The netbook trend
Netbooks have reached an amazing level of popularity in a very short space of time. In 2008, the netbook saw a 3,000% increase in sales over 2007. In the third quarter, netbook sales even outpaced those of the iPhone. To…
Frequency/Amplitude reborn!
Frequency and its sequel Amplitude for the PS2 were Harmonix‘s, Guitar Hero creators and current developers of Rock Band, first foray into console gaming. The games pioneered the modern rhythm gaming craze. In fact, the biggest difference between Rock Band…
iPhone review: Vector Tanks
Vector Tanks is an iPhone game that seems to appeal to the nostalgia of former Battlezone players. I have very little connection to the source material here so I look at it through a different lens than would a player…
A cell phone retrospective
Wired has a cool photo retrospective of cell phones from the beginning to now. I never had one of the huge brick phones, but I fondly remember my StarTAC. It’s amazing how far we’ve come. I never thought I would…
Recession relief: Getting geek on the cheap
As an Internet user, you should know you never have to pay retail for almost any gadget you might want. Internet retailers can sell much cheaper and they discount much more aggressively than their brick-and-mortar counterparts. Here are some of…
Tumblr vs. Posterous: microblogging throwdown
I’ve been auditioning the two heavyweights in the greater-than-140-characters microblogging space for a bit over a week now. I can tell you right off the bat, there is no clear winner here. Both services certainly have a place. In fact,…
iPhone review: iDracula
At first glance, iDracula is visually reminiscent of the Diablo series (no, not the new rainbow/unicorn-riddled Diablo 3). Imagine my surprise when I fired up the game to find it has both feet firmly planted in a genre resurrected by…
Video: Easy Digital Music Recording
[podcast format="video"]http://raddevon.com/video/003-EasyDigitalMusicRecording.flv[/podcast] Colin Campbell is my brother, and, more importantly for the purposes of this video, he is a singer/songwriter who records music digitally and distributes it online. He uses a very cheap and simple method. If you want studio-quality…
Geek your way to a lower entertainment budget
J.D. over at Get Rich Slowly (one of my favorite blogs, btw) has a fantastic article about how he ditched cable, spent a fraction of the cost on iTunes downloads, and supplemented that with some free content from Hulu. This…