Not Just Live, Double Live
Buried deep within his iPod, Patrick Smith has a dark secret: Frampton Comes Alive. I’ve been living a lie. A double life. And it’s time to come out. Sure, I know. My iPod’s packed full of obnoxious...
View ArticleTechnology: Apple’s iCloud Pricing Seems Stratospheric
This week, Apple released information on the pricing of their iCloud service, aimed at moving people's storage from local drives into a cloud where it can be accessed from any machine. An extra 10GB...
View ArticleTen things I've learned from working for a dance music record pool
Note: shout out to Richmond Records. If you are a DJ, sign up for this record pool. DJs are peculiar people. They are usually some combination of super cool, charismatic party machines, and nerded out...
View ArticleGaming: 60Beat Controller Brings The Console Experience to iOS
Gaming on a touch screen can mean all kinds of bad moves and unexpected deaths. Now? Prepare to take your mobile gaming to another level … One of the things that has really been holding back iOS...
View ArticleGadgets: Whited00r Brings Older iOS Devices Into … THE FUTURE!
Man, those new iOS features seem so cool … but if you're still holding on to one of those older Apple devices, you might feel left out of the party. What if you could get an invitation? Whited00r,...
View ArticleAbout a Boy and a (Temporarily) Secret Chord
You might not be able to teach your son to love music, Jason Fry writes, but you can still put him on the right paths. A couple of weeks before Christmas, my nine-year-old son said he wanted an MP3...
View ArticleThe Fakir
Jackie Summers offers inspiring Valentine’s Day advice for would-be Cupids. She stared quizzically at the gigantic red box sitting on her desk. Her weight rested on one hip, her head tilted to one...
View ArticleI’d Suck at Being a Teen Today
My teenage son regularly asks me if my high school experience was as stressful as his. The short answer to that question is, “Not even close.” But there’s a bigger answer out there. It’s an answer I’ve...
View ArticleTech: Turn a Site into an App through Apps Builder [@akilshohen]
Looking to hop on the HTML 5 bandwagon with your new site but don't know where to start? Well a company from Italy, conveniently titled Apps Builder, has a product right up your alley. Apps...
View ArticleOpen Discussion Thread: What’s Your Favorite Gadget?
The gadget. The symbol of modern progress, our gadgets reflect who we are, and how the world sees us. Sites devoted exclusively to gadgets, like Engadget and Gizmodo, are explosively popular right...
View ArticleWould You Sell Your Kidney For An iPad?
This is disturbing: According to The Washington Post: Authorities have indicted five people in central China for involvement in illegal organ trading after a teenager sold one of his kidneys to buy an...
View ArticleGadgets: A Perfect Storm of Wrong
Thaddeus Howze thinks gadgets are failing us, despite their touted awesomeness to humanity. I write about technology and have done so for many years. There are two camps of technology writers,...
View ArticleApple to Pair With Foxconn to Help Prevent Worker Abuses
Mark Radcliffe takes note of Apple, Inc’s promise to help Foxconn create a safer and more ethical workplace for the workers who manufacture their products. Regardless of where you stand on the issue...
View Article“You can’t ask a kid to juxtapose Duke Ellington with Lil’ Wayne; he did that...
This is a comment by Jesse Stoner on the post “Who I Am: Poems by Kids“. I asked Juan’s Badgerdog instructor, Brian Nicolet, about how Juan wrote the poem. (And I goofed! Juan goes to Dailey Middle...
View ArticleKomplicated Solutions: The Modern Man’s Utility Belt [@hannibaltabu]
The modern man is beset on all sides by challenges logistical and psychological. One who travels in groups, especially groups where he may be the only person with feasible pockets, may seek to have...
View ArticleHow to Ride a Bus
Josh Bowman is spending the next couple of weeks offering tips on how to do basic activities (you’re welcome). Today: riding a bus. Clipping your nails is fine in private. Insanely gross on a bus....
View ArticleJuggling Real and Online Life For Our Kids
In a world where we become more and more dependent on technology, Doug Zeigler tries find an equilibrium between the real and online worlds for his children. —- Many of my childhood memories were...
View ArticleThe Reason I Go Home
“Where we love is home; home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes — Throughout my life I have had a variety of selfish reasons to come home, and they were mainly...
View ArticleUnplugged
All of Pat Brothwell’s technology decided to malfunction last weekend, what he learned about himself was eye opening. — I’ve never considered myself one of those people who is completely reliant on...
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