Category: Misc Tech

For Amusement Only: the life and death of the American arcade | The Verge. Man, I spent a frightening amount of money on video games as a kid.  I remember dedicated family friendly arcades like Time Out, Park Place, and Cyberstation (which I even worked at briefly.) I also rather enjoyed Kahunaville, which was an…

BBC News – CES 2013: The tablet that turns itself lumpy. By lumpy, they mean buttons that grow out of the normally flat touch screen.  Interesting stuff.

Sony launches the 5-inch, quad-core Xperia Z into the battle for best 1080p Android phone | The Verge. Usually android phones aren’t nearly as sexy as iPhones, but this phone comes close.  All that tech and waterproof to 1 meter?  Whoa.

When I upgraded the hard drive in my Mac earlier about 3 months ago, the same drive was $100 more than the current price.  They also had 520Mb SSD for around $400 that looked super nice.

Pretty slick mockup of a completely transparent iPhone.  Also shows behind the scenes making of.  Fun stuff!

iPhone etiquette from Janelle Hofmann – Business Insider. Definitely keep this on the ready for the day when my kids become cell phone eligible.

So, I’ve had a trusty (and slightly crusty at this point) Brother inkjet MFC around the house for a few years now.  Print quality is good enough (both text and photo), scanning works well enough, and its usable from Windows, Ubuntu, and OSX over the network. Well, it worked for the latter until recently.  Something…

‘Damn You Auto Correct’ Unveils 11 Funniest Texts of 2012. Some how, these never get old.  Oh, great, now I have to check in on Autocowrecks.