John Oliver’s Breakdown of Data Brokering – What it is, why you should care, and a small side-order of Congressional blackmail
Of course John didn't actually blackmail anyone, but he made a valid point that sometimes the only way for things to get done is for Congress to feel the problem actually affects them. To prove his point of how vile and dangerous unregulated data-brokering is, he used completely legal and commonly used techniques to get data about several members of .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Congress, Identity Theft, John OliverRazer Cynosa V2 Gaming Keyboard – A risky buy, a regretful return
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A few years back, I bought a Razer mouse and was floored to discover that it required an online account signup with Razer just to download the drivers to make it work. Their extortive practices weren't the end as the rubber grip on the mouse fell off a while later while Microsoft and other brand mice lasted .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Corsair, RazerAsus ROG GM703 – Two year review
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At the time I bought this, ASUS and MSI were the two top contenders. Both were solid brands with good history and all the features I wanted, but MSI has a weird obsession with making the keyboard perfectly rectangular at the expense of shoving all .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Asus, Gaming, Gaming Laptop, Reviews, ROGNetflix Misses the Easy Marks
One of the reasons that Google because THE Internet search engine (though DuckDuckGo - New Search Engine Choice or Dud? is better because it protects privacy) is because they have clean, no frills interface and they WORK. They get the job done. Those two key features made it the juggernaut that it is. Netflix is .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Netflix, Streaming TVMeWe: Privacy based Facebook alternative – A Review
It's been great watching DuckDuckGo rise as a major Google competitor. I've been thrilled to see Firefox taking a more aggressive approach to protecting people as a way to combat the invasiveness of Chrome. Now we might finally have a solution to the Facebook problem. "Which problem", you might ask?
If you didn't already .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Facebook, MeWeResearch Group Concludes that Coca-Cola Paid for Favorable Research To Evade Responsibility for Obesity
According to a Cambridge study "Coca-Cola sought to obscure its relationship with researchers, minimise the public perception of its role and use these researchers to promote industry-friendly messaging."
Specifically, Coca-Cola has been found to be manipulating public information to minimize their part in the obesity crisis and instead blame exercise instead of sugary drinks. The .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Market LiesSony Camcorders – Once the King, Now the Jester
In the early 2000's I worked at Best Buy and was impressed how much better Sony camcorders were than the competition. Faster focus, better zoom, better durability, Nightvision, and so on. They were the only brand I've ever bought: a few 8mm ones, a miniDV, and finally an HDR thingy in 2013. That's where the problems started.
First, I was pretty annoyed that nightshot was no longer a feature on .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Camcorder, Handycam, Poo, SonyFinally Found a Comfortable Pillow Solution – Shredded Memory Foam Chimera!
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When you can put enough aside to afford it, a key purchase is your pillow. It's something you use every night and affects how sore and damaged you become during the weirdly dangerous act of sleeping (being over 40, yay!)
So I put my money to the test and, after research, bought each option in the "Cervical .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Memory Foam, Pillows, RPS, SleepingBlair’s Jalapeno Death Sauce – Who knew hotsauce could be good?
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With the weird macho BS surrounding hot sauces, it took me well into my thirties to finally realize that it's all silly bluster. When they say "hot enough to burn the hair off your future descendents", it's just juvenile posing. Grr! Death! Kill! Murder! RAR!
I can't even remember what led me to try this, but .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
Tags: Blairs, HotsauceRazer DeathAdder Chroma Review – Should have been great but wasn’t
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I've used a Microsoft Intellimouse for about 10 years but it finally gave up the ghost. I researched and posted in various forums to determine some good mice that were simple, comfortable, had good performance, and weren't LOUD. The Razer DeathAdder Chroma fits all those requirements well. It's good performance, has a smooth scrollwheel, .... [Click here to read the rest of this post]
