Health
How Does Music Influence Your Life?
If you’ve tuned into my live stream lately, you’ve heard the awesome 8-bit music that’s playing. I can’t stand silence. There’s always something making noise here in my office. This sound can come from the television, or from music I have playing. My tastes are pretty out there as far as style goes. The beauty [...]
Imagine Cup US Winner – Note-Taker
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Many people may not know this, but Macular Degeneration runs in my family. My grandmother had it and my mom has it, as well. The chances of me developing it in the future are very high. I take it very seriously [...]
Earth Hour 2011 Geek Style
Earth Hour 2011 is nearly upon us and it’s time to decide if you are going to participate. It’s pretty easy to shut off the lights and power down your electronics for a single hour. Geeks have never done anything halfway, though, and this should be no exception. There are several other ways you can [...]
Stuck in an Internet Rut
Unless you’re an early adopter, the chances of you becoming stuck in an Internet rut are actually quite high. We tend to allow this to happen in our offline lives all too often. We become stagnant – stuck in our ways. We don’t branch out to try new things and go new places. It’s easier [...]
How to Help Japan Thanks to SXSW
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The recent earthquake and Tsunami in Japan took thousands of lives, left millions without homes and destroyed a countless number of businesses and farms. It will take many years to rebuild some of what was lost, if it can be rebuilt [...]
How to Diet and Exercise When You Travel
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Conferences are a fantastic way to educate yourself and make new connections with people. They’re also a great way to network at after-parties and gain a little weight. Let’s face it: most conference parties offer food which is full of carbs, [...]
Tobii Lets You Use a Computer with Your Eyes
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Tobii Technology touts themselves as the world leader in eye tracking and eye control. Their eye tracking technology allows computers to know where the users are looking. When I first sat down to test the software, I was amazed at how [...]
Control a Keyboard With Your Brain Using intendiX
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Have you ever dreamed of the day we would be able to type on a computer without using a keyboard or our fingers? What if it were possible to type using your brain? This is an idea which has been in [...]
How to Adjust Screen Resolution in Windows
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Screen resolution refers to the size of the whole image that is displayed on your monitor. It specifically refers to the number of individual pixels that are shown at once. The more pixels on your screen the more detailed your images [...]
How to Clean Pet Hair Using the Dyson DC24 Animal
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Cleaning your floors is a necessary part of housekeeping, but it becomes particulary important when you have pets. I recently took a look at the Dyson DC24 Animal, which is an ultra-lightweight and compact Dyson Ball vacuum cleaner optimized for pet [...]
Can Apple Survive Without Steve Jobs?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Over on the Lockergnome Q&A site, someone recently asked if Apple would die without Steve Jobs. What a timely discussion to be having, in light of the news spreading today about his health. There is no doubt that Jobs was instrumental [...]
Steve Jobs’ Cancer is a Call to Action
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Today, word came across the wire that Steve Jobs was undergoing treatment for his pancreatic cancer. It’s possible that he only has weeks to live, which would only cast a dark cloud over the entire consumer electronics industry. We need a [...]
3D Mammography Approved by FDA
Cancer in any form is nasty business. I could sit here all day and write about the horrors of the disease, but I honestly don’t need to. You already know the destruction it causes, to the victim as well as to the family and friends who support them. The statistics are staggering, no matter which [...]
Change Your Eating Habits with Fooducate
Do you know how much sugar is actually in that cereal your kids are begging for? How can you quickly and easily determine the amount of bad fats vs. good fats in the latest diet bars to hit the shelves? The supermarkets are full of choices these days, but are you making the right ones? [...]
Speak to Tweet for Egyptians
Just like all of us, the folks at Google spent the weekend watching the events in Egypt unfold. They were flabbergasted, feeling helpless as they watched the people there who are desperate to be heard. The engineers knew that if anyone could help give them a voice, it would be them. They put their collective [...]
