Category: Misc Tech

So, last week I went my everyday ATM and notice that they swapped out the hardware.  The previous generation had the cool feature that allows you to feed in printed checks (like payroll, etc) without an envelope and it OCRs it to get the amount automatically. The new ATM goes 2 steps further.  Now, you…

FYI, I’ve got a couple of iPod touches for sale on eBay at the moment if anybody is into that kind of thing.  Have at them: 3rd Generation 8Gb 4th Generation 16Gb Update: 2013-06-09 10:11pm.  3rd generation version sold just 3.5 hours after listing.  

The Mrs recently told me she wanted to throw her computer out the window.  She does most of her day to day computer stuff on an iPad, but uses a trusty (and a little crusty) Dell Laptop with Ubuntu for her word processing needs.  The laptop was still chugging along nicely, but the Unity interface…

So, my friends <2 year old Dell laptop recently cashed itself in.  Smell of toasted electronics and pretty much dead to the world.  Speculated that it was a power problem and that data was probably still OK on the harddisk. I figured it would be a pretty easy job to extract the disk and slip…

I think my phone is ill.   Typed in a text message, sent it, put the phone back to sleep, and slipped it back into my pocket.  2 minutes later, the vibrate function starts going off continuously.  Hmm, no new messages, no incoming calls, no other notifications.  Nothing would stop it, short of reboot.  Argh. I…

Google Street View Hyperlapse | Labs | Teehan+Lax. Stitching to together Google StreetView images into a movies.  Loved the 3d effects with the clouds. via

File that under fun stuff you can do with about $2,000 worth of Legos. via

Petition | Google: Keep Google Reader Running | Change.org. Lets tell Google that Reader is worth keeping.

Google Reader Axed, Shutting Down July 1st | OMG! Chrome!. Wow, that’s a surprise.  I’m one of those loyal users in the declining user base.  Guess all good things must come to an end.