ARCHOS, a company known for making tablets, has now entered the mobile phone arena. Instead of dipping in a foot to simply test the water, they’re looking to make a big splash with three Android devices – the 35 Carbon, 50 Platinum, and 53 Platinum. Not the most memorable names.…
When I was offered a chance to play with (er…review) a pair of Sky Duel helicopters from Swann, I jumped at the chance. You probably have figured out by now that I simply cannot resist gadgets and toys, and these fall squarely under both categories.
It doesn’t matter how …
Yesterday I was still joking about the flooding. Today it is not so funny. We are set to break record high water levels in every river, stream and creek in the area, and none of them are supposed to crest until Sunday night. Three of the five ways I can …
When I was going through the school, the usual batch of school supplies would involve things like yellow rulers, pink erasers, and a fresh pencil sharpener. You were the cool kid if you had a mechanical pencil and you’d better have a decently-sized notepad if you wanted to keep up …
With programs like Lillyhammer, House of Cards, and the upcoming Hemlock Grove and Arrested Development, Netflix has been really taking a chance with original shows. Hulu has A Day in the Life, The Morning, Spoilers, and more, and soon Amazon will be joining them with the upcoming Zombieland adaptation. …
It seems that most of us are permanently attached to our devices, no matter what we’re doing. I’m just as guilty as the next person, unable to resist checking my phone several times a day if I’m away from a computer. Which often leaves me looking for somewhere to charge …
Today it occurs to me that there is a bonus to currently dating someone who does woodworking and makes furniture…I’m going to ask him if he’s considered building an ark. Last week we got just over five inches of rain in four days. This week we’re working on an additional …
Microsoft just made a deal with electronics manufacturer Foxconn that will result in Microsoft getting royalties from Hon Hai, Foxconn’s parent company, for every Android device that Foxconn makes. Foxconn currently produces about 40% of the world’s electronic devices, making this an undeniablely lucrative deal for Microsoft.
Though Google owns …
While I have never lived in a house that has skylights, I have always wanted to, and I’ve always been jealous of my friend who have one or more of them. One of the things they complain about, though, is that they either cannot open and close them at all, …
