Some shots of businesses that have a questionable grasp of English. Link, via mental_floss. Thanks, Jnova!

If all of this sounds familiar, it should. (Kids to young to know what Beta is, please read here.) With the last nail in the coffin of HD DVD laid by Warner and Toshiba withdrawing support for HD DVD, let's take a trip back 20 years (or further) to see what the landscape was for […]

Ever since I gave Comcast the boot and FiOS the welcome, I've not been using the Miglia TV MiniHD receiver since FiOS doesn't use QAM modulation. The USB receiver does however tune ATSC if you have a good antenna and some nearby transmitters. The included antenna is mostly a joke unless you live very close […]

From Mario and Luigi.

I've just installed a great set of audio plug-ins on my system and must say they work terrifically. Called blockfish, spitfish and floorfish from digitaldishphones.com, they will compress, de-ess and expand/gate you audio. And to sweeten the deal, they're extremely easy to use with easy minimal interfaces that make sense. I used it successfully to […]

After reading that Apple now requires one to use a credit or debit card to buy an iPhone (to limit unlockers), Slashdot reminds us that Apple is not obligated to accept your hard earned cash, contrary to what you (and myself!) might think. According to the U.S. Treasury FAQ: There is, however, no Federal statute […]

This weekend, Bre Pettis of MAKE: Weekend Project showed how to make a foxhole radio. This project was very approachable since it didn't require any specialized electronics, hard to find diodes, chips, resistors, latches, etc etc. It used simple wires, thumbtacks, safety pin, pencil, etc. So what you see is my attempt at making one […]

Does the new Chevy truck bear a resemblance to anything you may have seen (fictitious or not) in the past? National Lampoon's Vacation Family Truckster, perhaps?Click for a larger image. Okay, maybe just the headlights, but come on!

Found a clever animated video (not official) for the song Minimum Wage by They Might be Giants. Link.

If you use phpMyAdmin to administer a MySQL database on your server, be warned that you need to keep it up to date. Security vulnerabilities are discovered all the time so you can't rely on an obscure pathname to it to keep you safe. Below is an examtple of the paths that I've noticed are […]