Mechatars – blended reality robot
This was a fun gadget to receive from the iloverobots folks. It is a Mechatar. A robot that connects to the computer that can engage in both online and offline battles. All in all it is a pretty simple robot. I would say that the average age of kid that would enjoy this robot would […]
Get rid of the Facebook live ticker
Do you hate the live ticker on Facebook as much as I do? I have found zero use in it thusfar apart from a neverending stream of bad music tastes and stories that have zero context. There is a very easy way to disable it from your life (as I have). To do this, you’ll […]
Moneyball the movie (and some advice for Hollywood)
We went to see Moneyball yesterday. Moneyball is a movie starring Brad Pitt and Johan Hill that is based on the book Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis, published in 2003, about the Oakland Athletics baseball team and its general manager Billy Beane. Its focus is the team’s modernized, analytical, […]
Tips on how to reduce noise on Facebook
I am annoyed with a lot of Facebook stuff lately. Obviously there are a lot of big changes and the world is coming to an end. One thing that I am worried about – as most people – is the privacy of my information. That is why I am pretty much resigned to deleting […]
Dissecting the latest Facebook changes
I’m trying to come to terms with all of the recent Facebook changes. As with every major Facebook release, users are confused and angry. This typically happens with any product release and people eventually get over it. Let’s face it, users hate change. There is really a fine balance in product building between adding all […]
Urbanized – a documentary by Gary Hustwit – a review
Let me start out this monologue by saying that I really loved the movie Helvetica by Gary Hustwit. People have said to me, “What? An entire movie about a font?!?”. Yes. It was a movie about a font. It was such an amazing movie that I ended up buying a copy for my Mom. Following […]
Birchbox.com Unboxing
This one is going out to all you ladies who have contemplated subscribing to Birchbox.com. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Birchbox, it is a subscription service for beauty product samples. You pay $10 a month and you receive a little box that is filled with goodies. This sounds like a dream to […]
Yoyo.com launches toys toys toys!
Wow. The fine folks at Quidsi have done it again. Quidsi is the parent company for my beloved Soap.com, Diapers.com, BeautyBar.com and Wag.com…geez. And now they have launched Yoyo.com. Yoyo is a toy store that features about 20,000 products – compared to Toyrus’ 10,000. Everyone knows that the reason I love Soap.com so much is […]
Diving Ni’ihau Hawaii
A few months ago I went to Kauai, Hawaii and ended up going out to scuba dive Ni’ihau aka The Forbidden Isle. I went with the dive operator called Bubbles Below and had a great time. My only complaint is the crossing on the way back is a good 2 hours of pure hellish torture. Vomit […]
Daily deals are so 2010
Welcome to my newsletters inbox. Tons of daily deals that I never look at or purchase anymore. I was a huge fan of daily deals in the early days when it felt cheeky and wrong to get something for 50% off and the quality of the offers was great. But these days everyone (and their […]