I bet you’ve always wondered if you could get hold of a storage jar that glows in the dark and doesn’t require batteries to be changed? The Moon Jar is just that. It’s a solar-powered LED light source that glows either blue or amber. Leaving it outside during the day will charge it up, ready for it to glow the night away (five to six hours per charge, in fact). Read more »
It was bound to happen. I am sure that everyone saw this coming. With social media being as prevalent as it is, there will definitely be some fakers round here. Just a couple of weeks ago, I was watching Jimmy Kimmel interview Lily Allen; you know that British singer chick who is the rave these days? Anyhow, she was narrating how she is using Twitter to promote concerts and shows. She would tweet about hiding tickets in some public place and her fans would go and rush to get them. Read more »
Presumably using his decent screen real estate to ensure that all the required windows were open at the same time, Google software engineer Matt Cutts decided he was going to mix things up over the weekend. I took one of my domains, dullest.com, and moved it to TigerTech from pair Networks. I installed the latest version of WordPress on dullest.com and copied the MySQL database from mattcutts.com to dullest.com. I changed my blog layout to the excellent Thesis theme by Chris Pearson. Previously I was using the Almost Spring theme. I added an .htaccess file that will do 302 redirects from www.mattcutts.com/path/file.html to www.dullest.com/path/file.html. Read more »
Worried about the pig flu …errrr… swine flu … errr whatever this new flu is unoffensively called? Well, the good news is that you can stay informed by receiving SMS text messages on your cell phone. CellPhones.org has announced a Swine Flu news update service that will broadcast breaking news as it develops. According to Cellphones.org: Text PIGFLU to 41411 and we will send updates as news develops about the Swine Flu. The only cost is your cost for receiving regular text messages, and there will be no other billing. We are providing this service in the public interest. Read more »
From the weird and wonderful world of Japan comes a new short 20-minute anime DVD called “Training with Hinako”. Now, I’ve seen a lot of anime over the years, but nothing as strange or unique as this one. Read more »
Meet Sophie. She’s a 21-year-old graduate of the University of Liverpool who graduated top of her 1000-strong year in Computer Information Systems, and is now bidding to become Miss Universe GB 2009. She’s being sponsored by Memset, the aim being that her involvement will encourage more women to get into the IT industry. “I could honestly not hope to find a better role model than Sophie; she has brains, beauty and talent, and hatters the outdated preconception that technologists are all sandal-wearing blokes with no social skills!” said Memset’s MD, Kate Craig-Wood. Read more »
We just celebrated Earth Day a while back, and I don’t know about you but I was pretty much caught up in all the hype. I have to be honest about it – I am quite passionate about going green and I try my best to do my part. And when it comes to this, gadgets are no exempt in my opinion. I was doing some reading on the greenest gadgets there are and I came across a couple that I find particularly appealing. Read more »
And who said that you cannot be techie and help save the earth at the same time? That is pure rubbish, if I say so myself! There are so many tech products that are environment friendly, and there really is no excuse NOT to buy them. More so, there are many things that you can do to lessen your waste with regard to tech products. How about those old mouse pads that you tend to have a lot lying around? I know for sure that I have at least five of those things at home. A thought just occurred to me earlier – you can use them for other things Read more »
I just bought all of the Rock Band DLCs a little over a month ago and at this point I’m not even halfway through the songs because i keep going back to the songs that I love playing — which is surprisingly a lot. But despite being up to my eyeballs in Rock Band DLCs I’m already earmarking money for next week’s purchase because it’s gonna be an awesome bunch of songs. Harmonix and MTV Games has announced that Jane’s Addiction will be the featured artist for next week’s DLC release. Jane’s Addiction’s Nothing’s Shocking album will be finally released after so much delay. Actually, the first announcement of this Read more »
Who says that going on vacation is all about hitting the beach? Well, I do most of the time, but there are many other ideas that can make a nice geek experience for you, your family, or your friends. Here are some of the most interesting ones, courtesy of Pop Sci. Read more »
