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Technically Geeking: Carlectric Boogaloo

Jul 22, 2009 24 Comments

It used to be Ferraris, Jags and Porsches. Now it’s Teslas, Volts and Priuses. Cars are the ultimate gadgets! You climb inside and become a high-speed machine with gears, dials, sensors, and of course computers. So here is a list of my favorite geek cars available now or coming soon.

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Technically Geeking: Camping Gear

Jul 08, 2009 8 Comments

Camping is supposed to be cheap fun, right? Just you and a couple friends, communing with nature – roughing it. All you need is a tent, a fire, a sleeping bag, and a clearing. Right? Turns out, if you are a gear head like me, this is just the very beginning of a long list. We’re leaving tomorrow for a four night camping trip in the Sequoias, and what you see pictured is only some of what is going in our kit.

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Technically Geeking: The Traveling Geek Show

Jun 26, 2009 2 Comments

Tips for geeks on parade. What to bring when you travel so you can get online and stay juiced up.

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Technically Geeking: The Great Firewall of China

Jun 10, 2009 11 Comments

. a blogumn by Justin Time Hot on the heels of news that the Chinese government is blocking its citizens from viewing websites containing stories related to the 20th anniversary of Tiananmen Square, yesterday the government unveiled plans to require all new PCs sold in China to have pre-installed censorship software. The software can be [...]

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Technically Geeking: New Touch Phones Coming Soon

May 27, 2009 17 Comments

Last time, I gave you some iPhone app recommendations. Now it is time for a look at the possible next-gen iPhone and its sworn enemies from Palm, BlackBerry, Microsoft, and Google. First, let’s get the next iPhone out of the way. WWDC is less than 2 weeks away, and Apple is expected to drop some [...]

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Technically Geeking: There’s An App For That.

May 13, 2009 19 Comments

. a blogumn by Justin Time No doubt you have seen the Apple commercials for the iPhone and its apps: “Say you’re a coal miner. Your canary dies and the entrance to your mining shaft collapses. There’s an app for that.” My wife joked last week that it should become the new catchphrase to replace [...]

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Technically Geeking: 94% of All Email Is Spam — No, Really

Apr 29, 2009 36 Comments

. a blogumn by Justin Time Spam, Spam, Spam… No, I’m not referring to “America’s favorite canned meat.” Sadly, I am talking about spam: everyone’s least favorite email – also known as unsolicited commercial email (UCE). This kind of spam is back to 94% of all email on the internet, according to Postini data (Google’s [...]

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Technically Geeking: Richies Riot Over Google Street View

Apr 15, 2009 20 Comments

. a new blogumn by Justin Time I’m a geek. And I like cars. That’s why last week I was captivated by a story about the geekiest car of all – the Google Street View Car. If you don’t know what this is, it’s a regular car onto which Google straps a camera and drives [...]

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