Archive for January, 2009

Superbowl Sunday with 3D

It’s Super Bowl Sunday in 2 days! Who are you rooting for? The Cardinals? The Steelers? If you want a great review, hit up Dave’s post on Sparty and Friends. But we are here today to talk about 3D glasses. That’s right, remember those red and blue glasses that let you see in 3D? Well, [...]

Ooooooh! Everybody come look at what I did!

Ooooooh!  Everybody come look at what I did!

Are you like me – in love with the Mac OS but completely unwilling to shell out $2500+ on a new MacBook? Well, you might remember back in June when we brought you the exciting news of the “Hackintosh Netbook”, or as it has come to be known in some circles, the MacBook Nano. Well, [...]

Cox cable living up to their name: Testing new "Time Sensitive" Bandwidth Throttling

Hard to believe it’s been over half a year since Comcast announced their Protocol-agnostic throttling method, and nearly half since they set a hard cap at 250GB/Month, eh? There’s at least one TNMS Employee that’s surprised he (and his 2 roommates none the less) hasn’t hit the cap once. Maybe we’ve been slacking… Well bad [...]

Mo' Trojans Mo' Problems

You may remember awhile back when I wrote about how nobody’s perfect.  Well the theme continues, as AppleInsider lets us know of two new trojan viruses making their way to Macs around the world. Thankfully, the trojans are being spread via pirated software, so all of our law-abiding readers need not worry too much.  But, [...]

Weekend Recap – How good are “Liquidation Deals”?

So, you’re thinking about buying that new camcorder, television, Blu-Ray player or computer? And let me guess – you’re planning to go hit your local Circuit City to grab a “deal” on their going out of business sale? Hang on a second there partner. Don’t run to your nearest Circuit City with a rolled up [...]

Light Graffiti Part 2

Light Graffiti Part 2

As you saw 2 weeks ago, light graffiti is a very powerful yet stylish form of photography and art. Here, you can use your imagination on spatial light creations. Today, I’ll go through my step by steps on how to get started. What do you need?

Technology in the news

There are a couple of interesting news stories floating around the web the past few days that I wanted to touch on. Both involve well publicized events and the effect technology has had on them.

Small Motor Advances Health Microtech

Yahoo! Health has clued me in to a prototype motor being worked on by a team of people smarter than us that’s the width of a couple of human hairs.  Their goal is to incorporate little microbots which will navigate the human bloodstream using the motor, allowing for ridiculously non-invasive procedures such as cleaning arteries.  [...]

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX150 Review

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX150 Review

I had received a request for more information on my new point and shoot digital camera, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX150 which I find to be increasingly awesome the more and more I use it. If you are someone who is a hobby photographer, chances are you’ll have a digital SLR (dSLR) camera as your main [...]