Streamline your shopping with the Internet (and save $$$)
on Nov 20, 2009 in Lifestyle Design online shopping save money Here's a quick tip when you start thinking about your Christmas shopping lists. The online and traditional brick-and-mortar store prices of the same company may be drastically different. A few weeks ago, The Fiancée and I left for a weekend in Lake...

Announcing the Electronically Obsessed Newsletter!
on Nov 19, 2009 in Announcements Why should I sign up? Everyday, I find lots of great tech tips and tech deals that I simply don't have the time to mention on Electronically Obsessed.  The tech deals include a wide range of products from laptop deals (a full functional laptop for $...

Break free from you cable or satellite subscriptions (Part III): Netflix on the Playstation 3
on Nov 16, 2009 in Internet streaming Product and Service Reviews Netflix playstation 3 Internet Streaming vs. Blu-ray The Playstation 3 is more than just a game console - it's actually a Trojan horse.  In 2006, Sony used the Playstation 3 as a weapon against Toshiba in the Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD high-definition video war.  By equipping e...

Break free from your cable or satellite subscriptions (Part II): PlayOn Media Server
on Nov 12, 2009 in Internet streaming Product and Service Reviews Internet TV PlayOn playstation 3 Wii Xbox 360 While Internet TV can be used as a replacement for cable or satellite subscriptions, most people like to enjoy their television programming in their living rooms.  For some, watching television on their computer screens is just not as satisfying. ...

Establishing your online presence (Part II): Putting up your website
on Nov 11, 2009 in Product and Service Reviews blog BlueHost Wordpress In Part I of the "Establishing your online presence" series, we discussed selecting a webhosting provider.  In this article, we will discuss how you can quickly and easily design and construct a new website using an open-source tool available via th...

Establishing your online presence (Part I): Webhosting
on Nov 10, 2009 in Product and Service Reviews webhosting Businesses and individuals have maintained websites for years.  In the past, putting up a decent website might cost thousands of dollars and months of development.  These days, with the use of a few simple tools and a few dollars a month, you can r...

Break free from your cable or satellite subscriptions (Part I): Internet TV
on Nov 4, 2009 in Internet streaming Lifestyle Design cable satellite Who needs seventeen premium movie channels and forty-three music channels?  Who needs a terrible digital video recorder (DVR) that is slow, unreliable, and expensive?  Who needs expensive monthly subscription fees? With a television, computer, and...

Dropbox + iPhone = Your Media Everywhere
on Nov 2, 2009 in Internet streaming dropbox iPhone These days, even casual music listeners can have Gigabytes of media files on their computers.  While portable media devices such as the Apple iPhone allows people to carry their media with them, some desire even more flexibility in how they consume...

Automate your backup: Dropbox
on Oct 30, 2009 in Product and Service Reviews backup dropbox file sharing synchronization The last thing anyone wants to think about is data backup.  Yeah, it's boring and can be super complicated.  No one wants to deal with backups until that fateful day when your data is gone.  Just think, your photos, music, documents... all gone. S...

Moving to the Cloud: Taking Inventory
on Oct 28, 2009 in Internet streaming Lifestyle Design Clutter reduction That's it, dude.  I got tired of all this clutter.  Eliminate, eliminate, eliminate. I've reduced my entire life down to one suitcase and a single Blu-ray disk. - Jason Admittedly, I'd always found Jason (not his real name) a bit crazy, but interes...