It’s no secret that I have a movie theatre for a television and that we enjoy watching movies at home. But I’m also the parent of a small child and we have a fairly strict policy of what we allow our child to view. Still, we enjoy getting cozy on the couch for a good…
Category: Life Tech
High Tech Monorails Airs Sunday
High Tech Monorails is a documentary I edited for my friend Rob Kelly. Â It’s airing on Travel Channel and Travel HD several times this month starting Sunday at 7pm PST. Â Set your TiVo and be sure watch it! The show covers several of the world’s best monorails including the Schwebebahn in Wuppertal Germany, which was…
10 realities of having your iPhone stolen
LOS ANGELES OCTOBER, 2009 Imagine you’re on vacation enjoying a day at Disneyland with your family. You get your iPhone out of your pocket and it’s in your hand. You set it down on the seat next to you for a second to help your 4 year old, then a few seconds later you suddenly…
$100 iPhones at Best Buy
If you’re a Best Buy Reward Zone member you can get an 8GB iPhone on the cheap. Â $150 for all Reward Zone members, and $100 for Premier Silver members, with a 2-year contract of course. Â This is not a refurb but a brand new 3G iPhone. Â The offer is good this week only and is…
CatGenie makes cat poo disappear
I think it’s safe to say that a large percentage of geeks and nerds have cats. Personally, I have a love/hate relationship with both my cat and my dog. On one hand they give you unconditional love. But on the other hand they can be extremely annoying, noisy, chew your stuff, puke on things (or…
Wynn’s Snack Consumption Technology
Ever stayed in a hotel where they provide a $1 bottle of water but charge your room $3 if you drink it? One of the tricks that works in most hotels is that if you drink it you just have to replace it with an identical fresh bottle before housekeeping notices. But the Wynn has…
Obama To Keep Blackberry
CNN’s Political Ticker reports that Obama thinks he’ll be able to keep his BlackBerry. Â It’s an interesting article so check it out. Â I think it’s better for him to have some sort of personal communications device. Â If I were in his position I would want to be able to communicate with my family via text….
Food Tech – Batter Blaster
This weekend I opened my fridge and found this can of Organic Batter Blaster. Now, I generally love all foods that come in a spray can: cheeze, whipped cream, icing, but pancakes? The spray can makes people think “how can it be organic.” Despite the environmentally unfriendly delivery mechanism, the ingredients are what make it…
Slysoft changes to subscription model on AnyDVD HD
I got an email today from SlySoft, the makers of the DVD, HD DVD and Blu-ray “backup” software called AnyDVD HD, stating that they are changing their business model. Starting Jan 1, 2009 they are moving to a yearly subscription fee for software updates. Â No information is available yet as to how much the subscription…
Disney PhotoPass – convenient but expensive
We recently took a family vacation to the Disneyland resorts in California. It had been a few years since I had been there. One of the changes is that now when you have your picture taken by a Disney photographer they hand you a PhotoPass, which is a card the size of a credit card…