In the decades before streaming-era rules and digital downloads inflated album sales, platinum certification was more difficult for artists to obtain. When an artist achieved platinum status back then — selling a million or more physical copies of an album — it took a more fervent effort from fans (who…
YouTube – Laugh Out Loud Network Two-time NBA Champion Lamar Odom has had a rough go of it in his post-basketball life. But over the last year or so, Odom has seemingly turned things around and has been very open…
For years, manufacturers have been substituting small minijack connectors for MIDI – but there wasn’t any official word on how to do that, or how to wire them. That changes now, as these space saving connections get official. Our story…
Screenshot: Brett Terpstra If you frequently access the same System Preferences pane on your Mac, you can add a shortcut directly to your Dock. Here’s how: All of the default preference panes are located in /System/Library/PreferencePanes/, and you can get…
Researchers have been trying to make a "universal" blood type that anyone can receive, and it may be a reality soon — thanks to some researchers at the University of British Columbia, and to the bacteria in your guts. Read…
The Chuck, a Red Dot winning bookshelf, ticks all my boxes for innovation and design. It’s simple in its construction, easy to use, fun to interact with, can store books/media of different types and sizes, has the capacity to look…
Earlier this year, Samsung revealed their line of QLED TVs, but what was more interesting was a feature that relied on the QLED’s accurate color representation and an algorithm that literally made your Samsung TV disappear into the wall behind…
Pixabay This foota,ge of a Lamborghini Huracan Performante drag racing a Russian MIG-29K fighter jet might just be the most testosterone-fueled video you may ever see. Let’s take a look at the Tale of Tape in this epic battle at…
Photo: Marco Verch (Flickr) I wear my contact lenses most days—especially during the summer when I hope to don some fly-ass sunglasses. At the end of every month, my two flexible lenses’ lives are over. Into the bathroom garbage bin…
4Pockets have been around a very long time indeed. Back in 2011 I did an interview with 4Pockets when they launched their original version of MeTeoR (Multi-Track Recorder) for Windows Mobile! You can read about it here. A lot has…