Do you have kids? Do you love Linux? If you answered “yes” to both of those questions then you are officially a Penguin Parent.  Like any good parent you want your kids to have everything they need, like plenty of fish, love, happiness, and loads of video games.
Well maybe video games aren’t so important, but [...]

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It’s incredible how many different URL shortening services have cropped up in the last few years.  With the rise of microblogging, any way to save characters really makes a difference.  In fact, without services like TinyURL, there wouldn’t be any way to put most URL’s in a single tweet, let alone add text to describe [...]

By Andrew Liszewski
While I am the type of person who keeps track of their receipts and files them away in an organized accordion folder, I draw the line at scanning them into my PC. But I think my excuse of it being ‘too much work’ is losing ground. The NeatDesk from NeatReceipts is another scanner [...]

By Andrew Liszewski
More news on the Nintendo DS front today, but this time it pertains to the homebrew scene which I’ve been following ever since the DS was released. A few months ago my weekly ‘The Games We Played‘ column featured an old SNES titles called Mario Paint, which besides painting and animation, also allowed [...]

By Andrew Liszewski
There are a lot of dangers lurking in the average home that most people aren’t even aware of. For instance, did you know that your common dimmer switch with it’s razor sharp edges and dangerous sliding mechanism has sent more people to the hospital than harmful chemicals and kitchen-related accidents combined? But before [...]

By Andrew Liszewski
We’ve all been lectured on the benefits of proper posture when working on a computer, particularly when you spend a vast majority of your waking hours hunched over a keyboard. But it’s not always easy to maintain a good posture, and even if you remember to sit up, over time your body will [...]

This post is syndicated with permission from GamerFront.net
Before I upgraded to an iPhone, there were always three gadgets that went everywhere with me. My cell phone, iPod and Nintendo DS were all essential to day-to-day life. I still know several people that carry around a similar trio of gadgets, however, if the latest rumors are [...]

I got my hands on Pure Digital’s latest camcorder, the Flip Mino and came away impressed. It’s a mini version of its bigger brother the Flip Ultra but thankfully quality has not been compromised. In fact quality is up in terms of build and video. At 640×480 pixels per inch, it’s not meant to compete [...]

By Evan Ackerman
SpaceX’s Falcon 1 rocket successfully entered low Earth orbit yesterday, making it the first privately funded liquid fuel rocket to reach orbit with a payload. The Falcon 1 is a two stage rocket powered by liquid oxygen and liquid kerosene capable of lifting about 450 kg into low orbit at a cost of [...]

By Andrew Liszewski
Some people might avoid having kids because they don’t want to deal with the crying, the diapers, the spitting up and all of the other stereotypical downsides of raising a child. I, on the other hand, am fine with all of that stuff, it’s the having to listen to 5 or 6 years [...]

By Andrew Liszewski
I don’t know about you, but besides using an alarm clock to get me out of bed every morning, I also rely on it to know what time it is when I roll over in the middle of the night. So while the Sonoro Cubo Elements alarm clock is oozing with style and [...]

By Evan Ackerman
It’s pretty dusty up there on the moon. So dusty, in fact, that in an effort to prepare the lunar surface for human habitation, a company called W.I.S.E. Retail Solutions is now stuffing Apollo 11 commemorative pens with the it and selling them to earthlings to help make the place a bit tidier. [...]

By Jonathan Kimak
There is admittedly a lot of stupid junk that companies try to pass off as actual products and this is one of those.
The FingerFood, designed by Ken Goldman, is a plastic ring with a little plastic plate on top that allows you to carry an hors d’ouevre on the same hand as your [...]

By Jonathan Kimak
If you’re in Chicago over the next few weeks you may want to check out Wired NextFest going on now until October 12. While there you should check out the game Brainball.
Brainball is played by you and an opponent sitting at the gaming table that vaguely resembles the table version of shuffleboard. You [...]

Skyros is an aerial camera which takes unparalleled overhead photographs. It illuminates a unique bird’s eye view from where one can understand the intimate relationship with the environment in a refreshing new light. If you’re a more cynical reader, just think of it as a way to see what birds see before they do a [...]