The lads over at T3 have drawn up the ultimate gadget wish list. We’ve sneakily lifted these masculine must-haves so that you can look forward to devoting more time to Christmas shopping for yours truly this festive season…
Having been coding for 16 years now (I started quite young), I have seen a lot of bad code. Code is not good just because it works. So here’s a quick list of 10 tips that you’d better keep in mind while coding.
Microsoft’s Vista has widely inspired the “Why do I need that?” question, which past “killer applications” have answered in different ways for different platforms during three decades of personal computing.
XNA Game Studio Express is Microsoft’s game developer kit for homebrew and hobbyist developers and is available as a free download. Express includes a basic “starter kit” for rapid development of specific genres of games. It was released with a space shooter. In the future there will be kits for platform, real-time strategy, and first-person [...]
It may come as a shock to some people that tech companies are corporations–charged first and foremost with making money. Still, it sometimes seems like it wouldn’t hurt Big Tech to treat us just a little bit better. Here are some of the ways companies try to screw you… and how a savvy customer can [...]
Like a real life Indiana Jones, maverick archeologist David Hatcher Childress has taken many incredible journeys to some of the oldest and most remote spots on earth. Writing prolifically of lost cities and ancient civilizations, he has produced no less than six lengthy books (the Lost Cities series) chronicling the dimly remembered glories of obscure [...]
If your Internet connection seems slow, the first step is to actually benchmark it at an Internet speed test site. An Internet speed test can give you a fairly accurate indication of how much bandwidth is available to you at the current time. Whether you have high speed broadband or a dial-up Internet connection, an [...]
Whew. We were planning to throw together a quick compilation of our five favorite commercials from way back in the 1980s, but then we found more…and more…and more. Eventually we just had to stop so we could get this monstrous thing posted before the weekend. So without further ado, with minimal commentary, we hereby count [...]
I know that Christmas is all about traditions but I am finding the familiar traditions to be a bit boring. I mean, does it always have to be the same? Same tree, same lights, same food….yawn! I want to be able to have fun for the holidays, and to me, doing the same exact thing [...]
Fumbling when it comes to investing? Don’t panic. There are easy ways to get your money to work for you.
Sports Illustrated assigned me to Team SI NFL this fall, writing on America’s Real Pastime. I’ve done some NFL coverage in the past, but much more college football. The differences between Sunday football and Saturday (or Thursday) football have been dogging me since August. My top eight:
I was asked to write this by a bunch of other bartenders late one night as we all sat around talking about our nights. We all voted on our least-favorite things to hear when we’re busy, night in and night out. However, please remember one thing as you read through this list: it’s supposed to [...]
Gamers all across the world are discovering the glorious goriness Gears of War is dripping with. Gear yourself up for the 30 most unforgettable moments from this spine-tingling shooter!
I combed the depths of history and my memory to pull together a (very subjective) list of the best and worst innovations to hit console gaming. Rather than full systems (with a few obvious exceptions), I chose to focus on peripherals and concepts. Enjoy!
There’s hardly a longer-standing tradition in video gaming than the boss. You know how it works–you plow through wave after wave of lesser enemies, cutting them down with your sword or mowing through them with your machine gun, until you finally reach the big bad dude at the end of the level. Bosses come in [...]
Well, my Wii finally arrived on Saturday morning, so it’s been a happy weekend, and I can now barely type with my right arm. Because taking sensible breaks from Wii Sports Tennis is Just Too Annoying. But anyway, having dived headlong into the Mii Creator on Nintendo’s console, here’s my 30 suggestions for extra bits [...]
There are some hugely moving shots in this lot, the drama of the situation captured by some very skillful and talented photographers.
