Welcome to BigBlackGlasses.com Sign in | Join | Help

BigBlackGlasses.com

The TSA makes the DMV look like fucking Delta Force.

News

  • I trust that your minds are developed enough to take no offense at these things. If not... well... I guess I'm just better than you, aren't I?
    Into blogcasts/podcasts? Have some time that you want to waste? You need a BBGCast!
    Chat with Mikey on Windows Live Messenger!
    See where I am by clicking here

Browse by Tags

All Tags » Contrecoup » Geekery » Toys   (RSS)
Apple, AT&T, and some crap about a new iPhone
So Apple announced their new 3G iPhone today, and I was seriously considering purchasing one.  That is until I read these two articles. This article posits that AT&T and Apple are making it so that one will need to activate the iPhone in the Read More...
Jesus Christ is a mailbox
I have absolutely nothing to write about, but I'm not going to let that stop me from making a blog post, seeing as how I haven't made one for a while. I've found this really cool application for my iPhone that looks for Wi-Fi/Cellular towers Read More...
Finally! A Robot Slave of My Own!
I recently became the proud owner of an iRobot Roomba. For those of you who aren't familiar with what this is, it's a little robot hockey puck looking thing that wanders around my house and vacuums it for me. I typically let it go do it's Read More...
My Operating System Odyssey
Forgive the overwhelming geekiness of this post, but - no, I take that back. If you don't like this, I hate you. Over the last week, I've made some big changes to my computing environment at home. I figured that I'd record some of my observations Read More...
Mac Mini Redux
About every six months, it hits me. Suddenly, and without warning I will wake up in the morning and say to myself "Why don't I have a Mac?" And for the next few days, I will go through all the associated shit - talking to friends and relatives, Read More...
He's doing it wrong
I was reading a really interesting article about birth-control through the ages over at DamnInteresting.com , and I came across this particular gem. Ancient Rome's foremost gynecologist – a physician named Soranus – wrote that women should Read More...
Windows Home Server On the Cheap... sort of.
My buddy, Robert McLaws, recently posted about how he built his beta Home Server for under $500 (he says that he's using it during the beta and will buy an OEM one when it's released... I actually think that building your own is the best bet). Read More...