Archive for the 'technology' Category



Cheap HD Personal Video Recorder

Published on January 15, 2007

If you guys and gals have a mac and you have HD at home, you are in LUCK! I was reading on the internet and there was a fantastic DIY on how to record HD content straight from your cable box! No more TiVo necessary when you do this and you can play it back [...]


Weather On Top of Google Maps

Published on December 20, 2006

Sometimes you come across some pretty interesting things on the web and sometimes not so cool. This time I have finally found something worth adding to my long list of bookmarks to, WeatherBonk.com. This site basically uses the weather report and places it on top of Google maps. Brilliant! Now why don’t they have this [...]


Extended Warranties Aren’t Worth It

Published on December 11, 2006

This argument has been argued the world over and the answer the best anyone can come up with is, it depends. This may be true, but most people pay for it because it is peace of mind. Look at what happened back in the day when CRT televisions were being sold at a premium and [...]


Holiday Airfare Blues

Published on November 27, 2006

We have all been in the situation where you purchase an airline ticket and then find out that it becomes cheaper the next day or week. Now we don’t have to worry about that issue. Farecast.com is a great site to let you know the prices and trends of the trip you are trying to [...]


Didn’t Get a Wii? No Problem

Published on November 20, 2006

If you didn’t get a Nintendo Wii, it’s ok. You can now watch this guy play his Wii all week this week. He will be sleeping from 5am to 9am. He is streaming live video from his blog right now. I find this to be another interesting social experiment. So check this guy out and [...]


PS3 Pre-Order Over

Published on October 11, 2006

As you all expected, the pre-orders for the highly touted PS3 is now over and it was about 30 minutes into pre-sale. Many people did not even receive emails to get confirmation on when the pre-sale was going to happen. There were kids that camped out to get the pre-order and there will be many [...]


Interactive Fantasy Football For the Masses

Published on September 26, 2006

There are thousands and thousands of you out there that play fantasy football and fantasy sports in general. I have a quick and clever way to help you guys discover your point totals during the day. Of course, it isn’t implemented yet, but it should be. Here is what I propose.


How to Pick a Good Driver

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I know I live in Maryland and we have some of the worst drivers in the nation, just look at the statistics. But this post is about what to look for in a golf club. There are just a few things that are key to picking the correct driver to get the maximum bang for [...]


Google Spreadsheet is Here

Published on June 6, 2006

Just like all the other Goolge products, Google Spreadsheet is going through a beta run. I just received my invite and I am using the online spreadsheet application. From what I can tell, it’s pretty much like Microsoft Excel, but I still haven’t quite found all of the cool features Google places in these things. [...]


Adopting the Use of EZ-PASS Will Save You Time and Money

Published on May 30, 2006

This past weekend was probably one of the hottest travel weekends of the year (besides Thanksgiving and Christmas of course). And it made me realize how important it was to keep the traffic moving on the highways. My drive consisted of a 9 and a half hour trek to Brunswick, ME. Most of the time [...]