No more kitties. One of the big surprises from the 2013 Apple Worldwide Developer’s Conference in San Francisco was the name of the new operating system release. For what seems to be forever, Apple has always named their software after cats, Tiger, Lion, Snow Leopard, the list goes on. But this year is different. They’ve switched their naming conventions to California landmarks. This...
Greetings, geeks. The word-of-the-day is stop. Stop is a powerful word. This week’s GeekLift focuses on stopping two things that can annoy most anyone and we’ll take a look at stopping what you should be doing right now – working. That’s not a good thing, but what I’m about to tell you is, and addicting as hell. Welcome to Thursday’s GeekLift! [hr] 1...
I’ve begun transforming our apartment into a ‘smart’ apartment. My goal is to start adding some high-tech features to help streamline our lives with more efficiency, less headache and just a solid dose of ‘cool’. I have been testing out the Rec10 Wireless Internet Booster by Amped Wireless. So far, so good. I’m able to fill my apartment with a solid internet...
When ‘cloud’ servers started popping up, I have to admit, I didn’t know what was going on. I understood the premise, but I couldn’t quite understand how these servers would handle the massive amount of data people consumed and saved. But now ‘the cloud’ is a popular option for hosting your information. But should I be worried Google loses all my Gmail...
What’s a GeekLift? Simple. It’s boosting your geekiness. Since moving to Miami, I’ve seen plenty of face-lifts, boob-lifts, butt-lifts, boat-lifts, you name a lift, I’ve probably seen it. Sure, those things may make you look more attractive (or support that nice boat), but they don’t make you smarter! With a GeekLift, you’re learning basic tips and tricks to...
If you were asked to step away from the Internet, could you? No, stop and think hard. Could you actually stop using your cell phone apps, maps, Twitter, Facebook, Angry Birds, Skype, Facetime, Google….? Paul Miller is a man who took the challenge. I won’t tell you how it ends. But this video is quite a project by Paul and the group at The Verge. I didn’t know anything about Paul...
Dozens of amazing videos are now surfacing from those who survived the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma. Rarely do we get a view from inside a tornado, but that’s exactly what we’re seeing in this video from Charles Gafford. Here is what he had to say about this video: Full, super close-up video of the devastating tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma. Alex Rodriguez and I were in a storm...
They’ve surrounded us forever. They’re the little, animated images that you find on horribly designed home-made websites from yesteryear, to the massively-visited sports and social websites of today. The animated GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) has proven it is much more popular than the tired old .bmp, .rips, .figs and many other file formats we’ve seen over the years. The...
The pictures coming out of Moore, Oklahoma are amazing. People are able to snap pictures virtually anywhere, even when you’re escaping a massive, deadly tornado.
Thanks to @DanGordon for this amazing image. He posted this message with the image on Twitter:
A picture a friend sent leaving Moore. He is okay. #okwx#oklahoma#tornado
The Great 3D Revolution Recently the social interwebs came alive with with video of a 25-year-old, Ray Ban-clad, hat bill-flipped Texan popping off rounds from a handgun at a local gun range. It wasn’t exciting. What was, is the fact that the gun he was using was made of all plastic and it was made with a 3D printer. Cody Wilson shot once and killed twice that day. He killed the notion that...
