Aug
29

Crusaders & Villains Pt1: How To Be A Superhero

I was bumbling around the bookstore the other day looking for a good book on handguns and home defense (a different story) when I stumbled across a totally geeky book, which led to another and yet another great geeky paperback for the wannabe hero or aspiring villain.

Fellow do-gooders, I’m telling you it was a treasure trove of coolness and decided to blog about them all, starting with the one that began my little odyssey; written by non other than Dr. Metropolis himself, it’s:

How to Be a Superhero

“How to Be a Superhero: Your Complete Guide to Finding a Secret Headquarters, Hiring a Sidekick, Thwarting the Forces of Evil, and Much More!”

How To Be A Superhero

 

Aug
28

Microsoft Sidewinder Mouse Returns On Steroids

Sidewinder Mouse

What we have here is the Performance Gaming Mouse System. You heard me, it’s a ‘System’, a gaming system with performance handling and custom tuning capabilities for that finicky gamer. Get the details and overview on the MS hardware site here.

Welcome to a revolution in gaming mouse performance, handling, and custom tuning. Microsoft SideWinder Mouse introduces one-of-a-kind features like veritcal side buttons, an LCD display, and a unique shape designed for quick and super-precise action.

On Gaming System features we have:

  • The first LCD on a gaming mouse
  • Cable anchor and accessories storage box. Adjust the length of the cable
  • Quick launch button

On Performance Handling features there are:

  • Vertical metal side buttons
  • Wide Metal Scroll Wheel
  • Engineered for Speed, Shape designed for quick, balance, precision gaming action.

On Custom Tuning:

  • On-the-Fly DPI Switching
  • Adjustable Mouse Weights, select your preference for mouse weight.
  • Changeable Mouse Feet, choice of three different materials for glide preference.
  • Macro Recording, record in-game macros using a dedicated macro record button.
  • Quick Turn, check your perimeter with the click of a button.
  • 5 Programmable Main Buttons

You can pre-order on Amazon for US$79.99

Aug
28

Retro MacOS Blog Theme

I’m a pushover for retro. Retro games, music, clothes, slang….and blogs. Blogs?

That’s right kitty kat, take a stroll down memory lane with the original MacOS and recall the days when computing was a daily exercise in learning something new and refreshing and gnarly dude.

Relive those totally tubular times. (clicky)

Retro MacOS Blog theme

Aug
27

The Newest Roomba Robots Are Smarter Than Ever

Roomba

MSNBC celebrates the latest robotic vacuum from iRobot, the big news is ‘they’re getting smarter’. My question is “Is it smarter than Rosie?”.

The Roomba 560 is now available, this little fellow has a lineage going back 5 years now and at US$349.99 this bugger better do a helluva job.

Among the latest enhancements in the new version of the Roomba are:

  • Won’t get stuck (riiiight)
  • Improved navigation and floor coverage
  • Improved edge and corner cleaning
  • Improved brushes and filters
  • Improved anti-tangle technology (e.g., on rug tassles or electrical cords)
  • Improved Virtual Wall blocks off-limit areas
  • Automatically returns to its Home Base to dock and recharge

You can watch a video of the model 560 in action.

If it wasn’t so durned expensive, I’d love to have one of these, but $350??

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Aug
27

Christian Manga & Complete Bible In Manga

Manga Messiah  Manga Bible

On the left what you see above is the cover to a 288 page true Manga style comic from Japanese artists to deliver the first of 5 books that will tell the stories of the Christian bible. On the right is Manga Bible at a bible thumping 1216 pages.

It’s being delivered by Tyndale House Publishers:

Offering an eye-catching rendition of the Gospels, Manga Messiah combines cutting-edge art with a fast-paced story to deliver biblical truths in a compelling and relevant way, targeting those that might not have interest in reading a traditional Bible. Features of Manga Messiah that provide context of the four gospels include illustrated character profiles and family trees of key Biblical characters, as well as maps of Galilee, Samaria and Judea.

You can read the full press release on Manga News

Looks like Amazon already has Manga Messiah for sale and available right now at just US$10.38.

The Manga Bible can be pre-ordered for the November release at US$19.99.