CISPA, the misguided (or misleading) Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, has been a concern for Internet users since it was introduced in late 2011. After being shot down by the Senate a year ago, the legislation resurfaced in February of this year and has since passed the House. Fortunately, …
The next-generation Xbox is coming, and as the May 21 reveal gets closer, more and more possible details are being leaked. Unsurprisingly, the scuttlebut suggests that the next Xbox will be designed to work as part of a larger, Windows 8-ran whole. Microsoft wants Windows 8 running all of your …
Three years ago today, I was sitting in a courtroom fighting tears (and losing), watching my niece and her husband become the legal parents of the three children they had been fostering for the previous year. Today I found myself crying again thinking about it, because it was one of …
Hey, guess what?! It’s that time again! There is no end to the project ingenuity that comes from what a lot of people think of as simply a child’s toy: LEGO. As always, many of these are projects built by LEGO masters, but where there’s a will, there’s a way, …
It’s a good thing I decided to start simply naming these affiliate news posts with the date rather than trying to come up with some other idiosyncratic titling method as I did when I started. Originally, it was because I had run out of creativity, so I figured I’d do …
This might not be the most financially sound decision you can make, but it is one of the more environmentally conscious decisions. Sometimes you have to weigh the pros and cons and decide which side is going to win. What I like about this is the ability to charge my …
Last night it occurred to me that it’s a good thing I’m only working part time right now! As it stands, by the time this weekend is done I will have done 47-49 hours in five days. If I had been able to work full time, that number would be …
It’s weird how dates stick in my head sometimes, and other times I can’t remember when something is to save my life. Today, for instance, is the birthday of an ex. When I woke up, I thought I should send him a text, because it’s not that we broke up …
Sony recently announced the Xperia ZL, an Android-powered 5″ Superphone to compete in the lucrative world of high end Android smartphones. The Xperia ZL’s important specs of note are it’s 5″ 1080p display (441ppi), a 1.5 GHz Snapdragon quad core processor, Adreno 320 GPU, 2GB RAM, and a microSD …
