Geekfoolery

It is always a good idea to wait about a week or so before committing to an opinion after one of Steve Jobs’ MacWorld keynotes, just to give the Reality Distortion Field time to dissipate.
It’s easy to get totally sucked in, and come away thinking that a computer shaped like a cube is going to […]

Taiwan-based computer maker Asus has just announced that by the end of the year, they’ll deliver a laptop computer to world markets with a retail cost of $189.

This announcement puts Asus at the head of the pack of a number of other companies and projects that have been looking to produce a cheap, functional laptop […]

Microsoft announced this past week that they have sold (Dr. Evil laugh)….One Million Zunes!
Uh sure, great job there, Zune (golf clap). A million isn’t a paltry number, it’s just not exactly blowing the barn doors off any of the major players out there, and it certainly doesn’t seem to making a dent in Apple’s iPod […]

Previously, I’ve talked about free, open source applications like Open Office and Sauerbraten, and of course, Linux in its many flavors.
Today I am reaching for the sky, with an astronomy program that is a viable alternative to the venerable Starry Night astronomy software.
But first, a quick run down of Starry Night. Starry Night has been […]

Hats. Simple and functional, most of the time, but there’s more to a hat than just keeping your head warm or dry. A generation ago, no man would be seen in public without one. Today, most people wear a hat to make a point, though some are functional. Here now a list, in no particular […]

If you’ve bought any Sony Entertainment DVDs lately, you might not be able to watch them, thanks to a new DRM scheme that Sony is putting on movies like Casino Royale and Stranger than Fiction. The weirdest thing about this is that even if you have a Sony DVD player, you still may be out […]