With the world economy in ruins, oil slowly running out, and the earth slowly threatening to kill us all with some climate change; it's important that we innovate with a new method of providing en...
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Games
by Chris Matier on November 28, 2008
If you have a current generation gaming system, then you understand how wonderful wireless controllers are. The cables, chargers, rechargeable batteries, and charging docks however are a pain in the ...
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Misc
by Chris Matier on November 27, 2008
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If you are in a time and place to celebrate thankfulness, I would love to wish you a happy Thanksgiving! Today, in gadget circles, is also known as Black Frida...
If Video on Demand (VOD) is your cup of tea, then blockbuster has good news for you. Blockbuster has, much like Netflix, Xbox 360, and a half dozen other people, released a Set-Top video player to the...
I know, worldwide demand for fuel is low, therefore oil prices are low, and because of that, gas prices are low. Wouldn't it be nice to keep them that way? Think of all the gadgets and gizmos you...
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Games
by Chris Matier on November 24, 2008
There was a period of time that my household stopped playing our Wii. In retrospect, I think it was because we stopped thinking about it as a gaming machine. We have started to pick it up again, but i...
Today, most televisions and displays are LCD, with a few high end Plasmas thrown in there, but sony have been keen to step up to the next set of technologies, namely OLED, and now, FED.
Sony have b...
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Displays
by Chris Matier on November 21, 2008
Here in the United States, some might say that we are in the middle of an economic free fall, while others might say that we are in the middle of a financial meltdown. Personally, I think they both m...
If you don't own a pair of noise canceling headphones, then you need to rush to the store after you read this and immediately buy a pair. I cannot tell you how many times I have desperately needed...
If you are the proud owner of a ultra thin MacBook Air, new Aluminum Macbook, or voodoo Envy, then you have a hard time finding peripherals that do your machine justice. I am lucky, a cinder block si...
Multipurpose devices really are the way to go. The Swiss were onto something when they developed that little army knife of theirs. That is why it just kills me when some desktop gadgets are so single-...
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In another generation, the "fireside chat" was made famous by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In this generation, youtube was made famous by a skateboarding dog. What happens when...
ASRock, normally a company known as either budget or OEM manufacture for big companies has slowly, as of late, been working it's way more toward the hobbyist computer builder, and with this the...
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Games
by Chris Matier on November 14, 2008
Remember when the Wii came out a few short years ago? Remember the throngs of geeks and weirdos that waited hours in line to be one of the first to get the "revolutionary new Nintendo system?&qu...
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VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) has been hit and miss for many people; myself included. I have tooled around with Vonage, Skype, and others, but I h...
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Displays
by Chris Matier on November 12, 2008
I don't own a digital photo frame; my wife does, but I have never found one that fit my needs. I have this prerequisite for my gadgets that they are multi-fuction and as dynamic as possible. I ha...
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Misc
by Chris Matier on November 11, 2008
I have to be honest. I have owned a pair of Roomba's and they sucked, but not in the way you want a vacuum to suck. They just were a disappointment. I know there are devoted Roomba Fanboys out the...
My wife just doesn't get my star Wars obsession. In fact, she will tell you we had kids because we wanted to enrich our lives, but the truth is, I wanted someone to watch the Star Wars movies wit...
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If you are at all familiar with David Allen's Getting Things Done cult philosophy, then you know that it is useful to have systems in place to thin...
It may not be holograms or anything cool like that, but the JVC DLA-RS2 seems pretty darn cool. If you have a home theater, and you would like the visuals to be a bit more high definition and in 3D, t...
Alright, I've got to admit, I sometimes did enjoy writing entertaining little notes or heck, even little pictures, on post-it notes, and sticking them to a friend's monitor or possessions, a...
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Honestly, despite the hype surrounding the Google phones, Android, and the T-Mobile G1, I have had almost no interest what-so-ever. That changed just a little bit today. Graham Stewa...
Let me start by saying that I am not an animal lover. I don't hate the furry things, in fact I have a couple of cats, but if I ever found myself starving to death, they would be the first to go. I...
If I were to try and sell you a couple hundred networked, bomb proof trash cans with LCD screens on them, you would probably hurt yourself laughing. The whole idea of such high-tech trash cans sounds ...
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