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This has been passed around the Internet the past week, but I wanted to touch on it here.  If you visit the website http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com using a browser other than Chrome, you are prompted that your experience might be limited on the website.  That being said, you might want to download Chrome JUST for this website. [...]

In a new release of the Skype 5 Beta, they have expanded the group calling feature to not just five people, but to 10-way calling at once!  I thought I was being spoiled by the 5 person calling feature, but now the ability to call up to 10 people at once and talk together is [...]

In this video I talk about the new calling feature in Gmail which allows you to make calls on your computer for free to any number in the US and Canada.  I also compare it to the paid Skype Credit service. I also learn how to answer my own questions…  Enjoy!

Yes, you read correctly, there is a new Digg.com.  Digg version 4 to be exact.  I was finally invited to the Digg v4 Alpha months ago, so that let me take a sneak peak at what was to come.  And I won’t lie, the new Digg was amazing in Alpha.  It is more social than [...]

In this edition of “TWISB”, I attempt to fly solo for the first time.  Tyler has always told me that I can talk politics by myself with no problem, and it turns out he’s right.  Just a microphone, and myself with some thoughts.  Of course there was a little inspiration.  All it takes is someone [...]

Love him or hate him, what I am about to share with you might change your mind about how you view JB….or not.  Anyway, someone on the Interwebz took his song and slowed it down by 800%.  This song has gone around the net for a few days, and the likelihood of you having already heard it [...]

The title of this post says it all.  What do you do with a brand new Mac?  Let’s back up a tad first.  Ok, so I was browsing the Apple store the other day and came across the 17 inch Mac Book Pro.  This computer is something I have always wanted.  I’ve wanted it longer [...]

Hola people of the Internet.  This site has served a lot of things in the past.  It used to be a total technology site, then it began hosting podcasts I produce, and now I turned it into a personal weblog to capture any aspect of my life.  I want to transition it again into a [...]

There has been a lot of hype recently about the new version of Internet Explorer.  Internet Explorer 9 is set to come out in beta form in September.  Microsoft is actually planning an event to launch the browser.  Why?  Has a browser ever gotten an event for a beta announcement?  Not that I can recall, [...]

YES!  So, we have all seen the trailer for the upcoming movie devoted to telling the story of how Facebook got its start.  But now, there is this hilarious parody that involves social network Twitter.  Mashable deems the clip: “The mock-trailer for the fake movie, dubbed The Twit Network, pokes fun at the inanity of some [...]

Wired.com ran a story and video showing behind the scenes construction and workings of the new Bay Bridge.  I am so intrigued by this.  In high school I was in a class called Principles of Engineering.  In that class, I learned a lot about design and the formulas and mathematics behind these big projects.  We had to build Manila folder bridges [...]

So, quite some time ago I saw these shoes online called Vibram FiveFingers.  For a long time I had also considered actually getting them.  At that time, I was in high school, and so I thought about wearing these in the hall and around school.  The amount of foot traffic around the halls between classes [...]

Just wanted to share a video that recently made it to the homepage of Digg.com.  The description stated: “TED Talks Speaking at the most recent EG conference, author, philosopher, prankster and journalist A.J. Jacobs talks about the year he spent living biblically — following the rules in the Bible as literally as possible.”

The time has come for me to finally release a review of my main cell phone.  I have had the BlackBerry Curve 8530 for about a month and thus far am in love with the device.  My previous phone, the Samsung Delve, turned out to be a horrible choice in a phone.  The Delve was [...]

I live in Iowa and for the past month we have been experiencing a lot of storms.  I was driving home from class tonight and all around me was constant lightning.  Huge bolts of lightning all around me.  It was fantastic.  I so wanted to get a picture of it…but I was unable.  For safety [...]

Hello one and all.  I am here today to let ya know that I am changing things up.  Yes, making some changes.  You may have noticed that the header of my blog has changed to state The Weblog of Tyler S. Miller.  It used to say something along the lines of Technology Enthusiast.  The reason [...]

I have not had a chance to try out this program yet because I recently reverted to all Windows XP systems, but when I upgrade again to Windows 7, this program is coming along for the ride.  Blink! is a free program that allows you to log into your computer by using your webcam.  It [...]

The latest version projects images of rain and snow over the areas with those weather patterns as it’s actually happening! First enable the clouds layer, then zoom in to a particular location where it might be raining or snowing. I am still baffled by how this works.  Google is making great tech advances.  Implementing real-time rain [...]

I was in Wal Mart a while ago and managed to snag this picture.  It’s from my phone, so the quality is bad, but its basically showing Wal Mart leans toward Windows XP for their self checkout machines.  I sure hope Wal Mart applies security patches….

This is another guest post from Shawn Dietz: dietz37@hotmail.com.  Enjoy: Watch this video… United States Attorney General, Eric Holder, supposedly the top law enforcement authority in the country has refused to enforce voter intimidation laws against the man shouting about killing “crackers” and “cracker babies” in this video. I’ve said it before and I’ll say [...]

Don’t know about you, but I love me some good ole hacking!  In this case, hacking your own company.  Good on you Facebook, good on you! So, let me explain.  Rather, let TechCrunch explain: One of the senior engineers at Facebook responsible for SRE (site reliability engineering) challenged Facebook employees to try to compromise him [...]