Archive for May, 2008

USB Rocket Launcher

May 27th, 2008 – 4:01 pm Posted by Bea

Your cubicle life just got more exciting.
For around $30.00, and probably less on E-bay, you can purchase a USB Rocket Launcher. Distributed by ThinkGeek, this fun toy is perfect for launching foam rockets at your fellow coworkers. All you have to do is plug it into a USB port and from there, control your [...]

A Gadgets Mother’s Day

May 14th, 2008 – 7:30 am Posted by LJ Dovichi

If you’re like me, you have a mom that loves gadgets. She might not know how to use them or what all the buttons do, but she’s got to have them. Then, you know the drill, she plagues you endlessly to teach her how to use them. So for Mother’s Day every year I get [...]

Gadgets You Don’t Need (But Really Want)

May 10th, 2008 – 9:10 am Posted by Erin Steiner

I just read an article on the Popular Mechanics website that made me wish I had fifty thousand dollars lying around. The article focuses on five high tech gadgets that certainly will make your life easier but aren’t truly necessary.
The one that I am lusting after the most (which will tell you more about [...]

Blu-ray for the win

May 2nd, 2008 – 5:24 am Posted by LJ Dovichi

DVD has lost the format war to Blu-ray and slowly is going the way of the VHS and Betamax — its predecessors. I, for one, thought history would repeat itself, and DVD would win but that was not the case, the future is Blu ray. Thanks a lot, Sony.
In 1975 Sony developed the Betamax video [...]