Monthly archives: January, 2014

Futurebirds

Futurebirds | Hampton’s Lullaby

If you’re into psychedelic country rock, think you might be, aren’t sure what it is or you’re currently stoned this album is probably for you.  Hailing from Athens, GA these guys are relatively new to the scene but they’ve been gaining a lot of steam lately.   I’m not sure if the name is a witty…




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Log Me In axes free accounts, says to log out or pay up

If you are a person who sometimes needs the ability to access a computer remotely from a mobile device and are also a customer of LogMeIn, there are some changes that have been announced that you will need to be ready for. Namely that their free accounts are being ditched, and they are giving customers…




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Supreme Court to decide if police need a warrant to search your phone

The only people on earth that probably don’t realize (or care) how many laws this breaks or how many constitutional rights it goes against are of course the group tasked with making the decision. I am fairly certain if you asked any citizen of the US if this was something under any circumstance that should…




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Verizon adds a new 250MB shared data plan to no applause

In what seems to be Verizon’s never ending quest to offer lesser service at a higher cost to their subscribers, today they introduced a new addition to their share everything plans that is an absolute slap in the face. 250MB worth of data for an entire month is less to laugh at and more to…




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Motorola adds more wood options to custom Moto X, also slashes price

It seems as though each of the major manufacturers in the phone market all have their own trademark build material for their flagship phones. HTC has the all aluminum One series, Samsung owns the plastic/faux leather market, Apple made glass on both sides of the phone popular, and Motorola even has Kevlar. Well today Motorola added another feather…




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PhotoShop: How to record an action

In a previous article I wrote about using a Logitech G13 gamepad as a tool for editing pictures in Photoshop I mentioned the ability to set custom actions. In this post I will show you how to record an action, and then assign it a keyboard shortcut to save you time. It is a relatively…




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Seasick Steve | You Can’t Teach An Old Dog New Tricks

Man what can I say about Seasick Steve…well for starters this dude is real as fuck. He’s an old bluesman who spent most of his younger years as a hobo doing all the usual hobo stuff: riding trains, living on the streets, getting locked up and playing the blues. Just listen to a few of…



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Leef Bridge USB 3.0 flash drive flaunts dual connectors

There are a plethora of ways to transfer files on and off you phone or computer, but few devices can connect directly to both that don’t require WiFi, wires, or cloud storage services. The Leef Bridge however packs both a full-size USB 3.0 connector and a microUSB port allowing you to connect to PCs, Macs,…




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DirecTV rains on The Weather Channel’s parade

If you are a DirecTV customer and attempt to tune into The Weather Channel, you will now instead be greeted by WeatherNation, its replacement. Because of an unsettled dispute between the two providers TWC has been dropped from the DirecTV lineup. This is certainly not the first time we have seen a carrier drop content…




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Sony Xperia Z1 pictures show potential bending issue

I know curved smartphones seem to be the thing to do right now, but only when it’s intentional and comes that way from the manufacturer. In the case of Sony’s Xperia Z1, well, let’s just say it’s users are a little bent out of shape right now. Taking to the forums, people are posting pictures…