Asus Transformer Book T300 Chi – A Worthy Compromise (Review)

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Asus Transformer Book T300 Chi – A Worthy Compromise (Review)

April 10, 2015 /
It’s been some time since we last saw a major step forward for laptops in the 12-13″ range. Initially the form factor was the sole territory of low-powered netbooks, but then in 2009 Intel and NVIDIA teamed up for a one-two punch with the Atom and ION chips, offering then-unparallelled performance for such small packages, and soon after Intel joined the graphics game with their own Intel HD chipsets. In the years since we’ve seen upgrades only trickle in, with each successive model being an ...

Asus Transformer Book T300 Chi – A Worthy Compromise (Review)

Monoprice 9927 Earbuds - A Deep, Bassy Bang for Your Buck (Review)

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Monoprice 9927 Earbuds - A Deep, Bassy Bang for Your Buck (Review)

April 01, 2015 /
When it comes to choosing a pair of headphones of any form factor, it can be difficult to sort through product opinions to come to any solid conclusion about the product at hand. Some audiophiles base their purchasing decisions solely on brand or just assume that higher price equals better sound, while less knowledgeable customers will struggle to find any noticeable difference between the audio quality of a $30 pair of cans and a $300 pair. In other words, both the high-end and low-end camps have their ...

Monoprice 9927 Earbuds - A Deep, Bassy Bang for Your Buck (Review)

How to Make LibreOffice Look Awesome

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How to Make LibreOffice Look Awesome

January 30, 2015 /
If reading my last post has gotten you jumping on the LibreOffice train, you may be finding yourself thinking right now: “Eww, that thing looks like Office 97!” Because, well…yeah, it kinda does. While a UI overhaul is a frequent topic for discussion in LibreOffice circles, to date the makers of the software have been reluctant to incorporate any significant updates to the office suite’s look and feel. But this is open source software. It exists on your terms, not the other way around. While the ...

How to Make LibreOffice Look Awesome

Who Needs Microsoft Office Anymore?

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Who Needs Microsoft Office Anymore?

January 28, 2015 /
I’m not being facetious, that’s a legitimate question. There’s no doubt that Microsoft Office has been king of word processors and slide presentations pretty much since the beginning. Office was what put Microsoft on the map in the early days. However, it’s also well-known to fall a little on the pricey side, so it’s no surprise that as time has gone on and technology has matured we’ve seen more and more cheap or free alternatives crop up. Initially these alternatives weren’t even worth the ...

Who Needs Microsoft Office Anymore?

Port Forwarding – What, Why, and How (Tutorial)

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Port Forwarding – What, Why, and How (Tutorial)

January 22, 2015 /
Technology imitates life. Even in cases when it wouldn’t necessarily have to, it often does. It’s just what comes naturally to both the people making the technology and the people using it. But just because some aspect of technology is functionally similar to what you and I already know and experience every day doesn’t mean it’s immediately obvious precisely how, or how to use it, or even why we’d want to. Port Forwarding is an excellent example of this kind of scenario. While the name may sound ...

Port Forwarding – What, Why, and How (Tutorial)

Nimble Sense, Now Bringing Your Hands into VR

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Nimble Sense, Now Bringing Your Hands into VR

December 16, 2014 /
It’s already been a long, hard wait for Oculus’s virtual reality headset to hit the consumer market, but brace yourself, because it’s about to get even harder. It’s been said in VR circles that Oculus is the first pillar of VR—that being the sense of presence in a virtual space. It’s your eyes and ears, your very head. And while we’ve seen some pretty creative inventions attempting to be the second pillar, it’s been pretty obvious that these are mere iterations along the path to a more ...

Nimble Sense, Now Bringing Your Hands into VR