Christmas is one of my favorite times of the year. Lots of food, the start of the college football bowl games and no work for at least two days. It’s also because I give the best gifts. I get to give all the cool, noisy toys to my niece and nephews because [...]
A List of 10 Great Christmas Movies to Watch at Home
By Bill Wagner on Dec 16, 2008 within Coffee Break, Entertainment, Lists | Comments
Happy 233rd Birthday to the USMC!
By Bill Wagner on Nov 10, 2008 within Coffee Break | Comments
I know this is not a typical technology post, but I wanted to say Happy Birthday to all the other Devil Dogs out there! On April 19, 1775, British troops fire on Minutemen on Lexington (Mass.) Common and the American Revolution begins. Then, on 10 November, 1775, the Continental Congress authorizes two battalions [...]
Top 10 Technologies That Will Help Change the World
By Bill Wagner on Nov 4, 2008 within Featured, Lists, Technology | Comments
Recently, MIT’s Technology Review published their list of the ten emerging technologies that they feel are most likely to change the way we live. Sadly, the ‘Hotdoll’ and the ‘USB Stripper’ were left off the list, but the list does include ‘Modeling Surprise’, ‘Probabilistic Chips’, ‘NanoRadios’, ‘Wireless Power’, ‘Atomic Magnetometers’, ‘Offline Web Applications’, ‘Graphene [...]
L.A. Company Announces Gadget Buyback
By Bill Wagner on Mar 7, 2008 within Coffee Break | Comments
Are you one of those people who must have all the newest gadgets? You have to run to the store the night before something comes out so you can get it as soon as it hits the shelves? Then after a few months, you suffer from “Man, was that a stupid purchase” syndrome. [...]
Modu Announces New Transforming Cell Phone
By Bill Wagner on Feb 21, 2008 within Coffee Break | Comments
Let’s face it. Right now, there are a lot of mobile phones on the market. Phones for music, phones for texting, phones for email, and every now and then you can find a phone for talking. The problem is that because of all the contracts we’re forced to sign, we can only [...]
The Top 15 Geek Movies of All Time
By Bill Wagner on Feb 19, 2008 within Entertainment, Featured, Lists, Reviews | Comments
Since the Oscars are just around the corner, I thought we’d nerd it up a little before everyone starts thanking all the writers, their parents, the writers, their spouses, the writers, etc. I’ve tried to compile a list of movies that every self-respecting Nerd should see. While there are a lot of great [...]
25 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows XP Users
By Bill Wagner on Feb 5, 2008 within Featured, Tips, Windows | Comments
If you’re like me, your experience when you sit down at the computer is more of a ‘point and click’ thing than a ‘carpal tunnel generating’ thing. However, there are times (rare maybe) that I spend a little more time at the keyboard, and I find it irritating to have to scroll through a [...]
5 Must-Have Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Sets
By Bill Wagner on Feb 1, 2008 within Books, Entertainment, Reviews | Comments
So the writers strike has got you down, huh? You checked out some of the shows that Riley suggested but you just weren’t into them. You sympathize with the writers and their plight. Well, what better way to pay tribute to writers and their craft than to read!! Here are few [...]
Yes, You Are Talking to a Machine (How to Get a Human on the Phone)
By Bill Wagner on Jan 24, 2008 within Coffee Break, Tips | Comments
All the presents have been opened and the family sent packing. The college football bowl games are over and you are finally starting to wake up from the tryptophan induced coma. You’re probably wondering what to do now. Well, if your Christmas went anything like mine, you probably need to return those [...]
Recharged: Wirelessly!
By Bill Wagner on Dec 18, 2007 within Coffee Break | Comments
Have you seen the post from Lifehacker detailing the construction of a DIY charging stations? If not, it is worth a look here. But let’s face it, if you assemble one of these devices, all you are really doing is acquiring ANOTHER cord! And then there’s the IKEA box that you have to buy [...]
How To Create a Poster Using Microsoft PowerPoint
By Bill Wagner on Dec 12, 2007 within Guides, Tips, Windows | Comments
If you are like me, everyone around you uses a Mac and you’re the only one with a Windows machine. So, when you have a computer question about something, you can’t lean over and ask your co-worker (because they just laugh at you and say ‘Apple has a sale on MacBooks right now’). Instead [...]
Mathematics - Making an Even Merrier Christmas!
By Bill Wagner on Dec 7, 2007 within Coffee Break, Tips | Comments
Last night I was wrapping a Christmas present, and because I’m so frugal (that’s fancy talk for cheap), I broke out the ruler and measuring tape to ensure that I minimized wrapping paper waste. It never fails that after wrapping a large item there are a lot of little pieces left over. These scraps [...]