Category Archives: tech

The application of science. In many ways.

You’ve got wireless?

A basic outline of what wireless means in relation to an internet connection. It could really refer to one of three things: Mobile broadband – broadband service delivered over a cellular network Service from a WISP (wireless internet service provider) – the ISP delivers internet usually via some line of sight wireless technology. Somewhat more common […]

Nite Ize LED Upgrade vs. Maglite & Streamlight

I received in the mail today a ridiculously large box, considering the size of the item it contained, which was a Nite Ize AA Mini Maglite 1 Watt LED Upgrade II from Cyberguys.com! There have been a few different models floating around, but this is the alpha male, so to speak. It’s got a Luxeon […]

It’s Day against DRM

So, technically, I wrote this post last night and right now I’m whizzing along the highway at 55 MPH, but that doesn’t really matter in the scope of the thing. I don’t have much to say here, but what little there is, I present. DRM is not intrinsically evil but historically it has been harmful […]

Spare the sites you love, adblock everything else

I love Adblock Plus. Nearly everywhere I go on the web is stripped of mildly distracting to suicidally obnoxious advertisements because of this fabulous Firefox add-on. The downside? Ars Technica hit on it in a recent article1: you (all those adblocking types out there) and I are harming the sites we love. There is an […]