I was putting together a list of essential plug-ins, tips, and tricks for a friend who is starting a new WordPress-based blog and was looking for advice, but I figured this can help more than just him, so I’m publishing it here. The following guide will help you get your new blog off the ground, [...]
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Snow Leopard First Impressions
August 29th, 2009 
Evan I got my copy of Apple’s newest Incarnation of Mac OS X yesterday, impressively shipped to me by Apple for free via FedEx Priority Overnight. I haven’t put it through a thorough workout quite yet, but first impressions are very important for any new OS, and Snow Leopard has so far impressed me. The install [...]
Top Five Features The iPhone Needs
August 13th, 2009 Evan The iPhone is a very awesome palm-sized computer and phone and is the catalyst of a new generation of smart phones, but there are certain things it lacks that would greatly improve it. Some of these features are even already available to those willing to jailbreak their phone and install unauthorized 3rd party software, so [...]
Enable Emoji Icons On Your iPhone
July 14th, 2009 Evan Emoji Icons are a rather extensive set of icons (Emoji being the Japanese word for what we call emoticons or smilies) that are common in Japanese text messaging and web sites and are essentially have been standardized in Japan. They are available on the iPhone and are very fun to use, but it takes a [...]
Five Small Changes in iPhone OS 3.0 That Rule
July 9th, 2009 Evan There’s been a ton of talk about the big new features that everyone loves in the latest version of the iPhone‘s operating system. Copy & paste, landscape keyboard, MMS (Still waiting on you, AT&T!), and of course better speed come readily to mind. What hasn’t been discussed as much, however, is the small stuff that [...]
Japanese “Kaguya” Satellite Crashes Into The Moon
June 23rd, 2009 Evan There are some awesome videos floating around on the Internet, but few are as unique as getting to watch the last minute of a satellite’s life before it crashes in to the moon.
Top Ten Google Logos
June 4th, 2009 Evan There have been a lot of Google “Doodles” over the years for various different holidays, anniversaries, or events. The following depicts what, at least in my opinion, have been the best of the best based off the creativity and originality in the alteration of their standard logo. Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss! – March 2, 2009 [...]
Top Ten Must-Have Free iPhone Apps
May 23rd, 2009 Evan I love my iPhone 3G. It’s fun, it’s useful, and it continually amazes me that Apple was able to enter a market it previously had zero role in and instantly cause the rest of the industry to start playing catch-up. Anyone who who has one will tell you that the absolute best part about it [...]
iPhone 3G Speed Test
December 25th, 2008 Evan This is the first of what I can probably guarantee you will be several posts about the Apple iPhone 3G, now that I am lucky enough to have what is easily the best cell phone currently on the market. 3G service has been touted as fast (at least by cell phone standards) for a long [...]
Good news, everyone! The world didn’t end.
September 10th, 2008 Evan If you are privy to the major experiments going on within the scientific community, or if you’ve listened to any of the main stream media over the last few days, you’re probably aware that today was the day that the Large Hadron Collider was turned on. This is the largest, most powerful, and most energy [...]
