Kitchen Tools Of Extremely Questionable Usefulness

Carin’s dad is a really handy guy. He’s always coming up with ways to save time and space, or to solve problems that you didn’t think you had but totally do. Just the other day he helped me reclaim about half a desk worth of space by adding items rather than subtracting them, for instance. …

There’s An App For Too Many Things. Who Wants Some Phone-Powered Underwear?

I’m sure that for some people on some level, these here Fundawear smartphone app controlled vibrating underwear are a good idea. but me, I can’t get past the bad idea alarm that goes off whenever I think about having electronics that close to my crotch. A partner can push buttons on the app to “touch” …

Yes Telus, Being Robbed Blind Is Awesome

Nearly without fail, anybody who hears about or has any experience with Canada’s Cellular phone industry comes away with the same impression. Good lord is it ever massively overpriced. It’s gotten so bad in comparison to pretty much anyplace else that the CRTC has finally started paying attention, holding hearings on the state of things. …

An Edible Lamp, Because…Because…I Don’t Know, To Be Honest

When I saw the title of the story This Edible Lamp Is Actually Good Enough to Eat, I was struck by one very simple question. Why am I wanting to eat a lamp? The thought had never crossed my mind, and now that it has, I’m in serious need of a way to make it …

Sing For Your Samsung, Be A Motormouth For Your Motorola!

I have more posts, but I felt like I needed to put this one up because it was just too weird. I’d been having trouble sleeping, and that sort of thing just can’t go on for long without all kinds of nasty things happening to me. So I tried a bit of melatonin to see …

Dear Blind People: You And Your Precious iPhone Accessibility Can Suck It. Love, Samsung

There’s a fine line between protecting your intellectual property and being the worst kind of evil, heartless corporate dickbag on the earth. The fine folks at Samsung have, it would appear, rolled on up to that line and decided fuck it, let’s keep truckin’! Samsung has suffered a setback in its effort to win an …

What’s New In The World of Steve and Carin, The First Installment

So yeah. James said it was weird that there was an actual post from actual me. I’m about to blow his mind with another one…although this thing looks like a beast that could spawn several. Let’s see how far I get before I have to stop and split it. This is becoming a theme in …

Good News, Clumsy Drinkers. Salvation Has Arrived!

If you’re one of those drinkers who finds it hard not to spill all over yourself after you’ve had a few, today just might be your lucky day. For the low low price (for once I’m not saying that entirely sarcastically) of 14 and a half American dollars, you can have your very own Wine …

If You Haven’t Nuked Your iPhone Yet, Ask Siri If It Rains In Australia

Here’s today’s friendly reminder not to believe everything you read. Even though somebody on Twitter said that it totally works, it is not suddenly ok to put metal in the microwave. No, not even for the 20 to 30 seconds you were told it would take to charge your iPhone battery. Indeed, this is ending …

Can’t Text. Phone’s Freezing…And So Am I!

At least this woman has a good sense of humour…and already made the joke about her own name. But I still wonder if she knows Bonnie Miller or Cathy A. Cruz Marrero. Laura Safe was merrily texting away, lum dee dum dee doo, texting as she went down the stairs, lum dee dum dee doo…until…sploosh! …