November 2008
139 posts
Block Posters Makes a Large Poster from Any Image... →
Web site Block Posters converts any image into a large, printable wall poster. According to gHacks, the difference between Block Posters and previously mentioned Rasterbator is the…
Nov 1st
Check Your Passwords Against Brute Force Attacks... →
Ever wonder how long it would take a dedicated soul to bust into your email, home network, or other password-protected places? Enter your character counts into Hackosis’ Brute Force…
Nov 1st
Happy All Hallows Eve
Nov 1st
Mitsubishi LaserVue TV →
Just when we thought rear-projection TV was dead, here comes the Mitsubishi LaserVue TV ($7,000) to blow our minds. As the world’s first laser-powered television, the LaserVue uses laser…
Nov 1st
Psyclone's TouchCharge Kit for your 360... →
Shared by joekwon cable-less charging. Not bad for a first go around. Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals We keep waiting for “wireless” contact charging pads to blow our minds and…
Nov 1st
October 2008
153 posts
Gmail Labs Adds Text Messaging Feature. KTHXBAI. →
Shared by joekwon please use judiciously We don’t see it in our Gmail settings (yet), but Webmonkey reports that Gmail Labs has added a very useful opt-in feature for sending text / SMS…
Oct 31st
Thief Takes Own Photo With Stolen Cell Phone, Gets... →
Filed under: Cell Phones Okay, this story is just sad for a number of reasons. First off, an innocent woman who’s lost gets her cell phone stolen while stepping out of her car to check a…
Oct 31st
Check Your Passwords Against Brute Force Attacks... →
Ever wonder how long it would take a dedicated soul to bust into your email, home network, or other password-protected places? Enter your character counts into Hackosis’ Brute Force…
Oct 31st
Block Posters Makes a Large Poster from Any Image... →
Web site Block Posters converts any image into a large, printable wall poster. According to gHacks, the difference between Block Posters and previously mentioned Rasterbator is the…
Oct 31st
Desktop Wallpaper Calendar: November 2008 →
Shared by joekwon get your updated wallpapers! Desktop wallpapers can serve as an excellent source of inspiration. However, if you use some specific wallpaper for a long period of time, it…
Oct 31st
USB Port is neither USB nor Port, just amazing →
With the word “Port” now restricted to use by Portuguese wine makers and kin, California-based Peltier Station was forced to come up with this bit of inspirational naming for its…
Oct 31st
Netflix Now Streaming on TiVo Series 3, HD, and HD... →
Where isn’t Netflix anymore? It looks great on the 360, it’s ending up in set-top boxes and media players from multiple makers. Now, if you had the foresight to buy a Series 3, HD, or HD XL…
Oct 31st
Iwata: DSi launching worldwide by summer 2009 →
Filed under: Nintendo DS Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has announced that the Nintendo DSi will be shipping overseas “by summer 2009,” narrowing the prevoius US launch window of…
Oct 31st
Dropbox Adds Snazzy iPhone Interface [Dropbox] →
Free, cross-platform Dropbox—the most popular file-syncing application on the block—has pushed out a snazzy new iPhone interface so you can quickly access your synced files from the…
Oct 31st
Use a Mind Map to Organize Your Week [Mind... →
For freelancers or anyone juggling multiple tasks—not necessarily multiple projects—Raj Dash at the FreelanceSwitch blog recommends using mind-mapping software to create a weekly…
Oct 31st
Dropbox Adds Snazzy iPhone Interface [Dropbox] →
Free, cross-platform Dropbox—the most popular file-syncing application on the block—has pushed out a snazzy new iPhone interface so you can quickly access your synced files from the…
Oct 31st
Keyboard Cools and Heats Hands While You Type →
Shared by joekwon i need this at my work. it’s freezing in there! Filed under: Computers, Peripherals Keyboard comfort is something most people don’t think about, but are glad to…
Oct 31st
early mornin’ conference call. so tired.
Oct 30th
my neck hurts from doing ab exercises, obviously I did them wrong
Oct 30th
USB Port is neither USB nor Port, just amazing →
Shared by joekwon someone please buy me a bottle of this. good find Chris. With the word “Port” now restricted to use by Portuguese wine makers and kin, California-based Peltier…
Oct 30th
Use a Mind Map to Organize Your Week [Mind... →
For freelancers or anyone juggling multiple tasks—not necessarily multiple projects—Raj Dash at the FreelanceSwitch blog recommends using mind-mapping software to create a weekly…
Oct 30th
Burglars Break Into Restaurant, Steal HDTV, Leave... →
Shared by joekwon seriously, it’s not worth it for a 47” Insignia. If it was a 103” Panasonic Plasma, then I’d understand. http://tinyurl.com/5bectm Filed under: Audio/Video, TV …
Oct 30th
Samsung drops jaws with 40-inch 1080p OLED display →
Shared by joekwon The largest OLED up until this was a 10” Sony. Impressive. Filed under: Displays, HDTV Anyone who figured OLED would go the way of SED has another thing…
Oct 30th
Microsoft makes Surface look dated with... →
Shared by joekwon pretty nifty! Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Microsoft’s Surface may be hard at work helping the liberal media steal the election (we kid, we kid), but other than…
Oct 30th
Review: 'Command & Conquer: Red Alert... →
Shared by joekwon holy cow, gorgeous evolution in graphics for the Red Alert series. Adding the ability to wage war with a friend pushes the perennial battle between the Allies and the Soviets to…
Oct 30th
The Shreadmill Class just destroyed my life
Oct 30th
Lux Aeterna makes me feel like I should work like my life depends on it
Oct 30th
Free Nationwide WiFi for iPhone Users →
AT&T just sweetened the pot for all of its iPhone subscribers. If you own an AT&T iPhone, you now get free WiFi access at AT&Ts 17,000 hotspots across the country, including at most Starbucks….
