Author Archives: M Crawford
Why M$ Should Trash the MS Points System and INTEGRATE
Today, a little company known as Apple, Inc. threw one of their infamous press conferences where they delight in marketing technology that is not earth shattering by any means to the masses who eat it up like warm chocolate chip … Continue reading
The Arcade Fire’s HTML5 Masterpiece
If you were on the interwebs today, then you may have seen something about Arcade Fire and the house you grew up in. No, they did not play a show at your old house, don’t worry. What they did do, … Continue reading
Nerds Rejoice! Star Wars Saga is Coming to Blu-ray
I watched the first three Star Wars movies yesterday – the first three. As in IV, V and VI. The real Star Wars as far as I am concerned, not to heap unncessary coals upon I, II and III, but … Continue reading
Show Off Your Android Pride with these Collectible Figures
Dead Zebra is offering up a series of collectible Android mascot collectibles for those of us who are crazy about Android and just want to let everybody know it. The collectible figures were created by artist Andrew Bell with the … Continue reading
Too Much Political Gunk to Keep Track of? Check This Site Out
I find it a daunting task to even attempt to keep track of the moves that the President is making, much less all the other political talking heads out there. That’s where I feel most Americans draw an imaginary line … Continue reading
World’s Strongest and Most Expensive Beer
BrewDog Brewery, based in Northern Scotland has recently unveiled their aptly named The End of History beer is now available (well it’s actually sold out at the moment). Why is this beer honored with the title ‘the end of history’? … Continue reading
Graffiti Artists Cleaning Up Their Town
You probably think this post is about some graffiti artists being forced to remove tags from buildings, bridges, etc to make reparations for some of their handiwork, when that could hardly be further from the truth. Internationally, a new phenomenon … Continue reading
Awesome Documentary – RiP: A Remix Manifesto
I recently read about this documentary (RiP: A Remix Manifesto) that discusses the new era of intellectual property and its affect on creativity and culture in the United States and abroad. The documentary focuses on the argument that remix artists … Continue reading
Want to Eliminate that Vuvuleza Drone During World Cup Matches? Here’s How!
A product manager at National Instruments has written up a little piece of software that he uses on the backend of NIs LabView software to automatically filter out the the noise coming from the South African horns known as vuvulezas … Continue reading
Google Docs Updates Go Live for All – My Favorites
Google Docs just went live for everyone today with the updates that were revealed a couple of months ago. I am going to run down the list of what I feel are the most important and useful of these updates … Continue reading
Korg Kaossilator Pro
You have probably…well maybe, heard of a Kaoss Pad, the touch screen device that basically allows the user to manipulate any audio signal that passes through it in real time. Now Korg has taken their Kaoss Pad to the next … Continue reading
Deus Custom Motorcycles
Deus is a motorcycle company unlike any other..that I know of. The Sydney Australia-based company creates masterpieces from existing hardware. For this post, I will focus on the motorcycles, but Deus also makes custom fixed gear bicycles! I smell another … Continue reading
Google Custom Backgrounds Goes Global (and how to disable them)
Google has announced a new way to spruce up their default search page. You can now add a photo background to the Google Search page from your computer, a Picasa web album or any public Picasa gallery. Google states that … Continue reading
World Cup Ad Starring Daft Punk + Snoop Dogg
Daft Punk + Snoop Dogg star in new World Cup ad; Nike’s Write the Future ad + How to track the World Cup via Twitter! Continue reading
New Multitouch Instrument Makes Debut
The Linnstrument, a fully functional multitouch, pressure sensitive instrument that connects to a computer via USB and utilizes a proprietary application to create the audio. The product works similarly to a midi keyboard or other similar device but has some … Continue reading
mighty wallets
These are some really cool wallets (totes, tags and other stuff too) that are stylish but out of the ordinary as well. They’re crafted from Tyvek (express mail envelopes for instance) making them tear-resistant, water-resistant, expendable and recyclable (according to … Continue reading
Red Hot Chili Peppers Have a New Guitarist?
The Red Hot Chili Peppers performed a cover of Neil Young’s “A Maid Needs a Man” at the 2010 MusiCares Person of the Year event in LA on January 29. While this is interesting and fun and all, the real … Continue reading
Update on the Apple iPad
I have had a couple days to evaluate the iPad, and I have a few more thoughts on the subject. First, it is a big iPod Touch for all intensive purposes. I praised the device for its design and still … Continue reading
Apple Announces iPad
Today Apple made its much anticipated announcement of its tablet device which we now know to be called the iPad. From what there is to see, it looks like this device will take the best features of e-readers, netbooks and … Continue reading