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Microwaves are the saviors of a rumbling tummy. Don’t feel like cooking a meal? Pull out some leftovers or something from the freezer, and boom, you have hot food in no time flat. The only downside to using this magical machine is that it is a pain to clean, and has a very narrow opening to get scalding hot morsels out. If you thought this is just “the way things were”, prepare to have a new outlook on life.
Kickstarter and other crowdsourcing applications have shown just how important the customer is to the development cycle. Most crowdsourced products have benefited at some point during the process with buyer feedback, but mostly it’s done as a side effect of the pitch and purchase activity. Now a new application hopes to make customer requests a core part of the equation to help improve products directly.
Having to work in a room with a ticking clock can sometimes be the most annoying thing on the planet. Normally, this is on a day that you’re really behind on work, don’t feel well, and just want the day to be over. Every tick is a poignant and crude reminder that only seconds are passing, and not hours. The hash marks or numbers for the time only add to this busy display. On those days, you probably wish you…
Having a pet fish always seems so appealing when you’re a kid. Although, that’s around the first time that you realize the responsibility that comes with caring for another living creature. They need food, water, proper heat, and their habitat needs a good cleaning every once in a while. There are all types of fish tanks out there. Some can go longer without the need for a wash, and others can go without one altogether.
Those of you suit-wearers out there know that you can make a good impression on your boss and potential clientele by looking crisp and clean. You can iron a shirt before you pack it for a business trip, but that doesn’t mean it’s going to stay that way. Sometimes there’s a wrinkle that you have to touch up in the last few minutes before you head out, which means less time to relax before work. Sure you can iron it,…
We are all full to the brim with ideas. Whether or not we admit it, they’re there, just waiting to be scribbled out onto paper, or plotted onto a computer. In this day and age, we use both paper products and electronics for art, music, what have you, but some people don’t want to have to keep switching implements to get from concept to reality.
There are some things that we’ve always wanted to do. Accomplishing feats like climbing Mt. Everest, fighting your way through a zombie horde (and live), and riding a unicycle. While some of those may be feasible, balancing on a unicycle is nigh impossible. It requires skill and coordination that comes only with lots of practice, unless you can cheat your way through it.
Canned air is essential to keeping a tidy office space. It removes crumbs from your keyboard, and dust from your chassis. While it is extremely useful (and very fun to play with), it’s not exactly filled with breathing-quality air. Not to mention that you’ll get frostbite if it comes into contact with your skin for too long. There aren’t too many other options out there too choose from, but some of them do exist!
What would you do if your keyboard was, “alive”? Not in the sense that it was going to haul back and bite you every time you tried to type, but that it was something that needed some form of nourishment every now and then. Most of us are probably hoping our keyboards aren’t alive already with all the cheesy poof crumbs, remnants of soda, and who knows what else living amongst those keys. Thankfully, what I’m talking about is much…
As every solid crime fighter knows, the only way to ensure you beat the bad guys is to stay ahead of the game with your equipment. When they develop something new, you make sure you’re ready to counteract their devilry with some good tech of your own. The trouble is, it’s hard to find decent suppliers nowadays, unless you know where to look.
Driving along, you suddenly see a light on your dashboard and realize you’re almost out of gas. Worse yet, you’re probably a few miles from any gas station. What to do? A container of Extra Fuel in your trunk will get you out of a jam and let you get safely where you need to go.
While I do love winter, there are several conditions that must be met to make it a “good” winter day. The snow must have already fallen, and it has to be warm enough to not make it difficult to breathe. Otherwise you’ll have snowflakes stinging your eyes while you try and walk, and gasping for breath as you huff along wishing that it was summer again. If you want to make every day in winter tolerable, then you’ll have to…
Virtual reality has been “on the rise” for some time now. We’ve seen all sorts of devices that promise us a ‘true’ virtual reality experience, but they all feel a bit off as they just let us see things in a new perspective. All we want is to feel like we’re actually becoming the character in a game, is that too much to ask?
The Humble Bundle guys are at it again, only this time, instead of offering great games for us to buy at whatever price we want, they’ve gathered together a collection of six top science fiction ebooks for our enjoyment on the same terms. The Humble eBook Bundle features titles from top class authors like Neil Gaiman and Cory Doctorow, and you’re free to pay $1 if that’s all you think the books are worth, although you should try and remember…
Breaking a limb is painful, sometimes embarrassing and always inconvenient. Not only do you have to miss out on things that are important to your life while you wait for the damage to heal, but there’s also the annoying and inevitable barrage of ‘oh, what happened to you…?‘ type questions which you get from everyone you meet. Well here’s a novel way to overcome the hassle.
