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“El Cielo de Canarias” Time-Lapse Video is Stunningly Beautiful

I stumbled onto this thanks to my colleague Jenny, who posted it for Geek.com, and sure enough, it’s as beautiful as she describes. The video is actually a time-lapse shot over the course of a year by astrophotographer Daniel Lopez…

Alan HenryMay 17, 2011May 17, 2011 Geekery, Science, The Net 1 Comment
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The Meta-Watch Wants to Be Your Smartphone Buddy

Over at Google I/O last week, one of the interesting but under-reported items on the event floor was the Meta Watch from FOSSIL. The folks over at This Is My Next managed to play with it a bit, and in…

Alan HenryMay 17, 2011 Gadgets and Gear, Google No Comments
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Facebook Admits to Hiring a PR Firm to Smear Google

When I heard this story, I was more saddened than anything else. Frankly, there’s no love lost between Facebook and I – I don’t find the service quite the panacea communications platform that so many other people do, but I…

Alan HenryMay 12, 2011May 12, 2011 Tech News, The Net 2 Comments
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Play Ghost in the Shell…with Kinect!

I’m a big fan of Danny Choo and the way he’s managed to let nothing stop him from making his passion his life and career, and one of the things he does regularly is work on a televison show called…

Alan HenryMay 12, 2011May 12, 2011 Entertainment, Gaming, Geekery, Tech@play, The Net No Comments
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TwitPic Changes Terms, Now Owns Your Photos

TwitPic, one of the most popular image hosting services that many users use alongside Twitter, recently changed its terms of service in probably the most horrible way possible: they now have rights to use and re-use the photos that you…

Alan HenryMay 12, 2011 Tech News, The Net 1 Comment
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PC Mag’s Biggest Tech Pet Peeves

The folks at PC Mag sat down and got busy thinking about what some of their biggest pet peeves around technology were. Horrible autocorrect? Check. People trying to multi-touch all over your laptop or desktop display? Check. People who want…

Alan HenryMay 12, 2011May 12, 2011 Gadgets and Gear, Geekery, The Net, Tips and Tricks No Comments
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CTRL+O Bottle Opener is Geeky Cool

I actually have a bottle opener attached to my wallet (you never know when you’ll need one) but if I didn’t, I’d consider this: a CTRL+O bottle opener, straight from the folks at Art Lebdev, known world-wide for awesomely geeky…

Alan HenryMay 12, 2011 Gadgets and Gear, Geekery 1 Comment
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Starbuck and Starbuck in Starbucks

Ladies and Gentlemen, your moment of zen. Original is at the link below. I had no idea they were both such cigar fans! [ Buzzfeed :: Starbuck and Starbuck in Starbucks ]

Alan HenryMay 10, 2011 Geekery, The Net No Comments
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Microsoft Buys Skype

Everyone’s been talking about this story today, but I think it’s an incredible one. In what’s clearly the biggest purchase or acquisition the company has ever made, Microsoft has weighed in and purchased Skype outright for $8.5 billion. That’s a…

Alan HenryMay 10, 2011 Microsoft, Tech News No Comments
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How to Build a Powerful Portable Gaming Desktop PC

Now here’s a project that I think I could take on – not because I need another computer, but mostly because I could use having a gaming PC that doesn’t take up as much space as my current tower does.…

Alan HenryMay 5, 2011 Gadgets and Gear, Gaming, Geekery, Tips and Tricks No Comments
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