Oct 30th
Geek Proposes With Vintage Super Nintendo Game →
Shared by joekwon super nerdy, yet you have to admire the amount of work that went into this. Filed under: Computers, Video Games The past few weeks have seen an explosion in…
Oct 29th
Downloadable 'GameBoy' Theme Gives iPhone... →
Shared by joekwon this is the first thing that has made me want to jailbreak my iPhone Filed under: Cell Phones, Computers, iPhone, Mobile Software Anyone who spent their…
Oct 29th
In Pictures: Street View, Safari for iPhone 2.2 →
Shared by joekwon Awesome! The “Share Location” feature will be huge! Filed under: Rumors, iPhone Following up on our report yesterday, a new tipster sent us screenshots of the…
Oct 29th
MTV smacks YouTube, posts almost every music video... →
Wasn’t it YouTube that wanted to host “every music video ever created” back in 2006? Unfortunately that hasn’t happened, and now the Viacom-owned MTV has swooped in to post more than 16,000 music…
Oct 29th
Media Manager 3.0 now available for PSP / PC →
Filed under: PC, Sony PSP Has anyone seen our stack of Cloud Cult MP3s? We could have sworn we left it on our PSP … or was it the PS3? See, this is why need something to manage…
Oct 29th
Mega Man 9 stop-motion with paper →
Shared by joekwon i love it the real game even reproduces NES flaws like flickering and framerate issues [via]
Oct 29th
Cooking with All Things Trader Joe's →
While we’re far from monks, the Uncrate staff tends to believe that simplicity is the key to a happy life. Whether that simplicity comes from a gadget or something else… Visit Uncrate for…
Oct 29th
6 easy steps to migrate your Mac using Time... →
Filed under: OS, Leopard, Mac 101 If you use Time Machine in Leopard, then transferring your stuff to a new Mac might be a bit simpler than you thought. With Migration Assistant,…
Oct 29th
Just My Type: Hands-On With a $170 Keyboard →
Shared by joekwon i love this. People who write for a living may want to invest. if I coded more, I think I would. Keyboard aficionados rave about older IBM and Apple keyboards, but the new $170…
Oct 29th
Microsoft unveils Windows 7, releases early... →
Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, Microsoft Microsoft is officially introducing Windows 7 today at the Professional Developers Conference. The company will also be making an…
Oct 28th
Microsoft to launch web versions of Word, Excel,... →
Filed under: Office, Web services, Microsoft, web 2.0, Web It looks like Microsoft is finally prepared to launch its answer to Google Docs, Zoho Office, and …
Oct 28th
I might attend a “Shreadmill” class tomorrow morning. I’m scared.
Oct 28th
Microsoft to launch web versions of Word, Excel,... →
Filed under: Office, Web services, Microsoft, web 2.0, Web It looks like Microsoft is finally prepared to launch its answer to Google Docs, Zoho Office, and …
Oct 28th
Microsoft unveils Windows 7, releases early... →
Filed under: OS Updates, Windows, Microsoft Microsoft is officially introducing Windows 7 today at the Professional Developers Conference. The company will also be making an…
Oct 28th
Gmail Labs Adds Google Calendar, Other Gadgets to... →
Shared by joekwon it almost seems like the iGoogle team and Gmail team are competing against each other to be the one stop place for all your daily info. Gmail has added support for sidebar…
Oct 28th
Amazon slashes Dash Express by $100 for the day →
Shared by joekwon wow, mega cheap. I find mine frustrating at times, but the internet based services are pretty cool. Filed under: GPS Originally a $600 piece of kit and released at…
Oct 28th
X-Men paper toys →
Shared by joekwon awesome, glad we have a color printer here at work. Go here to download some adorable and very simple paper toys of Wolverine, Cyclops, Magneto, and more. And you can…
Oct 28th
Amazon’s WindowShop Offers A Sleek Interface For... →
Today Amazon has launched a new storefront called WindowShop, which presents some of the store’s newest and most popular movies, books, and video games in a way that makes browsing the…
Oct 28th
Qik brings interactive video streaming to... →
Qik allows owners of a variety of mobile phones to stream live video and interact with people viewing it. This evening, Qik will be adding BlackBerry to its list of supported phones. Ars spoke with…
Oct 27th
Finally Truphone for Blackberry Is Ready →
Truphone, the service that allows you to make cheap long distance phone calls using VoIP technology on a mobile phone, is now available to users of BlackBerry devices as a beta offering….
Oct 27th
Revision3 Cuts Back On Shows And Staff →
Web video production house Revsion3 is canceling three shows, cutting back staff, and ending distribution agreements with Wine Library TV and Epic Fu. Rumors started swirling earlier today about…
Oct 27th
How Zach Braff (and I) Get Thank-You Notes Done... →
Some people say I’m the spitting image of Zach Braff. I’ve got a certain Garden State charm, but I don’t see the resemblance. Nevertheless, I get stopped. I get asked. I am forced to…
Oct 27th