Mar 30, 2009

Our most recent useless gadget had the pleasure of being something not so useless. In fact, its uselessness will likely depend on just how old you are and if you remember carrying your photos around with you. I’m too young to remember this, but Gary – the producer of the show & my dad – tells me that in the 70′s, people used to carry...

Mar 30, 2009

Pop open a can of the meat that never dies because this episode we’re talking all about Spam. Call us crazy and probably far too observant, but we’ve noticed a ton more spam than usual so we’re getting it off of our chests and talking about what it is, why it effects you, why it’s increasing, and what you can do to stop it. Plus if...

Mar 28, 2009

Bluetooth mobile phone earpieces come and go. Mostly, they go. They’re often uncomfortable, and feel like they want to fall out of my ear. Or they just go ahead and do fall out of my ear, into my lap, onto the floor of the car. Trying to find one, and then replace it into your ear, while doing 100kph odd along the freeway, is not a recommended course of...

Mar 27, 2009

Over the last week I’ve had the pleasure of reviewing the HTC Touch Dream mobile phone. Yes, this is the one powered by Google’s Android operating system. And using Optus as the cellular carrier. More on that later; first up, the phone. As a note, the other reviewer here – Leigh – will occasionally jump in and saw a few words too. His...

Mar 26, 2009

In the past couple of years, the world of independent games have taken a giant leap forward. The use of high resolution graphics, physics engines, and the availability of said games on consoles have made the field of “Indie Games” far more accessible than it once had been. Once such game to stand out in this area is “World of Goo,” a cute...