I wish someone would make a charging station that’s big enough to hold a modem and router. Oh wait, someone has. Unfortunately that someone was Ikea so it looks like butt. I’m stuck using this plain white “prison chic” box until I find something better. Preferably something with a cherry finish and mitered rope detailing,…

This spray bottle costs $169. It electrically charges salt water and turns it into a magical household cleaner, potentially removing ammonia and bleach from your cleaning routine completely. The spray that it produces will not only kill more bacteria than household bleach, but you can safely drink it too.  That part hurts my brain. It…

Mass Effect was a great game. I finished it two years ago so I kind of forgot just how great it was…and just about every major plot point too. Now I’ve started Mass Effect 2 and it’s all coming back to me. I just got to the part where Garrus makes his appearance and I…

Amazon Wants To Give A Free Kindle To All Amazon Prime Subscribers. Allegedly. Sure, I’ll buy a Kindle for $79. Just don’t expect me to pay for any books.

Two year photo preview. More to come.

I mentioned it on Facebook a few months ago, but not here on the ol’ blog. We’ve got another baby on the way. Kate’s going to be a big sister to…a girl! She’s due at the end of June. At first I was like “Yessssss. Now we don’t have to buy any more toys or…

Take a ham radio license test online and see how you do. The technician test is 35 multiple choice questions. 75% is passing. It’s just for practice. If you want the real thing you actually have to show up somewhere and talk to people. Which nobody does. Which is why the hobby is dying. Also,…

Between the end of the LAX runway and the Pacific Ocean is a little sliver of land that, from the satellite image, looks like a residential housing development…without any houses. That’s what it used to be, but it was seized and razed by the government in the 60s. Now it’s just a ghost town, and…