Every weekday, our guide to the Web takes care of business, tackling tech topics that really matter to everybody. From topic definitions to topical rants, Dan Gray\’s pieces inform as much as they entertain.
Every once in a while, I get the urge to write a piece of inflammatory prose. Like poking a pack of caged tigers with a stick, these pieces never fail to elicit a response from a select portion of the Gnomisphere. For the most part, sage Gnomies simply mutter, “he’s up to it again,” to […]
I’m sick of looking at digital photo frames. It’s not that the idea isn’t insanely cool … it’s just that for the most part they’re missing the obvious. Nearly every town has at least one shop devoted to making custom conventional picture frames to fit the decor of the room in which they’ll be displayed. […]
Need to scan a really big original piece of artwork? Is your local shop’s large format scanner not up to the task? Graham Nash, best known for his work with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, allegedly owns the biggest scanner in the world. It pays to pay attention to that in-flight entertainment …
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The hard drive in one of my desktop computers neared the saturation point today. I went looking for junk to toss and quickly came to the conclusion that I had no choice other than move a bunch of big files off the box. The shorts I’ve been posting to Google Video and YouTube have eaten […]
I’ve been beating the home NAS (network attached storage) drum for what seems like eons now. But do I have a NAS in my own home yet? Of course not! Aside from being flat broke at the moment, I just can’t decide which type and size of NAS I want to buy. Spending the company’s […]
There’s a crazy price war in the LCD TV marketplace and its been set off by a company you’ve most likely never heard of. Tempe, Arizona-based Syntax-Brillian Corporation’s line of Olevia LCD TVs have slashed the price point for 42-inch and smaller screens, causing a general ruckus in the market. What’s that? You’ve not familiar […]
Are you happy with your MP3 car adapter? My family gave me a little red iPod nano for Christmas … one of the most wonderful presents I’ve ever received in my entire life. But here it is more than a month later, and I still haven’t come up with a suitable MP3 car adapter. I […]
Talk about second lives. The fuzzy wiseacre formerly known as the Pets.com sock puppet has enjoyed a long and illustrious career as the pitchman for car financing firm 1-800BarNone … longer than his namesake gig. A true cultural icon, replicas of the adorable pooch still command respectable sums in eBay auctions. All that VC money […]
So who actually gets to attend a Super Bowl? Rich people … really rich people. This wild image of “corporate aircraft departing the Super Bowl” is a real eye-opener. It’s like a virtual fountain of private jets spewing from southern Florida. Looks like no one was headed towards Florida in a private jet on Sunday […]
Looking for a really cool gift for Valentines Day or another special occasion? You should consider printing on canvas! Don’t worry, you don’t have to try to stuff the fabric through your desktop printer … you simply send your digital file out to a firm that specializes in printing on canvas. Their highly-tuned over-sized ink […]
There’s nothing quite like a good pair of gloves to chase away the winter’s chill. My fingers are the first to feel a drop in temperature … clacking away at the computer keyboard becomes an ordeal when the office grows cold. My solution? An impromptu set of computer gloves. While I’ve looked high and low […]
Ah, the classic question: Valentine’s Day flowers or chocolates? This is the year to plan ahead, my fellow geeks, while there’s still plenty of time before Valentine’s Day. Act now and get those scrumptious point-scoring goodies delivered on time, without lifting anything other than your mouse finger! Who wants to be running around like a […]