FUN FRIDAY: Cosmic Fart Cloud
No, the astronauts didn’t have bean burritos in space!
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FUN FRIDAY: Crazy Rubik’s Cube
Is it me or are Rubik’s cubes back in a big way? I’ve seen kids playing with them at least half a dozen times in the last couple of weeks. Is this some sort of retro…
FUN FRIDAY: Best way to defrost
Yep, winter’s here. And that means fogged up windshields for most of us, although if you’re in the southeast you probably deal with fogged up windshields all year round and if you’re in the desert southwest,…
FUN FRIDAY: 1935 Tournament of Roses Parade
Literally everything in the world is on YouTube. With just a little searching, I found this (relatively poor) transfer of the 1935 Tournament of Roses Parade, 81 years ago today. For me the parade was at…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Transistors and Minecraft
So if you know someone under the age of 18 you’ve doubtless come to know about Minecraft. Simply put, Minecraft is to today’s kids what Legos were to older generations — a limitless tool for building whole worlds…
Someone INVENTED it: Multi-tool
The jack knife, also known as the Swiss Army knife, has been around since about 600BC, believe it or not. Roman peasants carried folding knives around with them. The trend of putting a lot of tools…
How bingewatching has changed the way we experience entertainment
Who bingewatched five years ago? It wasn’t unheard of, but it was something you did in the summer when nothing else was on and you wanted to get caught up. There were a few early bingewatching…
5 best uses for an inkjet printer (besides printing)
Be honest. When was the last time you used the printer on your desk at home? People still print things in office occasionally but home printers are usually just sitting there taking up space. It’s a…
Zombie brands – has it gotten better or worse?
Gotta love those zombie brands. You know all about zombie brands, right? We told you about some of our favorites back in early 2013 and it’s probably time to give you an update. Zombie brands, for the unfamiliar,…
This web site just won’t work on my iPad!!
In prior posts, I’ve talked about how we’re slowly moving away from computers to mobile devices. It’s really evident in my house, as I’m sure it is at yours. More often than not the computer…
Where do we go from here?
I was reading something the other day and it got me thinking. The article was about what the future held for electronics and tech devices. If you read this blog regularly, you’ve probably seen this article…
FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Your smartphone screen is impossible
Consider for a moment, your smartphone’s screen. First of all it has a resolution of, let’s say, 1920×1080. That’s maybe about 260 pixels per square inch. That means in a space of about 3″ x 4″,…
Someone INVENTED it: modern nails
In this case we don’t know who it was… but good-old nails were invented by someone in the 1860s. It wasn’t really the nail itself that was invented but the machine to make them. You see,…
See the Solid Signal office staff in action!
Last week we showed you the warehouse… this time it’s the office staff getting the time-lapse video treatment. Check out the well-oiled machine that is our general office… and see if you can spot your favorite…
CHECK IT OUT: Solid Signal Warehouse staff in action
Your Solid Signal warehouse staff is always moving… although maybe not this fast. This timelapse video shows a day in our busy warehouse. Believe it or not, we keep a pretty tight crew in the warehouse,…