Miscellaneous

Review of “Wildside” by Steven Gould

Synopsis What would you do if you had access to a gate to an alternate world? To what extent could that gate be used and abused? You’d have some wonderful (and literal) escapist literature. You’d have Wildside, by Steven Gould. Featured Technology It’s great when the writer has taken the time to really think about […]

Info management software: FreeMind (for mind-mapping) and TiddlyWiki (for everything else)

You have a planner for little Skippy’s busy sports schedule. Quick-draw your cellphone to check your personal calendar, contacts, and to-do list. You’ve got so many sticky notes plastered around desk and home, the 3M Post-It company sends you yearly Christmas cards. But what to do when handheld PCs, planners, or scraps of paper just […]

Tech presents for adults

Twas the month before Christmas, and all through the news Flew recommendations of presents to choose From clothes to food, disks both DV and C HDTV and MP3s Calendars and books, country and hip hop “Now look,” we cry. “You’ve gotta stop!” When the season becomes more work than fun If you don’t know what […]

Casio G-Shock GW-1200BA Module 3335 Atomic Solar Watch review

The specific model reviewed here is the Casio G-Shock GW-1200BA Module 3335. “Wearing a watch means you’re a slave to time, and I ain’t nobody’s slave”. These are wise words from a man I greatly admire. Good advice to follow, but I don’t think he was referring to the Casio G-Shock. Anyone who knows me and […]

Recommended CD and DVD media – what brand is best?

When deciding what brand of recordable media is best, it would be nice to give a definite answer. But I can’t do so easily. This is because the media you pick must also work properly with your hardware: Something that plays properly in your home CD player may not work in your computer’s DVD player. […]

Recovering data from corrupted files in OpenOffice documents

So you’ve been using OpenOffice.org and you have a corrupted file in programs like Base, Calc, Draw, Impress, Math or Writer. You might see scary error messages like these: Read-Error. Format Error discovered in the file in sub-document styles.xml at 2,2568(row,col) The file ‘file.odt’ is corrupt and therefore cannot be opened. Should OpenOffice.org repair the file? […]

Who wants a longer-lasting battery? How much would you pay?

When keeping an eye out for scams, it’s easy to scoff at the blatant lies and ignore anything that sounds fishy. But what about products that support their claims with well-respected organizations? What if the product must be used in such a way that testing standards are extremely difficult or time-consuming to perform? Sneaky companies […]

Sleeptracker watch review: Waking up is hard to do

I have the honor to be the parent of a beautiful baby girl. She’s happy, healthy and truly everything this parent wants. …Except when she wakes me up while I’m sleeping. During the night, just when my wife and I have slid into a cozy, all-encompassing, deep sleep, where the body relaxes like an overboiled […]

Computer-integrated furniture is just around the corner

Sit down on a couch, and swing the monitor towards you. Open the couch arm, insert a CD, and listen to music as you browse the Web. Use this “couch-computer” to watch a DVD: A hidden projector plays video on a recessed, ceiling-mounted projection screen. Need another computer? Sit down next to a stylish end […]

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