Yesterday I called Red Top Arlington to take me back to my car at the Vienna Metro Station after a long day at work and received a confirmation text on my phone. The confirmation also included a link to this Taxi Magic app. I downloaded it and used it to get a cab tonight. It [...]

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Talking about the weather is normally just something one does to make small talk but with all the events that have happened in the DC area within the last month or so, it’s become more than that.  We had an earthquake (though that’s not weather) with aftershocks, Hurricane Irene and then this crazy rain due [...]

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My Augen GenTouch78 Android tablet took a fall and is now broken for good.  I spent a lot of time tinkering with this thing to get it to be remotely usable and now due to a freak accident, it is no more.  Technically it’s not dead yet because I can still turn it on.  However, [...]

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Turntable.fm is a new site that allows people to play music together.  Users meet up in rooms to listen to music together.  In a room, there can be up to five DJs each taking turns playing songs as well as others in the room.  The site has a wide variety of songs from which to [...]

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I’ve seen a bunch of posts about cases for iPad 2 and most of them have the same thing in common – they’re expensive. Most cases I’ve seen range from $50 to $200.  I paid $39 for a polyurethane Smart Cover that is neat but does not actually protect the device so I had to [...]

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