Have you ever tried to program your electronic thermostat? I’m not talking about setting the temperature at any given time…I’m talking about setting up a weekly program- breaking up each day into chunks of time and specifying a temperature for each chunk. It’s not hard, but it typically requires a lot of button pressing and…

In order to capture the elusive “I won’t buy a game console if it’s more than $200” market, Microsoft lowered the price of their Arcade bundle to $199 a while back. This is great for poor people and cheapskates in general, but the Arcade system doesn’t contain any external storage at all – no hard…

I have registered to participate in the upcoming 2008 CHOC/Disneyland Resort Walk in the Park to help raise money for Children’s Hospital of Orange County. If you would like to sponsor me, please click here. Thank you!

There’s no shortage of sad guys on trading floors these days.

I am not a sports fan. I watched the Olympics, but that was more to watch the whole spectacle of the thing than to watch people compete. And yet, over the past two years, I think I’ve become an Angels fan. I’m not sure if it’s because I live in Anaheim and they’re my hometown…

My baby is eight months old. Tammy says she’s starting to look more like me. (Kate, not Tammy.)

How to ruin food in one simple step 1. Add cilantro. In fact, the following foods should be avoided by everyone at all times because they are gross. avacadossweet potatoesartichokesyogurtcilantroranch dressingcaesar dressingcottage cheesecurry

Uniden today announced the BC346XT and BCD396XT, both of which appear to contain only minor hardware revisions to their previous models. I’m a little underwhelmed. To my unenlightened eyes it seems like most of the new changes are software-based and maybe could have just been pushed out in a firmware update to the old models….

Ghostbusters 3 and Bladerunner 2 are in pre-pre-production. Kind of. They may not happen ever. It’s fun to think about, though. Star Wars raised the bar for annihilating any good feelings you may have had about 80s movie franchises, so they’d really have to try hard to screw either of these up.

If you start to lose your hearing, I hope you’re loaded. A good hearing aid can cost you anywhere from one thousand to five thousand dollars. That’s absolutely crazy. A company called Songbird has heard the cry of those who can barely hear their own. They’re now selling an adjustable over-the-ear disposable hearing aid for…