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Paper vs. Pixel: The Pixel’s Battle For Dominance In Design
Back in the '90s when I fell in love with my computer (and the sound of my modem connecting), I didn't know what a pixel was. I saw pixels in 8-bit video games of course, but I had no clue what a pixel represented at that time. Back then, design was mostly focused about the old way of printing which ...
Sterling Silver Space Invaders Ring Proclaims Your Geeky Origin
It seems there are two types of geeks these days. There's the ones who live the hardcore geek lifestyle to the fullest, and the ones who market themselves as geeks without even stepping into the domain itself. It's easy to start a riot when talking about geeks vs. geeks, but planting your dedication ...
Bulavkus: World’s Smallest USB Flash Safety Drive
Recently I found myself short on storage space. Yup, you know that feeling when you have a ton of files that you just can't delete, but you have nowhere to store them. Storage space is pretty cheap these days, and you can easily get 1 terabyte for around $150, if not less. But we always seem to run ...
iPhone Music Video Puzzle Challenges Your Sanity
There is seemingly no end to the creativity that people come up with when it comes to creating music videos. What we have seen lately though is that they are getting ever more technological. With that, I mean we're starting to see a lot more gadgets, devices and even whole new digital ways of showca ...
![Simplest Way To Know If You Should Check Your Email [Flowchart]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/checking-email-or-not-1-optimized.jpg "Simplest Way To Know If You Should Check Your Email [Flowchart]")
Simplest Way To Know If You Should Check Your Email [Flowchart]
Have you ever found yourself in the predicament where you just didn't know if it was worth it checking your email? With all the spam that continuously litters our inboxes, it's sometimes just too much to handle. Sure, there a million spam filters that you could use, but then you suddenly find yourse ...
Real Typewriters Become Retro USB Keyboards
The transition from a typewriter to a computer has been one of the most significant technological changes in our history. Being able to do exactly the same things as you could on a typewriter, and of course a bunch more, has been an optimization that I think we could talk about for days. The ability ...
James Bond 007 Theme Song Played On Floppy Drives
Floppy drive music is always fun to listen to. It's not inspiring like regular music in a tune kind of way, but more in a geek kind of way. There is nothing that will put a smirky smile on your face quite the same way as modding some old computer equipment so it plays a song. These kinds of customiz ...
Rotoscoped Evil Dead 2 Movie Trailer
If you, like me, are a fan of the Evil Dead movies, you'll be thrilled to hear that the artists at Pretend For Real Studios have created a rotoscope version of the trailer for Evil Dead 2. You can watch the trailer below, and be sure to visit YouTube to see all the great comments, including a sugges ...
Get Retro With The 1-Bit Camera iPhone App
If you are a frequent user of iPhone apps in order to refine or alter your photographs, you probably know that there are thousands and thousands of them out there just waiting to be discovered. Everyone is trying to come up with the newest filters and frames, and some go viral while others struggle ...
Melty Chocolate Lamp Will Almost Fulfill Your Sugar Cravings
If you are one of the many hard working computer geeks out there, you know how important it is to get your energy revived every once in a while. Without it, you will have little need for all of those ideas since there will simply be no energy to realize them. To feel energized again, some people pre ...
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When Fiction Becomes Reality Timeline [Infographic]
Technology in movies is often exaggerated, we all know that. Or at least it's the brainchild of some futurist script writer who wants everything to be interactive and amazing. With time many of these innovations, which at one point seemed out of this world, have actually become a reality. Of course, ...
Samsung SSD Angels Highlight The Human Aspect Of Technology
Aside from the obvious technical aspects of technology, one of the main differences about it now compared to a decade ago is something that could easily be overlooked. That is, these days we truly get emotionally attached to our gadgets. I've written about it so many times before, and now app develo ...
Super NES Toaster: For The Sophisticated Gamer
If you are a gamer, you probably know that breakfast isn't exactly the first thing you think about in the morning. There are far more important things to attend to before going to school or work, and those of course involve trying to figure out how to level up or complete a mission. It's all about w ...
Digital Carpet: An Innovative & Interactive Technology Rug
I remember back in the '90s when the only evidence of technology most of us had in our lives was in the computer on our desk. I'll never forget that modem sound, and back in the day, that sound was like music to my ears. When the fax machine was introduced, it was huge news. It seemed like overnight ...
World’s Most Photorealistic Paintings Ever Created
The ever increasing quality in the way computers are able to render graphics is somewhat mind boggling when you think about it. With a fairly cheap computer, you can today create graphics that are almost a complete match to what you see in the real world. Sure, rendering it in real time is of course ...