Author: Ransler Dier

16 Techi-rific Google Logo Doodles

Jul 23 by Ransler Dier | 13 comments

When Google founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, wanted to do something creative with their logo back in 1999 to signify their attendance at the Burning Man Festival in the Nevada Desert, things were simple for the Google logo; just a stick figure stuck in the middle of the second ‘o’. Since that seemingly spontaneous more »

Lists For The Masses By The Masses

Jun 28 by Ransler Dier | add comment

Lists are everywhere on the Internet and everyone seems to have an opinion about how the items are ranked therein or just all out disagree with the choices. Thankfully, Listiki has come up with a way for everyone to be happy while allowing everyone’s opinion to be addressed. Listiki is a new site just fresh more »

Find Out How Insignificant You Are On The Web!

Jun 26 by Ransler Dier | add comment

Who doesn’t want to compare their own Internet impact with their friend’s footprint? Your digital footprint will only be like a drop of rain in the Atlantic Ocean but at least you can say your own raindrop is larger than your friend’s. PeekYou, a search engine with a database recording footprints more »

Introducing The 1-Bit Symphony

Jun 25 by Ransler Dier | 3 comments

The 1-Bit Symphony is not a recorded album in a traditional sense, it instead adapts to create the music right in front of you; essentially a live show in a music case. Tristan Perich has composed an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. A complete electronic circuit plays more »

First Ever Torrent Exclusive Series Released

Jun 23 by Ransler Dier | add comment

Torrents have been getting a bad rap lately, but pressure has been increasing lately as more and more studios are cracking down on piracy. They must know that you cannot kill a system like that (even by suing those who downloaded The Hurt Locker), it’s just too large and spread out. Somebody seems more »

App of the Dead Straight From Mr. Romero Himself

Jun 13 by Ransler Dier | add comment

Oh, George Romero… what happened? On top of the world of horror at one moment with your groundbreaking films filled with the walking dead and social commentary, then you fell into this slump of ripping yourself off but doing it worse than many of those others riding off your success. Night of the more »

Get Your iPhone Pregnant and Suffer The Consequences

Jun 12 by Ransler Dier | add comment

Do we all remember the Tamagotchi craze in the 90s? Those annoying little digital playthings made up of only a few pixels made my life hell for a good week before I traded mine to a friend for a full tube of Pogs (we were all so cool back then). Well if you were one of those who missed the craze by either being more »

These Speakers for the iPod Look Like Something Out of a Sci-Fi Film

Jun 12 by Ransler Dier | add comment

Have you ever been to a house and stated in your head “WTF were they thinking?” when judging their design choices? Now with the help of some docking speakers for your iPod/iPhone you can provoke your friends into thinking the same thoughts. The iCrystal by Speakal is a new innovative design more »

Safari 5 Makes Browsing Faster

Jun 8 by Ransler Dier | 1 comment

Apple has released it’s new version of Safari. The latest version of the popular web browser, Safari 5, boasts a performance boost and many more little additions to make users lives a bit easier. This update adds Bing search and secure sandboxed extensions. As well, there will be support for more »

WWDC Predictions: What Will Be Unveiled Next Week?

Jun 4 by Ransler Dier | 3 comments

Apple has been hyping Monday’s upcoming World Wide Developers Conference pretty heavily. With all this hype, it better be good. Here is a roundup of some predictions of what will be announced at the week long show starting this Monday. iPhone OS 4 This won’t be a surprise to anyone who hasn’t more »

Paid Apps Stay at the Top of the Charts Longer Than the Freebies

Jun 4 by Ransler Dier | 1 comment

According to a new study of recent chart activity on the App Store, apps that are costing money are more “sticky” on the top apps chart than free apps. Distimo released the study today revealing that many apps considered paid apps are much more likely to hold their spot on the top of the charts more »

Yelp and OpenTable Partnership Makes Getting Reservations Easy

Jun 4 by Ransler Dier | add comment

A new partnership between Yelp and OpenTable will allow the US public to browse restaurant reviews written by users and quickly make reservations within a few clicks without having to jump between websites or pick up the phone. The social review site Yelp, which offers itself as a platform for more »

New Bike Add-On Allows For Phone Charging... The Green Way

Jun 4 by Ransler Dier | 3 comments

The green movement has stopped being just about saving our dying planet and has become the fashionable thing to do. I am not sure if this is a good or bad thing, as on one hand it gets a group who wouldn’t normally care to be pulled into the movement involved, but on the other we lose the reason and passion more »

Oil Spill Woes Make An Appearance At Your Doorstep Through New Website

Jun 4 by Ransler Dier | add comment

While I am not sure how “cool” the content is but this new website is offering a very insightful look into how huge the oil spill issue in the Gulf Of Mexico really is by allowing you to super impose it over your home and surrounding area. The software for the website IfItWasMyHome.com uses a combination of Google more »