Enjoy. Episode IV: Episode V: Episode VI: BONUS! Star Trek II – The Wrath of Khan in 5 seconds. ...

Whether you worship Steve Jobs or think everything he does is crap, there is no denying that Apple is succeeding in a big way. The stock price is hovering around $200 per share – incredible for a computer company. And BloggingStocks.com is now forecasting $300 per share by the end of 2008. The story also notes that the major reasons for the stock jump...

Evidently the British Monarchy has their own YouTube channel, appropriately titled "The Royal Channel". On this channel you can check out the Queen’s message to the public for 2007 as well as several other videos featuring such subjects as "a day in the life", visits to certain places and so on. Of course, some bloggers (particularly in...

My wife and I just brought a beautiful little girl into the world. Her name is Elyana. 7 pounds even. Born on Monday. You can read my public announcement of the event on PCMech.We got home yesterday and, yes, last night was a long one. We tried to take shifts and I was up from about 2:30 AM through 7 AM before I was able to catch a little more sleep. My wife...

We all know this one (you’ve probably seen it on TV): But try this one on for size: There are some CRAZY animations going on in that. I don’t even want to know how long it took to set that up. Here’s an example where the soundtrack truly does matter: The light display isn’t necessarily as fancy but it’s much more cinematic. ...

In this podcast I give out some Christmas gift shopping tips that include words of wisdom concerning eBay, big-box retail return policies, price comparisons and more. Listen in for the details.

When Windows Vista was launched, it was marketed as the most secure Windows ever. History has shown us, though, that when they say that, it is usually the opposite. Vista might be more secure, however a huge part of that security is accomplished by simply annoying the hell out of the user. By default, Windows Vista is going to interrupt you whenever you try to...

There are gift certificates that suck and ones that don’t. Many of us are going to receive these no-thought-whatsoever gifts and give them ourselves, so if you’re going to do it, at least give one that people can actually use. My recommendations: Don’t give fast food certificates. Don’t give give electronics store certificates (unless at...

I was completely floored this morning when I got a Google Alert in my inbox. See, I have a Google Alert set up for my own name. If somebody out there mentions by name, I get notified of it. Well, you can imagine my surprise when I got a Google Alert with my name in it for a blog post entitled….are you ready? The Top 10 Sexiest Men in IT, 2007 That’s...

So, I was curious about, of all things, file systems. I am aware this is very nerdy of me, but since I got the Mac I was curious if I had to worry about such things as defragmentation. Windows users know that you need to defrag your hard drive every so often in order to keep your computer running smoothly. In the world of Mac, it is said that you don’t...