Arctic Spyder III vs. Spartan

As luck would have it, my local Rite Aid drug store had the CR123A batteries I needed to power my new Spartan 1 watt blue laser. So, it’s time to put it head-to-head with the Arctic to see which one can rightfully claim the title of “most powerful portable laser”. You might be surprised at the results. (more…)

Dragon Lasers Spartan 1 Watt Blue Laser

While waiting for my Spyder III Arctic 1 watt blue laser from Wicked Lasers to arrive, I put in a separate order with another company called Dragon Lasers for their Spartan 1 watt blue laser. (more…)

Wicked Lasers S3 Spyder III Arctic Laser

Dissatisfied with your feeble red dot laser pointer? Unimpressed by it’s light sabre-less looks? Then try this monster on for size. (more…)

RGB Virtual Propeller Clock

I don’t know what it is about clocks as of late, but after experimenting with some Nixie Clock kits recently, I couldn’t help but stumble on to one of these ingenious devices. (more…)

Tethering With Jailbroken iPhone 4

Now that the U.S. government has given it’s blessing to iPhone jailbreaking, what the heck. My iPad doesn’t have 3G, so it’s time to give it a little 3G love. But beware! It’s not without risk and not without exposing a major security hole in iOS. (more…)

OWC – Your Mac’s Best Friend

I wrote last week about a memory DIMM going bad in my Mac Pro. I purchased four 2GB DIMMs from OWC over two and a half years ago, but, OWC has a lifetime warranty on memory, so it was a simple matter of calling them, getting a replacement DIMM shipped, and I was back to full memory capacity by last Friday. Bravo, OWC! (more…)