Last week, Samsung Canada loaned me their latest flagship Android smartphone, the Galaxy S III (or S3 as the cool kids call it) ahead of their big launch June 21th in North America: After being thoroughly impressed with the Galaxy Note, I was excited to try out the latest generation of the Galaxy line. Like…
Earlier this year I heard about a new gadget that sounded very interesting, the Biolite Camp Stove. It enables the owner to burn just about anything in it’s burn chamber. But what makes it special is that it has an orange power module attached that has a USB port on it and uses the energy…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I discussed these items: Tactus touchscreen buttons – one of the biggest reasons people didn’t like the iPhone when it first launched was the lack of a physical keyboard. A new concept from Tactus Technology could make that a moot point with their new tech that makes…
This past weekend I came across a very sweet deal on Craigslist that allowed me to trade my Nikon Lensbaby Composer for a micro 4/3s Lensbaby Composer with Tilt Transformer. It’s basically the same type of Lensbaby, except that it also has the added benefit of having an integrated adaptor so you can use Nikon…
Last week I was invited on a boat cruise, literally in my own neighbourhood from the nice folks at Pitt Lake Cruises. Living in Port Coquitlam, just minutes from the Pitt River, I’ve spent a fair bit of time along it’s banks with it’s kilometers of walking/biking trails but have never been on the river…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Toughest iPhone case yet – A recently funded Kickstarter project from Snow Lizard is now shipping one of the most protective and advanced iPhone 4/4S cases I’ve ever seen. Waterproof to 20′ and can sustain a drop from up to 20′, the…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: Tire inflation just got easier: using it’s new “Easy Fill Tire Alert”, Nissan, starting in 2013 will make it much easier to keep on top of your tire pressure without the guesswork. Using indicator lights in the dash, it will identify which…
Over the weekend I experimented with some new timelapse workflows using my GoPro Hero2 camera. It involved setting up the GoPro to shoot stills at specific intervals (every 5 seconds in the case of the Sappho’s Head and every 30 seconds in the case of the Crystal Bowl) and then downsizing the stills (using an…
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: CaseApp – a new iPhone app lets you create & order a customized hardshell case for your iPhone, on your iPhone for about $30 using your own photos (source) Clothes hangers that tell you how many people ‘Like’ it – a clothing…
This past weekend I completed the longest continuous print yet on my Prusa Mendel…just under 9 hours straight. It’s the Basalt Pencil Holder from Thingiverse. It was printed at 100% scale, 0.20mm layer height with 0.10 infill on a J-Head with 0.35mm nozzle in translucent green PLA. It reached 89.8mm in height (one of the…