You’re sitting in your seat, just as calmly as you please when you stop to take some video out the window. And when you look at the footage you rub your eyes trying to make sense of the turbine blades that seem to be melting away from the propeller housing. You wish they would just [...]
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Going Google-less – A Week Without Google
A week ago on my blog, I posted my pledge to go one week without Google. It was inspired, in part, by the Google/Verizon proposal for the future of high speed and wireless internet that was devised in closed-door meetings, in secret, while the same discussions were being had with the FCC and other major [...]
Dirpy.com makes YouTube your bitch
There’s a slew of reasons to be excited about web developers, not simply because they make you look more tan, well-groomed and attractive, but also because while you’re out walking the dog they’re making your life a lot better. So what did they do to garner this spontaneous praise? Well, you know all that music [...]
iTunes Security: Worse than you thought?
On December 1, 2008, I woke up to find a series of disturbing emails in my inbox. They were a pair of PayPal receipts and the corresponding iTunes store receipts for 2 purchases of $200 gift cards sent to anonymous Hotmail and Yahoo email addresses. The problem was, I didn’t make the purchases. The transactions [...]
Take action for change…with your mobile carrier
This is guest post by Chris Reynolds, one half of the design team at Arcane Palette Creative Design. If you’d like to guest post on 10 Times One, click here. About a week ago, I got an interesting piece of snail mail. It came from CREDO Mobile — a name that didn’t ring any bells [...]
The Infinite USB Port
You know you’ve done it, cursed the designers of your damn laptop for not having the sense to install enough USB ports for your numerous and multiplying peripherals: the wireless mouse, external hard drive, iPod, webcam, SD card reader, printer, etc. etc. etc., all greedily, relentlessly sucking up your USB slots. If you’ve been there, [...]
The Future Now – Flexible Screen Displays
Albeit slowly (to me) the future is coming, and while we may not be here yet, the more things I see like this the closer I feel we’re getting. At least now scientists have the ability to imagine, like never before, what’s possible. Flexible screens are most definitely the future, allowing for a host of applications, [...]
Cool Your Thighs With Lap Saver
If you’ve ever been on your couch working diligently away on your laptop only to discover that your thighs are being barbecued like tri-trip steaks underneath the keyboard, you’ve probably wished for a something to effective stick under there. Because yeah, dirty computers get really hot. Fortunately for you there are enterprising companies out there [...]
Why Apple’s New iPad Will NOT Make A Good Travel Gadget
You wanted it, craved it, dreamt about it, and after the years of rumors, the unabashed hype, the gasping for bated breath, last week Steve Jobs finally unveiled his latest piece of techno idolatry in San Francisco – the unfortunately titled iPad. Along with the rest of the universe, travelers and travel bloggers have been [...]
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