I thought I was paranoid about protecting my home from disasters and thieves before leaving on vacation. But it’s nice to know there are some people out there who may be significantly more schizophrenic on this topic. A colleague sent me this primer (PDF) from the Institute for Security and Open Methodologies, which sports a […]
The only thing I regret about this purchase is being sick ever since I received it and having no time to actually use it! Otherwise this thing is awesome!
If anyone has bought a big screen or high definition TV lately and did not buy an HDMI cable to go with it because of the price, you are in luck now! On Amazon, you can get 6 foot HDMI cables for under $3 each! This is the only way to enjoy high-def TV! You […]
In Steve’s keynote today he announced a few new things in the Apple arsenal including the new MacBook Air. Also Steve showed off some new software for the iPod Touch and the iPhone. Apparently after the rebate fiasco with the early adopters of the iPhone, he decided to let them off the hook this time […]
Google released a cool new tool for us smart phone users. Google Maps with My Location (Beta) I played around with it on my Blackberry 8830 and it was pretty close. I would say only about 6 blocks off, which really surprised me that it even worked in North Dakota to begin with… Too bad […]
From those ingenious people that brought us the ever helpful dictionary, announce a new and improved Visual Dictionary. Looks pretty cool but it falls way behind its text counterpart as far as the number of entries go… Technorati Tags: dictionary, visual
GM is the first full size truck manufacturer to release a hybrid model. Gains of 40% fuel efficiency in town and 25% overall. Not bad, not bad at all… Technorati Tags: GM, hybrid
I can’t wait till this becomes a reality! Your next laptop could have a continuous power battery that lasts for 30 years without a single recharge thanks to work being funded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. The breakthrough betavoltaic power cells are constructed from semiconductors and use radioisotopes as the energy source. As […]
If you are like me and bought the Nintendo Wii system before they started including the Wii remote jackets, now is your chance to score yours for free. See this offer for more details… Technorati Tags: wii, remote, jackets, free, Nintendo
Last night I attended my first meeting with the Bismarck Mandan Linux Users Group (BisManLUG). I have to admit, I didn’t even know we had a local users group until a couple of days ago. Top notch stuff. There was a demo on the Nokia N800 Internet Tablet PC that I have been lusting over […]
Jon Barnhardt
