Geekfoolery

During the full moon this Saturday, I was reminded of how from time to time, the gadget gremlins conspire against us.
Back in November, 1969, Apollo 12 landed on the moon, the second time mankind had made the giant leap. The first time around, four months earlier, the whole world watched as Neil Armstrong hopped around […]

(Apologies to Aretha Franklin. And apologies to my high school English teacher who would insisted that it’s “Who’s Zune-ing whom,” but then, he would have preferred to listen to “You aren’t anything but a hound dog” and “I can’t get any satisfaction,” so what can you do. But I digress.)
Zunewatch 2007 update, no Zunes sighted, […]

(I am assisted today by the two geeklings in the Mr. Alex home, who are greater Harry Potter fans than I)
The seventh and final Harry Potter book comes out midnight on Friday, an event long awaited by the two geeklings in the house. We’re going to be there at the stroke of midnight as the […]

I’ve been looking for a waterproof way to record my exploits when I am out and about on the water paddling my kayak. Waterproof disposable cameras are commonplace enough, but 35mm film… that’s so 2003. Digital imaging is where it is at. There are now a number of excellent options for snapping pics without worrying […]

This is, we have been told, the push-button world of the future. The world is our oyster, and we command great power at the end of our fingertips–simply push, and anything from a cup of coffee to nuclear war can be ours.
But there are some buttons in this world that just don’t work. Don’t argue […]

Today, Boeing Aircraft unveiled the 787 Dreamliner, on the happy coincidence of 7/8/07. Maybe you have to be some kind of airplane nerd to get excited about this… after all, at first glance, it’s a big white tube with wings and 2 engines, and in all likelihood bad food and and delayed departures.
But if […]