Monthly Archive: February 2012

SNL Does a Great Take on Verizon’s Deceptive Ads

Verizon ads may be long, but they say absolutely nothing. That’s the premise to one of SNL’s latest parody ads which spoofed Verizon. The video below is exaggerated, but it really gets me thinking. How many of us really understand what they are selling us? How do we know we aren’t being scammed. I don’t know. The one thing I do know is that this...

Why We Need An Indestructible iphone

Hey My Fellow Nerds,You know what one of the most depressing things about my iphone 4 is? It’s incredibly well designed, and yet I must keep the nice brushed metal, glass back, and glass front buried in a see of plastic, and rubber protection. The Plastic gets scuffed, so the glass doesn’t. Either way, when I take my phone out of my pocket, there are scuff...

How To Free Your Photos

Are your photos at the mercy of some large corporation? Yes? Most of mine are too. That’s why I was fascinated when I heard of a grand liberating photo site titled Open Photo. It addressed a problem I had never really thought of before. What happens if my photo-sharing company starts trying to monetize? Will I be able to move my photos? That is...