What movie companies do is always look out for their best interests, which usually means screwing over you, the consumer. The latest iteration of this is that HBO just signed a deal with Universal that effectively makes all Universal Pictures content unavailable on Netflix for the next 10 years (assuming Netflix is still around in ...…
A bunch of you who read this have absolutely no intention of upgrading (if you could even call it that) to Windows 8, so at the moment you’re riding it out with Windows XP or Windows 7. However you’ve also considered giving Linux a try. I personally recommend Linux Mint because it’s the most PC-like ...…
Those of you who’ve been paying attention to the social sphere of late probably know that a few folks got just a little bit cross over an update Instagram made to its Terms of Service last month. Clayton Cubitt, the photographer who initially caught wind of the changes (because apparently, some people actually do bother to read ...…
The only reason anyone (including yours truly) uses Facebook is because everyone else is using it. Personally, I had to be dragged in kicking and screaming to start using the system in 2010, and there was a time when I almost (but ultimately didn’t) cancel my account, and this was due to the fan page ...…
Telemarketing is the most evil way of advertising ever invented, because it is the most intrusive and outright rude way to get people to buy stuff. Telemarketing is so bad and so corrupted that laws had to be passed (such as establishing hours of the day when they can call, else they would call you ...…
Recently I took a trip from TPA (Tampa International Airport, Florida) to BOS (Logan International Airport, Massachusetts) to visit family and decided to take along my laptop with me. It had been a while since I took a flight (about 6 years) and I went in expecting the worst. However, I’m happy to say that ...…
We’re basically living in the sort of future a lot of science fiction authors of a few decades ago envisioned. Think about it – we’ve got global communication, advanced space travel, and the capacity to automate virtually every facet of our day-to-day lives with the right technical know-how. Don’t believe me? Here’s a few do-it-yourself projects ...…
If you’ve downloaded fonts off the internet at all, chances are you quickly realized most free fonts suck because certain characters in the font set are missing. The best free font sets are the ones that have Serif, Sans-Serif and Monospaced versions with full character sets in them (meaning all special and international characters). Here ...…
So, got an Apple product, and looking to get a bit more bang for your buck, are you? As it just so happens, the DIY community has been dreaming up ideas ever since the first iPad hit store shelves. Want to use your old hardware as a security device? Looking to build yourself a stylish ...…
We’ve been focused mostly on device modification for the past few weeks. Today, however, we’re going to do something a little different. Rather than showing you how to set up your own server, or put Linux on a smartphone, or turn a tablet into a media server, we’re going to focus on something new: decorating. ...…
