Archive for the ‘cool stuff’ Category

Best Buy Discounting PS3 and Wii games

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

Best Buy is taking a bold advertising campaign to its limits this week by announcing discounted game titles for the Sony PlayStation 3 as well as the Nintendo Wii consoles. This could represent poor game sales among these titles or just the fact that the retailers are hoping to draw people ...

Windows Home Server coming to a closet near you!

Monday, January 8th, 2007

This will be a nice addition for the non-geeks out there. I already do all this at home, but I had to put everything together myself. Off the top of my head I can think of several of my friends that will benefit from this. As a small, headless box that ...

New Crysis video: time to start saving up for a better PC

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

A brand new video showcasing some actual Crysis gameplay was just released and it's looking mighty fine. You might even say that it's drop dead gorgeous. One things for sure, PC gaming won't be dying anytime soon with exclusive games like Crysis. Sad to say that I definitely will need a ...

Track your kids via GPS in their cell phones!

Sunday, December 24th, 2006

By the time my kids are old enough to want a (real) cell phone, this will probably be more mainstream.  But the technology and services are already there to track your kids position via GPS! Many parents may have fleetingly harbored the fantasy of equipping their children with such tracking devices ...

In the spirit of Christmas!

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

First there was line rider. Now there is Snow line! Yep, Santa is now on the sleigh. Enjoy! Snow Line Help Santa Claus collect the presents. Play this free game now!!

10 Minute Mail

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Ever signed up for a site, then immediately started getting undesirable email?� Well now there is a neat little utility you can use called 10 Minute Mail. You can create an email address that you can send mail from, reply to and read email from for 10 minutes (or more ...

How to prank a telemarketer!

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

This is too funny not to share: http://howtoprankatelemarketer.ytmnd.com/

Firefox 2.0 released a day early!

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

Tomorrow was supposed to be the release date of the first major upgrade to Firefox. However it is available now. I personally have not used it yet, but be assured the next thing I will be doing it downloading it. It should be available through the www.getfirefox.com sites tomorrow. Enjoy!

Build your own content filter!

Tuesday, October 10th, 2006

Check out this site, it's a great guide on building a content filter / firewall for your home. Once you're done you can block out adult content from your network so your kids aren't exposed to it. http://www.filtermynetwork.com

Having some fun with your wireless friends!

Friday, July 28th, 2006

This guy noticed his neighbors were using his wireless connection without asking. Instead of locking it down, he simply had some fun with it. I personally think it's pretty funny... Here's a related story on some comments about it from Slashdot