It’s a new year. Isn’t it time to update your Twitter profile with a cool new background? Here’s an awesome trick for geeking up your Twitter background with any kind of theme you can imagine. The best part: it automatically updates every day! Read more »
What is your favorite Twitter client? Or maybe you prefer using the web site itself. I use TweetDeck simply because I had been using it for a while and the other clients don’t seem to measure up. I have gotten really used to the interface and how easy it is to access different accounts at the same time. It really makes tweeting even more convenient. Then again, countless other people use TweetDeck – and all the other Twitter clients, I suppose. If originality is what matters most to you, then you might be on the hunt for something cooler, if not more user friendly. That’s exactly what Tweephone does. This Read more »
This bad boy will extend your wireless range, eliminate WiFi dead spots, or turn an Ethernet cord into a speedy WiFi hotspot capable of data speeds up to 300MB per second. Seriously, I don’t know anybody who couldn’t use this. So we’re giving away a Diamond Wireless Range Extender ($59.95 retail value) to one lucky ForeverGeek.com reader, and entering the contest is mega simple. You don’t even have to give us your personal information. Here’s how to enter. Read more »
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be at E3, then this one’s for you. Courtesy of Twitter and its many users, here are over 130 candid shots taken on the show floor at this year’s E3, and uploaded immediately to the popular social network. Some of them are better in quality than others, but regardless, it’s a fun, fascinating look at the glitz and excitement of E3. Read more »
THIS CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED, WINNERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. THANK YOU FOR ENTERING! Remember this wicked cool t-shirt design we showed you last week, which depicts the 11 Doctors as owls? The kind folks at Threadless are giving away 5 of these t-shirts exclusively to ForeverGeek readers! Entering the giveaway couldn’t be easier. You don’t even have to send us your personal information. Here’s how to enter: Read more »
Twitter‘s Fail Whale has to be the most beloved error message of all time. Displayed at twitter.com anytime the service is “over capacity” with its usage, something about the cute design — by illustrator Yiying Lu — captured users’ hearts. So much so that it’s become one of the best-known images on the Web, and is displayed almost daily in new and creative ways. Even Google loves the Fail Whale! Here are fourteen awesomely geeky takes on the Fail Whale. Fail Whale Bank [Source] Fail Whale Beer [Source] Fail Whale Cake Looks good enough to eat because it is! [Source] Fail Whale Costume Nothing says fandom like cosplay. [Source] Fail Read more »
Twitter isn’t for everyone. Many pose questions to me daily about the service’s value and even after explaining why I spend the majority of my time on Twitter as opposed to Facebook, they still refuse to at least try Twitter. Read more »
Social networking needs no shots in the arm, yet it received two this week anyway, courtesy of major endorsements from the White House and the Pope. The White House will be utilizing the social aspects of Twitter and YouTube in particular to complement the President’s State of the Union Address. Senior administrative officials in the Obama administration will field questions from Twitter users after the speech, while later in the week Press Secretary Robert Gibbs will also do a question and answer session on the microblogging giant. Read more »
Facebook games are so five minutes ago. Make no mistake: Farmville, Texas Hold ‘Em, Bejeweled Blitz, and Mafia Wars are big money-makers on Facebook. Now one game company wants to find out if games on Twitter can have the same level of success. Play140, which uses the tagline “social games with words,” wants to turn your tweets into word-based gameplay. Having just started its beta period, Play140 currently offers three games: The Acronym Game, Robot Smash Battle, and Be Greedy. Playing is as simple as following the dedicated Twitter feed for a particular game, and each of them operates as variations of a similar play mechanic where Play140 sends out Read more »
Did you predict that COBOL would be back in the limelight? If so, this week’s a big old win for you. And what about Iron Man 3? Anonymous? Twitter? Is this descending into the foundation of a drinking game? Read on, and discover who’s winning and who’s failing this eventful week in geek. WIN: Fear Marvel’s steadily releasing their “fear” teasers, with Captain America, The Hulk, Spider-Man and Cyclops all getting special treatment. The teasers have no further identifying information than the month “April”. Each features a question, such as Captain America’s “Do you fear a loss of faith?”, with a thought-provoking illustration. While the artwork on the Spider-Man teaser Read more »
