Tech Coming to the UK
It’s a good time to be in a geek in the UK at the moment. Over the past week there’s been a raft of announcements for predominately US-based offerings making it across the pond so here’s a quick round up…
Fun With the Periodic Table of Elements
Few things could be more geek-centric than finding amusement in playing with the Periodic Table of the Elements. There are tons of ways to take what some might see as a boring part of chemistry class and make it into…
Sticker Munch Make Logos Fun at The Gadget Show
Novelty sticker company Sticker Munch launched at last week’s The Gadget Show Live and I was able to grab an interview with MD and founder, Sufian Hassan. Sticker Munch offer a range of novelty stickers that put the fun back into…
What’s a Geek?
The OED (@OEDonline) has been tweeting on geeks today. The word ‘geek’ was first applied to overly diligent students in the 1950s, and to computer obsessives from around 1984. However, as early as 1876 ‘geek’ was an English regional (northern)…
B-Squares: Modular Solar Powered Electrics
I sometimes think that between KickStarter and Etsy anything that can be imagined, will become reality… Today’s funding opportunity from KickStarter are B-Squares, a 3D modular solar powered energy system that connects up using magnetic and electrical contacts. There’s solar…
OTT Tsunami
We’ve been hearing quite a lot about Internet-delivered video content lately. Trends sometimes seem to advance slowly over a long period of time but then tumultuous market shifts seem to happen overnight. Blockbuster just filed for bankruptcy. Blockbuster was unable…
Fun With Android – “Camera 360”
A few months have passed since getting my Sprint HTC Evo. I’ve had a chance to try out a number of different apps. I’ve finally found one I liked well enough to buy. “Camera 360” is a full-featured software camera…