Winter Has Arrived

Here is an update. This picture was taken aroung 11:30am. As you can see more and more snow. It is about 2pm and it is still going strong. Here are some quick camara pics of this morning snowfall. The funny…

Comic: 720p vs. 1080i – The Great HD TV Debate EXPLAINED and SOLVED

I bought an HD TV a few months ago, and it’s made my life very complicated. With my old piece of crap TV, I just plugged it in, turned it on, and watched 90210 reruns until I was sated. Now…

Yoda Limited-Edition Sculpture

You can get this limited edition Yoda for only $599.95 but if you want to “clone” him, that is only, $479.96 Yoda, the wise Jedi Master, is sculpted lifelike and life-size in a commanding pose — armed and ready for…

101 Dumbest Moments in Business

Giving new meaning to the phrase a day late and a dollar short, it has been more than a year after the humiliating “bic pen” debacle of 2004 that cost the company an estimated $15 million. Here is a short…

To Boldly Go Where No Fan Has Gone Before

The original Star Trek set out on a five-year mission that network execs cut short in 1969. Now a new confederation of amateur Kirk worshippers and studio renegades is repairing the space-time continuum and finishing the job. James Cawley, who…

Turn a Wok into a 2.4GHz WiFi Repeater

Make 2.4GHz parabolic mesh dishes from cheap but sturdy Chinese cookware scoops & a USB WiFi adaptor ! The largest (300mm diam)shows 15-18dB gain (enough for a LOS range extension to 3-5km), costs ~US$5 and comes with a user friendly…

VideoVerter – Gadget turns all your video into iPod/PSP/phone/laptop video

It’s seems ridiculous that you can record a TV show to play back on your TV, but you have to buy it again if you want to watch it on your iPod, phone or PSP. Why do you need to…