While I can’t say that as a red-blooded straight male I’ve ever horribly complained about the state of female armor in fantasy games, movies, books, and virtually every other medium, but I can say that I’ve more than once pondered…
This Steampunk Pocketwatch Is Pure Awesome
It would be enough if this beautiful Steampunk watch over at Instructables just kept time, but it also has the mechanical retracting iris that makes this watch a piece of art. The YouTube video of it in action is below,…
Gaming Mice Can Increase Productivity
One of my colleagues, Matthew Rogers, at Lifehacker found something so delicious today that I had to share with the world: namely proof positive that what a number of gamers have been saying for years is absolutely true: you can…
Teflon and Steel Gaming Surfaces Amp Up Your Game
Regular old mousepads when you’re gaming are so passe: what you really need is a good, solid mousing surface that won’t make your desk all dusty, won’t clog your mouse’s sensor with dirt or grime, and won’t hinder you moving…
4 Stylish Looking PC Cases
Over at Unplggd, they have a roundup of PC cases – I know, it sounds borning unless you’re a DIY or computer-building enthusiast, and since I’m the type of person who builds his own computers, it naturally drew my attention.…
“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…
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…
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…
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…
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…