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The Future of Biking
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed During a recent Bluetooth SIG event in Seattle, I learned how easy it is to keep track of your biking habits using Bluetooth technology. The demo bicycle wheel was spinning at about five miles per hour, even though it wasn’t really [...]
Pixel Qi Screens Work Outdoors
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Imagine being able to combine the Laptop, Tablet and e-reader into one convertible device, then having a screen technology that enables you to take it outside in the sun! Geeks outdoors in the sun, how cool is that going to be? [...]
LED and LCD Monitor Questions and Answers
Graham Walters has a series of monitor questions (some of which are near impossible for anybody to answer with objectivity): Do you think Eyefinity will be released for the Mac Pro anytime soon? I don’t think I can answer that question. You’d have to ask AMD / ATI. What aspect ratio is best for eyefinity? [...]
Monitor Your Macs With iStat Menus
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Billy has done several screencasts in the past for our channels, and has received some pretty good feedback. Today, he’s going to show you how to monitor your system if you’re using OS X, using an application called iStat Menus. Remember, [...]
How to Add a Monitor Using USB
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed During CES recently, Traci Toguchi was kind enough to cover the events and parties for us, as I was unable to attend. During this interview, she’s talking with Seb Hochmuth from DisplayLink. DisplayLink allows you to easily add additional monitors to [...]
These are a Few of My Favorite Things
I’m willing to bet that old song is now stuck in your head. If you’re too young to know and remember the song – well, you just missed out. Look it up on YouTube, and immerse yourself! What are your favorite “things”? You cannot list people, as they aren’t things. We all know your family, [...]
How to Control the Color of Your Monitors
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I don’t get much sunlight – which is pretty obvious. Maybe your computer does get sunlight, even though it really shouldn’t. You need to be aware that the color on your screen will be seen by your eyes differently, according to [...]
What do You use for a KVM Switch?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Let’s say that you have a PC, but you don’t have a monitor, keyboard or mouse plugged into it. However, you do have a notebook computer sitting there with Windows on it, as well. You could use that notebook to run [...]
How to Monitor Twitter Keywords and Conversations
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I’m monitoring one simple keyword that I’m quite attached to – my last name. This isn’t being done by any kind of software you have to install. It’s being done by a web site that allows me to choose keywords to [...]
How to Add Even More Screens to Your Notebook Computer
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Let’s say for argument’s sake you want to add two external monitors to a computer that has only one video port. You need a way to connect via another port, such as a USB port. You would need something like the [...]
Keep Warm with Geeks
Is it just me, or is it freezing outside? Suddenly, we’ve jumped from Fall – right into Winter. It’s not officially Winter yet! Why the heck is it so cold?! Is this another one of those “getting old” symptoms? Well, whatever. At least crappy weather gives me a great reason to stay inside and see [...]
How to Better Calibrate Your Monitor
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed When you see and hear the testing for the Emergency Broadcasting System on tv, how do you know those colors are really the right colors? Maybe your tv or monitor isn’t displaying them correctly. How do you test your monitor screen? [...]
How Do You Clean Your LCD Screens?
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Spit-shining is probably not the best way to clean your monitor. That would be disgusting. How often, if at all, do you clean your screen? What do you use to clean your LCD screen? If you’re looking for something different that [...]
Screen Color Correction with Pantone Huey Pro
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed Red has been my favorite color pretty much since birth. Color is important. Your computer monitors may be displaying color properly, but if you’re in a room that has light which isn’t complimentary to your screen… the color will be “off”. [...]
One Big Monitor or Two Smaller Screens
Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed The first time I ever plugged a second monitor into my system, it was interesting. Of course, issues arose… as is usually the case with anything new. Having two monitors in many cases is better than one. I had an email [...]
