Geekfoolery

I have written before of my years a technical support rep. Tier 2 and all that. Big-shot Mr. Know-it-all. I haven’t done it for a while, but I still know my stuff, and there are few things I look forward to less than actually having to call tech support myself when something in my vast […]

There is something about getting a new computer that is bit like getting a new car. When you get your very first computer of your very own, you are suddenly free from the shame of begging to borrow your buddy’s machine, or heading off down to the library to surf the net. Now it’s your […]

A while back I dumped on the tablet PC as a solution in search of problem. Overpriced and underpowered. Yet the geek in me still remains fascinated with the idea that sooner or later there will be a gadget that hits the sweet spot of capability, convenience, and price. There’s a couple things that are […]

If you watch Discovery Channel for any length of time or pick up a copy of Popular Mechanics from time to time, then you are familiar with a wide  variety of amazing military hardware that comes out of research labs and ends in the hands of soldiers so that they can become ever more efficient […]

Sometimes I find myself very excited about some gift that I want to give my kids for Christmas or their birthday or something. Either it’s something I think will be cool or educational or something I wish I could have had when I was a kid, and so I buy them and give them out. […]

I recently acquired a rather spiffy new mobile phone that is chock-full of all kinds of snazzy features. I am still figuring it out and finding new features all the time.
I came across one, though, that I almost wish wasn’t on the phone. In the handy-n-fun tools section, where among other things, there is a […]