July 30
Archive for July, 2008
July 30
Macnifying OS X: Introduction and working with NTFS Drives
Make Use Of’s Mac section has been growing steadily over the past couple of months and we’ve published a lot of articles about random topics i.e. productivity, music, plugins, etc. So I’ve decided to start a biweekly column dedicated to people who have just started using Macs, a.k.a “Switchers”, focusing on the issues they might [...]
July 30
Macnifying OS X: Introduction and working with NTFS Drives
Make Use Of’s Mac section has been growing steadily over the past couple of months and we’ve published a lot of articles about random topics i.e. productivity, music, plugins, etc. So I’ve decided to start a biweekly column dedicated to people who have just started using Macs, a.k.a “Switchers”, focusing on the issues they might [...]
July 30
Macnifying OS X: Introduction and working with NTFS Drives
Make Use Of’s Mac section has been growing steadily over the past couple of months and we’ve published a lot of articles about random topics i.e. productivity, music, plugins, etc. So I’ve decided to start a biweekly column dedicated to people who have just started using Macs, a.k.a “Switchers”, focusing on the issues they might [...]
July 30
WhoCalled.US tells you about that call you missed (US Only)
Here is the scenario: (queue up the scary music)
It is a dark and stormy night. You are home all alone and the phone rings while you are watching the latest horror flick. You jump out of your seat; a little scared and walk to the phone.
But you missed it and they hung up on your [...]
July 30
WhoCalled.US tells you about that call you missed (US Only)
Here is the scenario: (queue up the scary music)
It is a dark and stormy night. You are home all alone and the phone rings while you are watching the latest horror flick. You jump out of your seat; a little scared and walk to the phone.
But you missed it and they hung up on your [...]
July 30
WhoCalled.US tells you about that call you missed (US Only)
Here is the scenario: (queue up the scary music)
It is a dark and stormy night. You are home all alone and the phone rings while you are watching the latest horror flick. You jump out of your seat; a little scared and walk to the phone.
But you missed it and they hung up on your [...]
July 30
Nailed USB Flash Drive Lets Your PC Get Hammered
By Luke Anderson
Novelty USB flash drives are dime a dozen, but this one really hits the nail on the head. Okay, I seriously apologize for the horrible puns, but I just couldn’t resist. At least I didn’t go with the other one about your computer getting nailed.
This Nailed USB Flash Drive is actually one of [...]
July 30
Arthur C. Clarke’s Last Work - The Last Theorem
By Andrew Liszewski
While fans of Arthur C. Clarke are still mourning his passing (myself included) his last book appropriately titled The Last Theorem will be published on August 1. Co-written by Frederik Pohl, at least part of the novel deals with the logistics and challenges behind staging the first lunar Olympics. (An idea that’s come [...]
July 30
Homer Simpson USB Monitor Lights Are Just Plain Tacky
By Luke Anderson
I like The Simpsons, I’ve been watching it pretty regularly for years. Despite my love for the Springfield family, there is no way you would every find these Homer Simpson USB Monitor Lights anywhere near my desk.
Yes, Homer is funny and he does a lot of crazy stuff. But just the thought of [...]
July 30
The Games We Played - Mario Paint (SNES)
By Andrew Liszewski
With titles like Nintendogs, Elektroplankton or the upcoming Wii Music, Nintendo has shown that they’re a big advocate of casual or ‘non-game’ games. (Or whatever you want to call them.) And while you might think this is a recent trend, from what I can recall, their first venture away from traditional games was [...]
July 30
Hitachi Announces New CinemaStar DVR Hard Drives
This post is syndicated with permission from Gadgetoholic.com
I am a DVR nut and record everything — even if I plan to watch it right then. I like to let the show get about 15 minutes ahead of live TV so I can skip all of the commercials. I also have kids so we tend to [...]
July 30
Steampunk Laptop Skin for the DIY Disinclined
I happen to like the whole Steampunk aesthetic, but you aren’t going to find me in a workshop getting my hands dirty or spending time that I don’t have trying to build a Von Slatt-esque masterpiece. I don’t have the skills and that is all there is to it. Fortunately, there is an inexpensive way [...]
July 30
Nailed - Nine Inch Nail USB Memory
No, not the American industrial rock band - “Nailed”, created by the Dutch design-label Plankton, is a USB memory that looks like a nine inch nail.