Reality Check: Electronic Cigarettes Are Not So Healthy


Updated 01/31/12 12:19 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 35 comments

Reality Check: Electronic Cigarettes Are Not So Healthy

Smoking regular cigarettes is known to cause a whole slew of health problems from asthma to emphysema and lung cancer. For some reason though, people keep smoking, so someone came up with the brilliant idea to make electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes. These battery-powered electronic cigarettes provide inhaled doses of nicotine, although no flame, tobacco, or smoke is involved. Read more

Do You Know Your Labor and Delivery Equipment?


Updated 05/24/12 11:55 AM · Posted by LilSugar · 1 comment

Labor and Delivery Equipment

When a woman gives birth in the movies, the doctor stands at her pelvis ready to guide the baby into his arms and there is nary an electronic or piece of equipment in sight. In real life, the labor and delivery room is filled with monitors and machines ready to go at a moment's notice. Take our quiz and see just how familiar you are with these tools of the delivery trade. Take the Quiz Read more

9 Ways to Earn Extra Cash When Money Is Tight


Updated 05/24/12 12:55 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Ways to Earn More Money

I'm sure everyone can do with a little more cash in their wallets. Here are some great suggestions by Wise Bread for you to make extra money. Even though I'm self-employed full-time, I'm always looking for new and exciting ways to make more money. Earlier this year, I wrote a Wise Bread post on websites that can help you earn extra cash. More recently, I came across a blog post on Zaarly titled, Read more

What to Buy and What Not to Buy During Memorial Day Sales


Updated 05/23/12 11:05 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Best Sales For Memorial Day

Just hearing the word "sales" can stir people up in a frenzy, especially during a holiday weekend. But just because something is discounted during a holiday weekend doesn't always necessarily mean it's actually a good deal. Dealnews, a site that scours the web for the best deals, gives the lowdown on the best and worst deals to expect this Memorial Day weekend. Best Deals: Apparel. Spring Read more

5 Perks of Dating a Geek


Updated 05/21/12 11:27 AM · Posted by · 17 comments

Perks of Dating a Geek

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg married longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan last night in a surprise ceremony in his backyard. Priscilla, who just finished med school last week, has been dating Mark for almost a decade, after they met at Harvard. The Social Network makes the case that computer nerd Mark created Facebook to help him get chicks. But if all women knew that dating a technology lover Read more

Gadget Essentials For Camping


Updated 05/21/12 11:10 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Camping Checklist For Geeks

Heading to the great outdoors sometime this Summer? Before you load up the camper and hit the road, consider picking up these geeky gadget essentials for your time in the wilderness. They'll surely come in handy for those who just can't leave their electronic luxuries behind. Read more

Geek We Love: The MPMan With a Plan


Updated 05/23/12 3:18 PM · Posted by · 2 comments

Early MP3 Players

The MPMan was short-lived, but the first MP3 player mass-marketed in the US paved the way for the portable media player revolution. Now that we've gotten to know Kane Kramer, who developed the first MP3 player, and Nathan Schulhof, who created a precursor to iPod and iTunes, it's time to take a look at the history surrounding the MPMan. Korean electronics company Saehan created and distributed Read more

The Latest Sony Alpha Cameras Boost Photos to Pro Levels


Updated 05/18/12 11:41 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

New Sony Alpha NEX-F3 Cameras

We may talk a lot about iPhoneography in these parts, but there's no substitute for an "old-fashioned" camera in all its double-digit megapixels, HD video, and interchangeable lens glory. The latest in Sony's camera offerings comes from the brand's Alpha line: the NEX-F3, suited for a more casual photographer, and the SLT-A37, a DSLR kit for those who want to get a little more serious with their Read more

Geek We Love: The Father of the MP3 Player Market


Updated 05/14/12 6:15 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

The First MP3 Player

Although Kane Kramer developed the first MP3 player in the 1970s, it wasn't until 20 years later that MP3 players hit the consumer market. For that we have Nathan Schulhof to thank. In the early 1990s, he envisioned a "portable device [that] would allow the selection, retrieval, storage, and playback of audio content delivered to the device via the Internet." The founder and CEO of Audio Read more

The World's Smallest Ad, Written on a Human Hair


Updated 06/13/11 4:41 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

Gillette Uses an Electron Microscope to Write an Ad on a Single Human Hair 2011-06-13 10:21:32

Instead of its usual "skin so smooth a random hottie will appear to stroke your legs/face" ads, Gillette has decided to go in a different direction, one that involves, oddly enough, a high-powered electron microscope. Basically, they used the advanced, expensive microscope to etch ad spots into actual tiny beard hairs a Gillette user had shaved off, then blew up the images for their ads. They Read more