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Entries for November, 2007

Google Maps – My Location

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 […]

Another Note on Child Support by V

The truth of the matter is most men do not mind providing for their children and I am willing to bet if they were given a choice in how their money was spent, they’d probably shell out even more than what was required. What men have a strong aversion to paying, on the other hand, […]

How to Waterproof Your Electrical Gadgets

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Guitar Hero Hero

I wish I could play expert mode like this kid… Last night was the first time I was playing on expert mode and let me tell you, it wasn’t pretty…

Get a Ghost for your machine

Symantec’s Norton Ghost is a super tool for backing up your PC. The latest version, 12.0 (wow, is that like the first 12.0 version of anything, ever?), normally sells for $69.99, but you can get it free, kinda, from Buy.com. Sounds like a good deal for the Windows users out there… Technorati Tags: Norton, Ghost, […]

We’ve all thought about it…

And finally someone had the marbles to do it. Man arrested for shooting traffic camera. Amen.

New Visual Dictionary

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

What to do when your computer randomly plays “Fur Elise”

You can’t make this stuff up: http://support.microsoft.com//default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;261186

Cheney found to have irregular heartbeat

I was surprised he even had a heart…

5 Best Things to Say When Caught Sleeping at Your Desk:

5. “They told me at the Blood Bank this might happen.” 4. “This is just a 15 minute power nap they raved about in the time management course you sent me to.” 3. “Whew! Guess I left the top off the Whiteout. You probably got here just in time.” Reasons number 1 and 2