Geek & Technophile

I'm an IT Professional, geek and technology 'edge case'. I enjoy keeping up with the latest devices, technologies and news in the IT world. On this site I post some of those things I find most interesting. I hope you find them interesting as well.


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July 31 2008

Batman Downsizes Due to High Gas Prices

Despite being able to defeat The Joker, time and time again… Batman, like the rest of us, can’t win at the pumps.   You know it’s bad when Bruce Wayne can’t even afford to fill up his gas guzzler.

However, I hope he didn’t make a rash decision and did the proper calculations to determine if downsizing really makes sense in his case.  You can find out if trading in your gas guzzler is a smart move by using this calculator.

His new SMART Coupe doesn’t appear to carry nearly the same firepower as the Batmobile either.  Hope that doesn’t come back to bite him later.

For more Bataman humor check out this funny Dark Knight by kids trailor.

Photo Source: Rebecca via email (original source unknown)

July 31 2008

Quick Links for Jul 31st

Here are some interesting links from today:

  • Back to school with more than 1 million users worldwide
    Google Apps is rapidly gaining momentum in education. We now have more than a million people on campuses worldwide actively using Google's suite of email, calendar and docs to share information and study.
  • An Illustrated Guide to Every Stupid Cable You Need
    Modern gadget life can be kind of retarded in this way. Why not one kind of cable, or just a couple? I don't know. But until everyone gets on the same appendage-to-hole scheme, in the meantime, you can use this:
  • Apple Says MobileMe Service Is Fixed, Finally
    "Thank you all for your extreme patience during this trying time," David G. wrote. "If you have been affected by this issue and are still having problems we have established a dedicated chat line to reach a MobileMe Mail specialist for help.

July 30 2008

Microsoft Sphere Demo

Here’s a video of Microsoft’s new Sphere.  It’s basically a spherical Microsoft Surface.

July 29 2008

Quick Links for Jul 29th

Here are some interesting links from the past couple days:

  • Google OS reviews Cuil new search engine
    Cuil, the start-up founded by Tom Costello and two former Google employees: Anna Patterson and Russell Power, unveiled a search engine that claims to have more than 120 billion pages in the index. According to Cuil, that's "3 times as many as Google …"
  • Jing Still Makes Screenshot and Screencast Sharing Easy, Offers More Storage
    I'm a huge fan of Jing as the easiest cross-platform tool I've used to quickly share screenshots or screencasts (it's great for offering quick tech support). Anything you make with Jing can automatically be saved to Screencast.com

July 26 2008

Bid on the Hoverboard from ‘Back to the Future II’

Marty McFly’s “stolen” hoverboard from one of the greatest trilogies ever, Back to the Future, is available now on eBay.  Starting bid is $30,000!

via: Geekologie