THROWBACK THURSDAY: The end of 2G
5G is coming. We all know this. It’s still a while off, but it’s actually far more interesting than 4G, 3G, or any of the other “G’s” that came before it. Why? Because 5G doesn’t just…
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FUN FRIDAY: Here’s the story…
Almost 50 years on, it’s still airing somewhere. The Brady Bunch was a Gen-X touchstone due to frequent reruns in the 1970s and spawned sequel series, TV movies, a variety show, an animated TV show, off-broadway recreations and…
Is it me, or is more stuff coming in different colors?
As long as we don’t go back to avocado green. Since the end of the “woodgrain era” of electronics, your stuff has generally come in one of two colors: black or silver. And, it’s mostly been…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Tech Fails of 2013
Could it have been four years ago? I remember it as if it were only three. Back at the end of 2013, I found a great article detailing the biggest tech fails of the year. Back then, everyone…
OBSOLETE TECHNOLOGY: Punch Card
Seriously. In some states, voting data is still stored on paper cards. The technology goes back over 300 years and it’s still going strong today. The paper punched card is a slow, fragile, confusing form of…
FUN FRIDAY: Buggy devices
Sometimes hardware gets a bit… buggy. I was reminded of this when reading a recent article on io9 about how the PS4 is apparently perfectly designed to attract and retain cockroaches. These roaches set up a nice home inside…
FUN FRIDAY: Boldly Go
Yes, I get it. I talk way too much about Star Wars and Star Trek on this blog. I have been accused of trying to turn this blog into a generally geek-oriented news and view site and some people say…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Yes it has really been 5 years without Pac-12 on DIRECTV.
Seriously. Back in 2012, we talked about DISH’s sponsorship of Pac-12 Networks and the fact that DIRECTV still wasn’t jumping on this station. Fast forward and things haven’t changed much. A lot of people thought that…
FUN FRIDAY: Rogue One on VHS
This popped up around April Fool’s Day and while I picked it up as an obvious trick, I have to really applaud the hard work put in here. Someone spent a lot of time creating an…
FUN FRIDAY: More Spock?
One of the most beloved characters in the history of television, Leonard Nimoy’s Spock hardly needs introduction or description. It doesn’t matter if you’ve never watched a minute of Star Trek, you know who Spock is. The character…
FUN FRIDAY: Four-Winged Dinosaur
First of all that’s weird. Second of all it’s even weirder that we can recreate the look of a dinosaur that has been extinct for 160 million years. Keep in mind I don’t remember what I…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: When people didn’t stream
We all stream now. There’s no magic in showing a video on your phone anymore. And yes, we can all remember when that was an interesting and novel thing to do. But did you realize that…
FUN FRIDAY: Sword of Wonder
I know this is one that Jake Buckler, the blog’s resident Norse warrior, will be all over. Apparently archaeologists in Scotland have found a 3,000-year-old bronze sword in remarkably good condition. It seems they were building a…
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Microsoft .NET
One of the biggest mistakes Microsoft made in the 2000s was called “.NET.” It was supposed to be an easy way to build apps that worked on your computer and on the web, and it was…
SOUND OFF AND WIN: What sports should be on TV (that aren’t)?
Here’s a question for you… Considering all the sports available on DISH and DIRECTV, what are they missing? Do you wish there was a better source for domestic lacrosse, or year-round curling? There are so…