As Cat said, I tend to “twitter my ass off,” and the reliable twitter tools plugin posts a digets here every evening. However, I have decided that as great as the twitter tools plugin is, I don’t like the amount of spam it puts on to my blog. It also reminds me of how infrequently [...]

I’m not sure why, but I’m looking forward to this storm we’re supposed to get later this week. Maybe it’s because I have lots of projects to do in the house and nothing going on outside the house, so I won’t feel like I’m missing something. Perhaps it’s because we got a new TV (thanks, [...]

Hello computer enthusiasts. I would like to clarify something that many of you seem to be getting wrong. I’m not sure if it’s due to lack of education, carelessness, or people absorbing the mistakes of others.
“MAC” is an acronym for Media Access Control, colloquially known as a MAC address or Ethernet address. It is the [...]

Everyone’s favorite eco-terrorists, Greenpeace, is having an online poll as to what to name their newest humpback whale. The choices are the usual Greenpeace fare, including Bumi, Paz, Shanti, etc. One exception is “Mister Splashy Pants,” which is “too funny to leave out.” I suppose it’s funny if you’re a 12 year old Pokemon fan. [...]

I just noticed this CMA - Country Music Awards ad on the iTunes Store.

It looks strikingly similar to the Star Trek insignia, specifically the barred background one from Future Imperfect.

I wonder if the designers even considered that it looks a lot like the Trek logo that’s been around since the late 1960s. It’s all over [...]

About a month and a half ago, Kristen and I bought a TomTom ONE GPS. It’s a pretty decent unit, easy to use, and fairly inexpensive (under $175 for refurbished models, about $200 for new). Review at CNet.
We bought a refurbished ONE about a week before our move to northern California, and the unit performed [...]

There’s something hot about how Vanna White says she uses Helvetica.

EDIT: I didn’t think about it until now, but since she uses Geneva, she probably uses a Mac too.

As most Apple fans know, the iPod touch was announced. For those not familiar, it’s basically an iPhone minus the phone capabilities. It’s cheap, has multi-touch capabilities, WiFi, Safari, email, etc.
Granted, right now I can’t afford one, but I don’t think I’d be buying one anyway due to a recent discovery. It turns out that [...]

Badvertising: Intel Apologizes For “Insensitive” and “Insulting” Ad - Consumerist
I can’t believe someone didn’t spot this earlier. Intel is too big of a corporation to be tempting fate with “edgy” advertising, particularly if it crosses a very obvious line in to bad taste. This isn’t subtle or even clever, it’s just blatant dumbness. The thing [...]

Yesterday, Google Maps added a couple of new features, though like most Google add-ons, they’re not really named anything specific. The most important feature to me was the addition of “dragging the blue line to where you want to go.”
Essentially, this allows a Google Map to be customized with a certain route you want to [...]