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Hitler reacts to the Green Bay Packers loss to the Giants

It is tough seeing your home team win a super bowl, go 15-1 in the regular season, and then flame out bad in the first playoff game. Such was the case this year with the Green Bay Packers... To help cope with the loss, I made a Hitler parody of the ...

Tough Mudder Essential Gear, Training and Preparation

So in a little more than a week, I am competing in the Tough Mudder Wisconsin 2011 event, which is an obstacle course designed by British Special Forces. I'm not exactly sure why I'm doing this... it turned out to be more of a dare than anything, but a team of 4 of us ...

Photos from the Union Protests in Madison, Wisconsin

A lot has happened in Madison, Wisconsin the last week since Scott Walker announced the proposed state budget cuts, changes to state worker contributions to pensions and health care, and the limitations to collective bargaining. Since I'm doing my photo-a-day project, the protests made for some solid subject matter. I went ...

Take a photo-a-day, EVERYDAY for a year!

It goes by many names (photo-a-day, PAD, Project 365, etc.), but attempting to 'make' a picture every day for a year is anything but an easy task. I've been intrigued by other photographers who have done this, so one of my new year's resolutions for myself was to give it ...

Boxee Box in-depth Review: a $200 powerhouse

The highly anticipated release of the Boxee Box is finally upon us! Since its debut at CES in January 2010, the thought of a relatively cheap consumer electronics device that could take the place of a typical media PC was indeed attractive. While most likely initially targeted at those already ...

Top 50 Android Apps for the HTC Evo 4G

After having the HTC Evo 4G for just over a month, thought I would spill the beans on all the Apps I've been using (afterall, Apps is my name...) While these will likely work on most Android phones, they are all ones I use on the HTC Evo. Since there ...

PopBox Quick Review. Verdict? It’s a Poopbox

Note: The following is a review and unboxing done on 7/19/2010, with basically 'launch' firmware of the Popbox Media Player. In it's current state, it justly deserves my moniker, "Poopbox". As a fan of the oddly named Popcorn Hour A-100 media tank (which I did a number of reviews), I had ...

Gadget Review: EOS Canon 7D

After spending a few weeks with the Canon 7D, I decided to put together my mini-review of the camera. I was able to take it to a few events, and also on a 5-day vacation to Athens, Greece where it got quite a workout. For perspective of this review, prior ...

The Lost Art of Creating a Mix Tape

In the land of multi-terrabyte hard drives, iPods, MP3's and 'infinite playlists', the art of actually using some restrain and editing to create a cohesive, interesting representation of your musical self is an art form long lost. On my continual quest for quality and fresh music, about twice a year I ...

Palm Pre vs. Treo 700p with SERO Plan

While there have been countless comparisons of the Palm Pre to the Apple iPhone, I haven’t seen many comparing the Palm Pre to the Treo line of products (Treo 650, Treo 700p, Treo 755p, Treo Centro). There are still tens of thousands of old Sprint SERO customers ...