Dan Seitz
Dan Seitz is a semi-professional nerd (he'll have to code a homebrew game for the NES before he goes pro). He grew up fiddling with video game systems, computers, cameras, and other technology you should never hand to an eight-year-old if you want it back in pristine condition. Currently, he lives in Boston with his girlfriend, her cat, a Shih Tzu, and far too many objects with processors.
Articles by Dan Seitz
Gadgets
Logitech solar iPad keyboard cover will save you a fortune in batteries
Tablets are pretty convenient, but the truth is, there are going to be times when you need a keyboard. It’s just the nature of the beast, especially if you ditch the laptop entirely in favor of a tablet.
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Ford to start making cars out of money?
Ford may be doing well on the market, but they're not going to start dumping their cash reserves into making body panels tomorrow. Instead, they'll be dumping somebody else's cash reserves into making car parts, possibly quite soon. And that's actually a good thing.
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Install a light fixture made out of…concrete?
Light fixtures tend towards the small and unobtrusive these days. Mostly because nobody cares that much about them, and frankly, it takes a pretty hardcore nerd to get on a stepladder and admire whatever you or your landlord installed to provide a basic function.
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Shelby GT500 has a killer 662 hp motor, spanks even Ferraris
The general trend for engines in cars over the years has been fewer cylinders and fewer horses.
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Here’s the chemical that makes cheap stew meat into filet mignon
People who love to tell you how much better they are than you because they eat organic love to ask “What’s in your food?” It’s something of a valid question, though: there’s a lot of crap that can be put in your food that you simply don’t know about.
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RC flying dragon also spews fire
RC airplane enthusiasts are a...dedicated bunch. If you've ever tried to fly one of these things, you know that it's not nearly as easy as it looks. It takes a lot of time and dedication to assemble these planes, learn how to fly them, and do it as a hobby.
Apps
FlyRights app lets you complain when a TSA drone bad-touches you
Flying sucks for a multitude of reasons, but probably the worst is dealing with the Transportation Safety Administration, an entire government bureaucracy dedicated almost entirely to making you feel safer about getting on an airplane by squeezing your balls or blasting you with radiation.
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Meet Phi, the air traffic controller for all your gadgets
Here’s what sucks about your gadgets: they’re on different networks. For example, your cell phone is on a wireless carrier, while your laptop is on your WiFi connection, and your HDTV receiver is pulling in another network entirely.
Apps
Your next Android phone will also be your next computer
It’s been the dream of smartphone manufacturers for years: plug your phone into a dock attached to a monitor and keyboard and suddenly, you’re toting around a full-fledged computer.
Gadgets
1/48th scale wooden roller coaster actually works
Roller coaster fanatics will tell you that the wooden roller coasters are the best kinds of roller coasters.
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IKEA invents the flatpack camera
IKEA is where you go for cheap furniture, and God bless those insanely cheap Norwegians for their efficient bookcases and dressers, so utterly lacking in style as to be timeless.