Entertainment
How to Watch Live TV on the iPhone
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of MobiTV. All opinions are 100% mine. We’ve all had it happen at one point or another. There’s something you really wanted to watch on TV, but you’re either on the road or someone else is hogging the set in your living room. Do you [...]
My House Tour Video (2011)
A few years ago, I uploaded my first Home Office Tour after on a New Year’s Day “Subservient Chris” request. This exploration has since become an annual tradition, with me having skipped only one year (and being kindly lambasted for doing so). For years, individuals from this community have been asking for a complete house [...]
How to Turn Speech Into Song
Have you ever wanted to sing and just never had the vocal talent to do it? Well, there isn’t an app out yet that can give you talent, sorry. For those of you that are willing to settle with faking it, there is Songify. Songify is an app available for iOS devices that turns speech [...]
Five Tips for Setting Up Your Home Theater
Home theaters have evolved by leaps and bounds over the past ten years. They’ve gone from a simple television with maybe a VCR (videocassette recorder for you youngsters) and a game console to full-blown high-definition multimedia centers with Internet access and more components than you could ever hope to fit in the TV stand. This [...]
Is Netflix Worth It Anymore?
I’ve been a Netflix subscriber from damn near day one. I’ve certainly appreciated having the service there as an entertainment alternative long before video streaming was a remote possibility. I’d have three DVDs out at a time and often forget I was holding onto them for months on end. You could say that I’ve wasted [...]
The Supreme Court Rules Video Games Protected by Free Speech
A California law that would prohibit the sale of “violent” video games to minors has been struck down by the Supreme court (7-2), after being deemed an unconstitutional violation of free speech. This ruling came after strong arguments from both side were weighed and considered. Arguments against the law included current restrictions on selling certain [...]
Why I Listen to ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s Music
If you didn’t realize I was a “Weird Al” fan, I’d be shocked. I’ve only been listening to his music since the 7th grade, when a friend introduced me to a couple of his earlier albums. To be more specific, I dubbed parts of “In 3D” and all of “Dare to Be Stupid.” I scrimped [...]
Robert Rodriguez Talks Tech and Movies at AMD Event
Robert Rodriguez, an Austin-based filmmaker and founder of Troublemaker Studios is no stranger to technology. In fact, he makes a point of stretching the limits of his equipment on each film by utilizing as many features of the technology as possible. Recently, he sat down to talk technology and movie making at an AMD event. [...]
How Do You Share Photos Across the Web?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Yesterday, I bought some interesting things at the grocery store. I had to snap pictures and upload them through Instagram. This site gives you an interesting and unique way to share photos taken with your mobile device on the web in [...]
Empire Avenue Shareholder Update
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed It has been a few weeks since I joined Empire Avenue. Over the past weeks, this social “game” has done more to help me discover new people I wouldn’t have otherwise had the opportunity to. This is the most addicting game [...]
Are You Using Google’s Music Beta?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Google’s Music Beta allows you to place your music collection in the cloud, quite similar to what Amazon’s Cloud Player and Apple’s iCloud do. The tech giants appear to be ready to get into a head-to-head battle with each other, with [...]
Decorating with Robots
I’ve mentioned in the past that I am a huge fan Justin Hillgrove‘s artwork. His paintings are incredibly unique and fun to look at. His paintings feature monsters, robots, tributes to stories, cartoons, books, and movies that parallel my interests. One such painting, which I have recently picked up, is Robot City. In Robot City, [...]
Go Back in Time with YTTM and Video Time Machine
This guest post was written by Reza (RMalayeri) about Video Time Machine for iOS, an app that allows you to browse through videos throughout history in a simple and easy way. What do you get when you spend all night watching nostalgic video’s on Youtube, drinking beer, and eating free pizza? Well, if you ask [...]
Is Music Too Expensive?
The motion picture industry cranks out a healthy amount of movies every year. Many of these films come with a price tag in the millions of dollars, with blockbusters typically reaching budgets of over 100 million. These productions commonly involve an incredibly large cast and crew, each of which is compensated for their time. An [...]
Five Great Games Made Possible by HTML 5
HTML 5 has opened the door for web developers to expand their creations beyond previous restrictions. Picking up on some features previously associated exclusively with Adobe Flash, HTML 5 allows web developers to free themselves of the aging platform. HTML 5 is also becoming more popular as an online gaming platform as browsers become more [...]
