// archives

Technology

This tag is associated with 2 posts

So … this explains a lot. (Not really).

Via Digg: Apparently Stanford researchers used fMRI to understand how male and female brains respond differently while playing video games. What’s interesting isn’t that men are more easily addicted or enjoy video games more than women — any evening at my house could prove that — it was that the research found men enjoyed winning [...]

Helvetica? Pfft. Try Adatica.

Every read a newspaper, book, or Web site and lament the type font? Well, now you have the chance to create your own. Via Lifehacker comes FonStruct, a web program that lets you design your own font. Is it easy? I don’t know.I haven’t spent too much time playing with this yet — though I [...]

iPhone owners get another cool app.

Via Lifehacker, iPhone owners can now read Associated Press stories on an iPhone-friendly site. While there are other options for mobile browsing (like RSS feeds), it’s another good option for newshounds on the go.
(Yahoo! News via Lifehacker)

How to game Starbucks for free Wi-Fi

I was unaware of this, so maybe it’ll help you too the next time you try and take your lappy to a coffee shop or bookstore to do some work: AT&T has taken control of Wi-Fi hotspots at Starbucks and Barnes and Noble.
Translation: The internet is free if you have an iPhone, but not for [...]