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USB Pole Dancer

No joke.  I found this at my local Fry’s. According to the box, you plug this to your USB and the pole dancer will spin and dance.  Hey, I don’t make this stuff up.  I just report it.  Their website describes ...

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Buffalo TeraStation Live – Mini Review

After loading up on thousands of MP3s, movies, downloaded pr0n, old VHS conversions, and copies of DVDs, I finally ran out of room on my 160Gig hard drive on my HP Media Center. Realizing that Microsoft is coming out with ...

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Old Canon S110 vs. New Sony DSC-T20

My old digital camera is the Canon PowerShot S110 Digital Elph, and it has served me well over the years. Back in 2000 or so when I bought it, it was one of the better digital cameras you could get ...

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Ebay Goes Kijiji

Ebay has gone heads up against craigslist.org by opening a U.S. version of their Kijiji free classifieds website. There are very few posts on there so far in the Los Angeles section, and unless they start some type of big ...

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Everybody iPhone Now

I had to work today, July 4th. The good news: No traffic. The bad news: No customers. But that’s not what got to me. The day time valet parking guy had an iPhone. Yup. You heard me. Here I am, ...

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How Ralphs Could Make Our Lives Easier

With the iminent strike looming over it’s head, I remembered a patentable idea I submitted to Ralphs several years ago, which I’m sure they have promptly filed in their round filing cabinet.  In case they are reading this, please implement ...

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Stardock Multiplicity – Quick Review

A little company called Stardock has an utility called Multiplicity which I use all the time. Basically, it’s a program that allows you to control multiple computers using just one mouse and keyboard, via your network connection. If you have a ...

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Bill Gates Was For Sale

I found this really old ad in the April 1985 issue of Profiles Magazine (a magazine for Kaypro users). I wonder if Bill got a free subscription to WSJ or if he got paid in cash. How much would it ...

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Not the iPhone

Well, all the hype of the iPhone is over and according to one lady I met at the Bicycle Casino with an iPhone, there was about 2,000 people at the Glendale Apple store on Friday. Reports are now that they ...

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How to Get Tivo for $6.95 Per Month

After evaluating the Cable DVR against the Tivo, I decided to close my Tivo account to save the $13 per month. Before calling Tivo, I checked the GetHuman “get around the phone bots” list and Tivo was listed so I ...

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