Want to put your iPhone 5 or iPad mini on a pedestal? I found the best dock for the iPhone 5 ever, the HiRise for iPhone. Let me show you why I like it so much.
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Author Archives: Charles T. White
Pic: Earth year goes by in a second
This animated GIF of our beautiful planet Earth is part of NASA’s Blue Marble project, showing a year go by in a second. Fascinating perspective.
Here are more pics of Earth from NASA’s Blue Marble project — click the full-screen arrow for best results:
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Opinion: Missed ending of ‘Breaking Bad?’ Thanks, corporate greed
I’m mad as hell, and I’m not going to take it anymore. I’m addicted to my DVR, and it’s betrayed me once again. Settling back to watch Breaking Bad last night, the episode played beautifully on my Dish Hopper DVR, almost. But almost only counts in horseshoes and nuclear weapons, because last night, the recording stopped right at the pivotal moment of the entire episode. I was seething, and still am.
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Review: Tiny Boombot Rex speaker rocks your palms off
The hot competition for the best Bluetooth speaker rages on, and now designers are trying to see who can create the tiniest wireless boombox that still sounds good. When I first held the Boombot Rex in my hands, I doubted there was any way it could possibly sound better than a tiny transistor radio.
Would I be surprised? Let’s fire it up and give it a listen. Continue reading
Lady Gaga gets naked for meditation (NSFW)
I’m no expert in the Abramović Method, but in this case it somehow involves Lady Gaga, singing long notes, hugging huge crystals and tasteful nudity. It’s an inexplicable peculiarity, alright, but then we’re talking Lady Gaga here.
Video: Vimeo/Marina Abramovic Institute, Lady Gaga
Instagram 4.1 straightens pics, imports video
Instagram 4.1 rolled out Wednesday, letting you straighten photos within the app. As you can see in the pic above, you’re presented with a unique interface when you press the “straighten” icon. You do the straightening after you’ve taken the pic in Instagram, or you can choose any photo in your image library.
The straightening tool is smart. Available only on the iOS version of Instagram 4.1, it first tries to automatically estimate the amount of straightening needed, and then it’s a simple matter to finish the job to perfection with a two-finger multitouch twist. Continue reading
Review: Netatmo weather station adds additional modules
There’s no shortage of ways to monitor the weather inside and outside your house, but Netatmo goes a couple of steps further, letting you measure air quality and sound levels in addition to the usual humidity, temperature and barometric pressure. Now you can add up to three extra modules to gather data about the climate and air quality in additional rooms. Join me as I put one of these new modules to the test.
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Now your house key can look like a tiny Fender Stratocaster
Differentiating one key from another isn’t easy in the dark. But I found some keys you could easily identify even if you were in the throes of a foggy hangover from your last worldwide tour. There’s no mistaking these tiny replicas of the classic Gibson Flying V, Fender Stratocaster or Martin D-28 guitars.
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