Monthly Archives: November 2009

Clean Up The Wires With Duracell myGrid

Clean Up The Wires With Duracell myGrid

Is it just me or is everyone using “my” and “i” in front of words to name products and services these days? The reason for my asking this is that I was just looking at a new product from Duracell, dubbed myGrid. Not that I am complaining – I think the name’s actually cool, although it may not really tell you much about the product. Read more »

Retrevo’s Take On iPhone Users

Retrevo’s Take On iPhone Users

Are you crushing on someone who cannot be seen without his (or her) iPhone? Are you looking for ways to get his (or her) attention? Maybe capture his (or her) heart? Well, trust Retrevo to get you where you want to be. They conducted a “Gadgetology study,” where they were able to figure out what goes on in the brains of iPhone users. Here are some of the results to help you score. Read more »

SuperTalent Leads the USB Pack with Ultra-Fast USB 3.0 ThumbDrive

SuperTalent Leads the USB Pack with Ultra-Fast USB 3.0 ThumbDrive

How many thumb drives have you bought so far? I’ve got a couple of them and I would say that this tiny portable storage devices definitely come in handy for bringing along important files wherever I go. The problem is most thumb drives come with a transfer speed of around 480/mbps. And that could be slow especially when transferring around 4GB of data. Enter SuperTalent’s RAIDDrive – a USB 3.0 powered thumb drive which brags of up a nominal 4.8GB/s transfer speed.  4.8GB/s? So now we’re talking. Read more »

Check out the ultra-powerful, expandable SHIFT high performance PC

Check out the ultra-powerful, expandable SHIFT high performance PC

We don’t tend to cover PCs in depth at Forever Geek, but when something like the SHIFT comes along, it’s worth taking note. Take a look at this beast. Pretty beautiful isn’t it? (I have to assume that you enjoy gear pr0n, of course) Not only that, but it has a heck of a lot of power under the hood, utilising Intel’s new Core i7 processors and either an Intel Kingsberg P55 Extreme or EVGA X58 SLI Classified motherboard. Cram it full of storage (up to six hard drives or 12 SSDs), your choice of graphics and sound cards, and up to 12GB of RAM and you’re set for a Read more »

Nanoha Nendoroid

Nanoha Nendoroid

This week, photos of the upcoming Nanoha Nendoroid were posted on Mikatan’s blog. Those of you not familiar with anime figures might be wondering what a nendoroid is. Nendoroids are basically what you see above, small figures that are a few inches high and have extremely large heads relative to the body. I guess you could also say that nendoroids are the chibi versions of anime figures. Unlike most figures though, nendoroids give you the ability to change their poses with jointed arms and legs, and interchangeable faces. Read more »

Attack of the killer porn: hilarious article on deleting it from your hard drive

Attack of the killer porn: hilarious article on deleting it from your hard drive

I found this article on deleting pornographic images from your PC’s hard drive absolutely hilarious, I must admit. No offence meant to the guys over at Beastmoon.net, but I thought I’d recreate the article here with some nice images (no, not those kind of images) in place of the **** asterisks. Read more »

New Travel Gadget: Neuber Energy Sun Bag

New Travel Gadget: Neuber Energy Sun Bag

One of the main things that concerns me when packing for a trip (whether it’s to the beach or to visit my hometown) is how I am going to lug around all my gadgets and their respective chargers. Most of the time, I just have a separate bag where I put all the cords and toys together so I know exactly where to pull them out of when the time arises. Here’s a neat little invention that can solve those issues – the Neuber Energy Sun Bag. It’s basically a carrying bag and charger all in one. It has some Konarka Power Plastic solar panels on the outside, ensuring that Read more »

Have You Seen this Pac-Man Car?

Have You Seen this Pac-Man Car?

If you’re in South Georgia, you must have seen this Pac-Man Car, not chasing the monster pellets but probably just giving its owner a ride of his life. Speaking of the owner, he could probably Pac-Man’s most ardent fan. I mean, who would paint his 1996 Chevy Caprice in yellow and red Pac-Man theme? Read more »

Get Your Geek On With FREE Online Courses

Get Your Geek On With FREE Online Courses

How much effort do you put into improving yourself? I am NOT talking about the physical aspect, but more of the intellectual aspect. Alright, maybe it is a given that you are smarter than all the people around you put together; but to put a different spin to that famous Forrest Gump quote, smart is as smart does. Admit it, we all need to do some reading and studying in order to keep up with the times. Self-improvement need not be expensive, thanks to the FREE online courses that are available to practically anyone that I stumbled upon. The web site, Online Courses, offers “100 Incredible Open Courses for the Read more »