Author: Rocco Penn

As we begin cleaning up from Hurricane Sandy on the East Coast of North America, we can’t help but think about what we could do to prepare in advance for storms to help make life a little easier, especially when the electricity goes out. …

The YouTube sensation of the year most likely goes to PSY, a Korean rapper who has taken the world by storm with his song and dance, Gangnam style. Not only has he obtained our attention he also received notoriety for breaking the Guinness World Record on YouTube and has been on many television talk shows… now, he is a USB. …

Bet you thought you had a fantastically carved out pumpkin to display for Halloween, so proud to show off to those trick or treaters… yeah well so did I until…PUMPKTRIS …

Many people complain about issues with their privacy, much to do with information being stored when browsing to when using a social network. Part of why we are able to access so many sites freely is due to the fact that they can take our information. To a certain extent this is okay as long as we are aware of what they are taking and to whom they are giving that information to, which you can check easily through PrivacyFix (another plugin), however, revoking such info does not give them another alternative to provide you with a free service, which causes an unbalanced medium. …

I know I have lost more socks than humanly possible and am always in awe as to where they wonder off to. It does get tiresome looking for one sock to complete a pair and I often blame it on the dryer monster, he is up there with the tooth fairy and Easter bunny… …

Making any process simpler makes my day and not having to connect an iPhone to my computer to print photos would sure make me print more images. …

We all loved Star Wars; we most certainly did and often travel back to a place far…far away when we make it a movie night that is. With all the collectibles and figurines, have you ever thought of getting your friends together and making a Millennium Falcon ship? Perhaps you have, but it is being done by a group of friends who want to craft the ship Hans Solo piloted to make it life size, and this is no boxes put together with duct tape kind of project, they are going full steam ahead and taking you along for the ride via their website, fullscalefalcon. Building has already begun and you can see the interior…

In a study conducted by McKinsey to evaluate the process of a consumer purchasing a smartphone, they chose 85 people around the world to grasp the procedure and what they intended was not to be scientific, but instead to find what our major concerns were when looking for a new mobile device and what our positive thoughts were as well, and to see if they seem to differ or if we all agree on the majority of issues. …

This is turning into a “thing” on Techi. The good folks over at AnonymousFO put out these great compilation videos of UFO activity from around the world. What is making this possible? More cameras available in our pockets at all times thanks to smartphones Greater connectivity and a broader audience thanks to YouTube A dramatic increase in UFO activity across the globe All of the above We think it’s #4. What are your thoughts? * * * “UFOs” image courtesy of Shutterstock….

There are indeed various types of Social Discovery sites out there that cater to our interests using experience and science to calculate what to recommend or suggest to us, its users. …