing users to point their camera away from the subject and still […]

Tip: Turn Your Vacations into Wallpapers

A great way to maximize your vacation expenses is to use your camera to save memorable moments for posterity. This could be photos of you and your loved ones, with a wonderful vista set as the backdrop.
But no one said you could snap these vistas without anyone posing in the foreground and use them as […]

Wi Fi Internet Access In Your Car Courtesy of Cadillac

The news that Cadillac is including a feature to allow you to have Wi Fi Internet access in your car at all times for only 30 bucks a month makes me happy and angry at the same time.
Cadillac rolls out in-car Internet access | The Car Tech blog - CNET Reviews
Cadillac has […]

Sound Wave Bracelets: Geeky Support

The original purpose of The Sound Advice Project is to help parents convey support to their kids in their own special way, apparently to help them avoid falling into (or further into) the drug addiction trap.
But the project’s sound wave bracelets, generated by getting out the waveform of spoken words and turning it around its […]

Price Tag of New Tesla S Sedan: $50,000

More electric motion goodness is coming our way soon, with Tesla announcing that their new S Sedan will cost $50,000. Somehow, the manufacturer has managed to bundle efficiency, good looks, and a high top speed into a package normally associated with combustion-based engines. A clear sign that electric locomotion for the mass market is on […]

In Soviet Russia, Wood Powers You!

Well more like in a place trying to break away from Russia, but totally awesome nonetheless. Apparently some Chechen troops hiding in the woods had no electricity to charge their cell phones, so they made a manual-powered one from wood. That’s because you can’t really wage war without keeping in touch with friends and family, […]

Efficient Three-Wheel Car = US Gov’t Fail

So you come up with the Aptera 2e, a really efficient two-seater, three-wheel car. Even better, it runs as much as a hundred miles on one 8-hour charge from your standard wall outlet. Even even better, the car draws energy from the friction generated by its brakes, and its built-in solar panels.
Even even even better, […]

Retro Gadgets: CueCat

“You kids use the Internet, doncha?”
It was 1999. Mike and I were visiting my grandfather in Billings, Montana. He handed us a white plastic cat with a PS/2 connector at the end of its tail.
“What is it?” I held the plastic barcode scanner in my hand. My grandpa seemed proud to produce something that we […]

10 Ways to Use Internet Explorer Safely

So what do you get from the collective wisdom of hackers bunched within the same area? Why, tips on safer computing of course! Software security engineer Jeff Forristal asked people during the last pwn2own what your average user can do to better protect Internet Explorer from hacker activities. Here’s what they came up with.
Disable […]

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