Archive for December 2010

Ever tried using your iPhone with gloves on? It doesn’t work very well. Believe me, I’ve tried. Yes, I also know that there are plenty of special gloves out there, and even ways to convert traditional gloves to work with touchscreens. However, I can’t seem to stress enough just how…

3D is all fine and good in my book, but I, like many of you, won’t get into 3D in my home until I can watch without those stupid glasses. I like the idea of being able to take 3D video and 3D pictures too, but again I don’t want…

The one thing that I don’t like that much about those cool looking Tokyoflash watches is that most of them are extremely complicated to read. I don’t want to spend minutes trying to read my watch. In fact, a glance should be enough to tell the time. If the time…

CalArts’ Character Animation students started a TRON… meme of their own, rendering Disney characters with the silhouettes and neon outlines popularized by their fellow Disney property.

I admit that robots creep me out. It goes back to watching Saturn 3 as a kid. Even cute Johnny 5 couldn’t cure me of the creepies. This odd robot form Japan called Talk-Torque 2 [JP] falls somewhere in between Johnny 5 and Hector on the creepy scale for me.…

If there’s one thing that Cthulhu probably wouldn’t wish you, it’s Merry Christmas, because just thinking too much about this outer god will drive you slowly insane. In fact, don’t think about or say his name aloud too much either. It’s better to be safe than sorry.…

I want to believe that aliens live along these roads:

Considering X-Files… shot its first five seasons in Canada, I wouldn’t be surprised if there actually was a connection between the names of these roads and the classic show. Here’s some proof by way of Google Maps for the Scullys

Well, actually, there was no 1982 TRON Christmas show, but the guys at Funny or Die perfectly captured the feel of those horrible early Eighties holiday specials in this hilarious parody clip.…

We like our geeky cakes around here and the gang at Gizmodo has some pics of a birthday cake that a geek was served that looked just like an iPhone 4. The birthday boy was Carlos, and the cake looked yummy enough on its own.…

Before we had kids, my wife and I had a Jack Russell Terrier named Gordy. He was a cool dog that could do all sorts of tricks, but he was too smart for his own good. He once dragged his ass on my wife’s pillow after she pushed him off…