SONOPIA offers me, my and I customization to a new level. Start your own cell phone company front end. That’s right – Put your own logo on the front of the cell phone. Get a little kiosk and for your front lawn – instead of lemonade, have your kids sell YOUR BRANDED cell service. Really […]

Sure that ZINK inkless printing is nice – if those guys aren’t beaten to death accidentially with HP, Canon & Epson cartridges and left behind the alley of CARTRIDGE WORLD … on a more pleasant note, finally, the internet are like hands that reach across the ocean to pull you out of the doldrums and […]

In no particular order, my top three picks: 1. Where Eagles Dare by Alistair Mclean. This is one of the best action/suspense films ever imo. The film came out just one year after the books release due to the author writing the screenplay as well as the book. The first time you watch you find […]

So the makers of Jolt cola – you might remember it’s tagline “All the sugar, twice the caffeine” – have repackaged the old school drink and hope to snag the masses. It ain’t kiddin’ about its tagline either. Jolt has more than twice the caffeine as Mountain Dew which gives me a headache. The energy […]

If you are a fan of science fiction (scifi) or fantasy (the adventure fiction in a fantastical setting as opposed to the leather and whips variety with poor plotting and horrendous dialogue), then you may reminisce about whether cover art for novels and particularly paperback novels will go the way of album art but I […]

Just what we fans of online video need…another battle for a new standard for online video. Oy. Adobe announced today that they will be releasing a new codec called Adobe Media Player for us to watch videos on our PC’s and Macs. Microsoft, not to be outdone in such a critical component of any technology […]

I have no idea what this hammerhead bug is but I am certainly glad that it is not that large. Since this photo comes from our friends over at Eye of Science, the bug in question is obviously tiny. I just hope it doesn’t live on our flesh for some unfathomable reason much like dust […]

If you are like me and have a high speed cable connection, you often wonder if you are getting what you pay for regarding speed of connection. Here are my results from using Speedtest.net: Past Results Summary IP Address: xx.xx.xx.xx Internet Provider: COMCAST CABLE Total Tests Taken: 13 Fastest Download: 14357 kb/s Fastest Upload: 717 […]

Mite-y nice! This little blighter is an itch mite magnified 300x (Eye of Science). This photo shows it on human skin snacking away. The bad news is this little bugger causes scabies. The good news is that affliction is treatable. I don’t know whether to be more horrified that this little thing can be crawling […]

If you are a major marketer and you are looking to analyze trends in ad spending across the major consumer magazines you can forget getting monthly data from the PIB. To the unitiated, the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB) has published monthly data on total ad spending in the major magazines each month and is a […]