Matthew Baron fought in the Console Wars. He is the best starpilot in the galaxy and a cunning warrior. For years, he played video games on PCs, before the consoles... before the dark times. When he's not wasting time playing video games on his consoles, he's wasting time on blogs, wasting time with gadgets, and wasting time at clubs. You can contact Matthew via electronic mail at matthewbaron@mobilelocalsocial.com and follow him on the Twitters @OMG_Ponies
Internet bargaineer Woot.com has sent out emails for $5 purchases using the coupon code CHANGEYOURPASSWORD. The email, pictured above, also refers the reader to a snarky NYTimes article about the fiasco which asks, at one point, “Why would people have a Gawker account?” Live by the snark, die by the snark.
Why the best password to secure your data is “password”
Now you can undelete contacts from Google Mail. Which strikes me as an unnecessary feature. Deleting contacts is a pain because then you need to go into your Contacts tab, hunt down the contact in a giant list that has about 5 zillion “Unknown” entries, and then terminate it with extreme prejudice confirm you want [...]
Two low-cost ideas for your Christmas shopping: one for your shopping and one for the tree.
Before you tear me apart for a sensationalist title, let me explain. I do not think that Gawker Media, the multimillion dollar blogging corporation, will fall. As a general rule, I do not second-guess the business strategies of multi-million dollar companies. However, the bloom is definitely off the rose as far as Gawker’s standing in [...]
This is the line. You cannot just get into the line. You need to go to a separate line to register to get into this line. The line to register is in the parking garage. On the bottom level. Just follow the sound of the ruckus.
They say if you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Well I’m doing nothing to help with bad AT&T service. In fact, I’m going to encourage it by buying another iPhone. So screw all of you people whining about dropped calls and slow internet.
AT&T, in a move that people could see a mile away, is going to upgrade away the Unlimited Data plans through upgrade pricing for the iPhone 4G.
And evidently, he is in danger.
Blogging as we know it has been around for over a decade now. And the web has been around even longer. If you’re like me (you’re not. I’m hotter), then you’ve accrued a goodly amount of free blogs and spaces. Now, you can collect them all in one place with UnHub. What UnHub does is [...]
After a rough week surrounding my first Mother’s Day without Mom, a look back at how we grieve and how social media can help us in those times of loneliness
Back in the day, AOL was notorious for being anti-user and making escape from their walled garden near impossible. Now, there is a new horrible walled garden. And escape is not much easier.
On this week’s Real Time with Bill Maher, New York Times columnist Ross Douthat was on the panel, decrying Amtrak and how it is a government-funded waste of taxpayer dollars because the service is provides is so terrible. This is why he is wrong.
Who needs a shield law when other journalists will be more than happy to out your sources and then try to interview them for their own stories?
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Authorities at Pittsburgh International Airport filed an incident report after New York Jets wide receiver Santonio Holmes failed to follow flight regulations by not turning off his iPod as the plane he was on was landing. Jets spokesman Bruce Speight said Friday the team was told Holmes was flying from [...]
If true, does Apple even need to make computers anymore?
Both have beards. Both use their middle name. And the similarities don’t stop there.
In spite of what I tell myself, 35 is old – at least to Bieber-loving 14 year-olds. But as a 35 year-old, I got to play all of the great video game consoles when they came out. Suck on that, Millenials!
HP has just announced that it’s acquiring Palm for $1.2 billion or $5.70 per share of Palm common stock. The deal is planned to close by July 31, 2010.
With the new (unconstitutional) anti-Mexican law having been enacted in Arizona, professional sports should give back and take the lead in the 21st Century’s civil rights movement. In doing so, they might even win a new audience.
The Jason Chen saga as told by Bob Dylan
Microsoft has just opened its next Home Server OS to public beta. Microsoft says that the Vail beta only works on 64-bit systems, with the minimum requirements being “a 1.4 GHz x64 processor, 1 GB RAM, and at least one 160 GB hard drive.”
Apple is the low-hanging fruit of tech writing. Things seem to have come to a head with the iPhone 4G leak. It’s time for the blogosphere to stop reporting on Apple at the expense of better, more interesting news.
Today marks the 5th anniversary of the first video uploaded to YouTube. And no, the video is not a kitten.
Most superhero outfits suck. Some rock. Like Alex Ross’ fantastic watercolor versions of Superman in rich blue with the big red-on-black shield.
What better way to celebrate Earth Day than by destroying a consumer electronic device in an environmentally-friendly hybrid vehicle.
Slow ahead! I can go ‘slow ahead’. Why don’t you come down here and infuse some tea and I’ll show you ‘slow ahead’.
Spring is officially here, meaning summer is only two months away. So, why won’t an iPad be in the Frugal Fanboy’s beach bag (or carry-on)? Because even for vacationing, it doesn’t fill a need.
Yesterday, Gizmodo posted a teardown of the potential iPhone 4G, revealing an updated exterior and a plethora of new features, such as a front-facing camera and a better still camera with a flash. It also has a larger battery and possibly a higher resolution display. The announcement is expected in late June with a release [...]
With the eruption of Mount Eyjafjallohscrewthisnoise last week having grounded nearly all European air travel last week, things for us flyers look grim. The last thing that we travelers need is an excuse for airlines to charge yet more fees. Airlines are citing costs to the industry of $200 million per day. Vulcanologists are also [...]
Microsoft has just pulled a “controversial” ad for the new Kin phones, citing complaints that the ad encouraged sexting. There were also furries in it so that could also be the reason.
As Captain Tightpants famously retorted to a certain whiny farmboy, “She may not look like much, but she’s got it where it counts, kid. I’ve made a lot of special modifications myself.”
Great deals on brand-name coffee, an evil designer keyboard, and even on the mythical MacBook Air.
I find your lack of Happy Meal toys disturbing…
