The geek has indeed inherited the earth. A growing number of pursuits are now aimed squarely at the geek in all of us. Gone are the days when poring over comicbooks, talking about gadgets and raving over Star Trek is a sure way of getting beat up. Now it is cool to be a geek. [...]

Ah, now I don’t know how to react on this. I mean on one hand I “kinda” liked they’re merging technology for convenience… at least for smokers. But on the other hand, it’s an odd combination, isn’t it? A lighter and a watch all as one? Hmmm… next thing you’d [...]

Thanksgiving isn’t thanksgiving at all without the day-after tradition of Black Friday. In the USA we’re flooded with TV/radio/print ads full of coupons and special markers telling us all to fall in line real early. Shops nationwide are opening by 5am to welcome customers in. I’d expect the lines to build up [...]

I’ve been hit by audio nostalgia this past week.
I took out my big crate of cassette tapes (that maybe carries about 300 tapes), and plugged in an old Pioneer tape deck to my home theater/audio setup at home and went back in time.
The simple act of opening a cassette case, taking out a tape, [...]

Ask.com has launched a new version of its search engine. I remember the last time I visited was 5 years ago, and while it was really useful then, you should try looking at what ask.com offers now! First up was an interactive skin option. Check out the “peel me” feature at the [...]

 
Ok, now who says we geeks are exclusive to geeky ideas :)
The Shelter Cart is a design by Gregor Timlin (with Barry Sheehan) for the Design Boom Social Awareness award 2006.  With the usual street people in mind, these designers have thought of a great way to combine the cart and the needed shelter.  Homeless folks gathering [...]

 
If you’re a frequent flyer, this is good news for you (according to eweek.com):
Delta plans to offer complete wireless Internet service, including access to corporate and personal e-mail accounts, SMS texting and instant messaging. Delta officials say the Wi-Fi service, supplied by Aircell, will work with laptops, smart phones and other PDAs.
Delta Air Lines officials [...]