Welcome, or welcome back reader. If you’ve been following the blog, you’re probably wondering what happened. What happened to this blog, my twitter account, my position at makeuseof. In a word, life. In February, I decided it was necessary to take some time off and focus on school and social activities. Was it the right… [Read more…]
February 18, 2010
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If you want to keep your iPod or iPhone safe, and have style at the same time, then you should check out the U-Pouch series from UNIEA. I’ve had the chance to get one, and I can vouch for it: it’s light, feels well built and looks great on your device. A slide in case… [Read more…]
January 6, 2010
How can you judge the value of an article, a blog, readership? Without getting too deep into the problem, let’s take a moment and think about how you can assess value. I think the problem can be broken down into two distinctive criteria of judgment: subjective and objective opinion. Let’s start off with objective, because things are… [Read more…]
December 23, 2009
There’s something about the end of the year that suppresses some of the superficiality of day-to-day life and calls for synopsis of faits accompli. For the Tux Geek blog, it’s certainly been an interesting year. While we didn’t make any leaps and bounds in popularity, I believe we posted quality content in which we believe in, and offered our… [Read more…]
December 14, 2009
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Created by the same guys that brought to market the original La Fonera, the Fonera 2.0g surpasses even the most demanding expectations. It successfully combines the benefits of joining the Fonero community, a top notch WiFi router and an application platform. Yes, believe it or not, this little stylish box will actually take the load… [Read more…]
December 12, 2009
Why It’s Game Over for Firefox, Mozilla How’s that for a sensationalistic headline? In all seriousness now, after pondering the issue for a good part of the evening, I realised how fine a line Firefox is walking, even more now than in the past. This article was prompted more or less by the fact that… [Read more…]
December 10, 2009
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I think once in a while we should all take a minute or two out of our hectic lives and look back at things, put them in perspective. If you ever woke up at your desk in the morning, with your work attached to your face, you know what I mean. If you enjoy your… [Read more…]
June 6, 2009
From technology enthusiasts to the average Joe running Windows, everyone was looking at Microsoft for the past 2 years, their hopes gathered around a simple name: Windows 7. There are many reasons why this version of Windows was sought after, not the least being the public relations nightmare brought by Vista. But did Microsoft come… [Read more…]
July 2, 2010
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