Looking to join a social network that doesn’t give all your data to the feds all day long? Join me on Diaspora and let’s move on from Facebook (though it can auto-post to Facebook for you, so your Facebook loving friends can still read your posts.)
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It’s official. The Ouya supports the Retrode (and the N64 plug-in adapter) out of the box, with no special settings required. Honestly, this is huge. If you wanted a reason to love the Ouya but were just waiting for a killer app, you just got one.
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It seems like an age ago that I backed the Ouya console, but I’m glad that I did and mine finally arrived today. The first thing to do? See how well it works with the Retrode. I’ll be posting up an article with my findings soon, but check out some photos of the “test equipment” in the meantime. This should be a fun set of tests 🙂
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Part of any pastime is accepting the risks associated with that activity. For long-boarding commuters like myself, the primary risk is falling face forward if your board gets caught on something. This can happen at any time, for any number of reasons. This means that if you’re not wearing your gloves (even on a short trip to the store), your hands are going to get effed up something fierce.
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While I’ve owned many, many pairs of headphones over the years, these are my favorite. While perusing the local Goodwill outlet (the ones where you rummage through dumpster bins), I stumbled upon an old pair of Nixon studio headphones that...
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In my life, Facebook is the sum total of five sets of “social” functions. Birthdays Photos Personal Advertising Sharing with “Those Who Only Use Facebook” Keeping in Touch I want to move away from Facebook, but I don’t want to...
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If you’ve been following the site for the past 10 years, you’ll know that my update frequency rises and falls from year to year and season to season. Likewise, if you’re following my GitHub profile, you may have been wondering, “What’s Hunter Davis been up to these past few months?”.
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This past week has been an interesting one. I made it through the entire week without purchasing anything, then splurged on some fast food this weekend. I am definitely feeling some mental push-back against my spending habits.
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I considered titling this post many things. Ebay: 15 years of asshole buyers Paypal: Your game is up and it’s about damn time I’ll never get screwed by Paypal again! I’ll never get screwed by Ebay again! In the end,...
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Q: When is a doughnut not a doughnut? A: When it costs 50$. Seriously though, my significant other and I enjoy the occasional trip to Baskin Robbins and/or Dunkin Donuts. Last night was one such an occasion. While the ice...
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