The Thrifty Geek: Five Steps To That Next Gadget Buy

Let’s face it: we’re in a difficult economy, we geeks. We covet the expensive, the shiny, the technologically advanced, all in spite of our financial situation. Sure, some geeks are lucky. They’re good with numbers and programming and, in spite of economic woes, can manage to get by and drive new cars and snatch up […]

Happy Birthday Texts!

It’s crazy to me that the text message is already 19 years old.  It makes me wonder what technology we have now, that’s currently being developed, that will become a part of everyday life in the near-future.  I’m hoping it’s some kind of teleportation device.  Or anti-gravity boots. According to Wikipedia, the first SMS message […]