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Google Voice now lets you use your own number!
Posted on January 19, 2011 | No CommentsI’ve been waiting for this feature since the first day I used Google Voice. You can now port your own number into Google voice and therefore guarantee that no matter what carrier or whatnot that you go with people will still be able to reach you with... -
You Gotta See This: The Kidnapping Hamster
Posted on January 13, 2011 | No CommentsThis clip is simple yet one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen. -
You Gotta See This: Golden Radio Voice
Posted on January 5, 2011 | No CommentsI stumbled across this a few days ago and was amazed. Then today I saw he got a job offer and a house from the Cleveland Cavaliers. It’s nice to see that for every annoying person who gets celebrity status somehow ( I’m looking at... -
Yes Virginia, There Is A Cataclysm
Posted on December 5, 2010 | 1 CommentIt’s the holiday time of year again, and if nineteenth century poems are to be believed, many of us are beset in our slumber by chimeras of pruned dragées (or visions of sugar plums, if you prefer). Some of us dream of a white Christmas... -
A tornado of a Tonido
Posted on November 5, 2010 | No CommentsThere is a new app in town. Ok, not new exactly but I bet that very few of you have ever heard of it. A service called Tonido is well on its way to stealing my geeky little heart away. Do you have a server... -
A little closer to cutting the cable
Posted on November 4, 2010 | No CommentsWe’ve been waiting for quite a while, but it’s finally in sight. Hulu Plus will being coming to the PS3 for general users starting next week. Hulu Plus has been available, by invitation, to PS3 owners who subscribed to the service and PlayStation Plus, but... -
Skype gets the Android treatment. Finally. (Update!)
Posted on October 5, 2010 | 1 CommentSkype has finally broken away from Verizon mobile phones and is available on most Android devices as of today. The app itself has a slightly hefty footprint at 14 Mb but if you use Skype and have the space on your Android device to hold... -
An easy root for EVO’s with 2.2
Posted on September 20, 2010 | No CommentsThe geniuses over at unrEVOked.com have done it again. Thanks to their efforts we now have an easy way to get back or get root for all of us with an EVO 4G with froyo on it. Head over to the site and download the new unrEVOked... -
Mario meets office supplies
Posted on August 11, 2010 | 2 CommentsSuper Mario Bros. 2 meets filing cabinets, to make organization fun! (I might fill one of the cabinets with turnips.) If/when the folks here at 8 Days A Geek ever get an official office space, you can guarantee one of us will be duplicating these for the... -
If God Of War went Indie..
Posted on July 18, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe first time I saw a Wes Anderson movie (The Royal Tenenbaums), I sat in front of the television with my head cocked to the side for an hour and a half. I had the same reaction with this, but only for the few minutes... -
Gameboy Prophylactics [NSFW]
Posted on July 11, 2010 | No CommentsArtist Ben Marsh has created something that should exist in real life: Gameboy themed condom packaging. The artist’s statement and more pictures are below. -
Stop Motion Mario
Posted on June 9, 2010 | No CommentsIt’s the Real Paper Mario! A school in Japan converted a few floors into a set for a Mario stop-motion adventure. It took two weeks to film and is a clever little piece, so I’m going to go ahead say it was worth all the... -
Google TV? What’s that?
Posted on May 20, 2010 | No CommentsGoogle TV? Is it a boxee clone? Is it a tv service? Is it a magical box containing the secrets to life, the universe, and everythig? Not quite, but it is pretty magical all the same. At Google IO this week Google announced Google TV,... -
Podcast here we come!!!
Posted on May 7, 2010 | No CommentsWhat could be better than reading geeky stories every time you’re online? Why, listening to geek talk when you’re not online (or when you are, who are we to judge). That’s right 8 Days A Geek will be producing our own bi-weekly podcast starting with our first... -
The New Google Search Results: Noooo!
Posted on May 6, 2010 | 1 CommentIf you haven’t gotten them yet, you’re lucky. Google has slowly been rolling out the programming for its new search engine results pages. There is a new menu on the left side that allows you to more easily sort through your results, using the... -
Squeaky Clean Cartridges (plus other geeky soaps)
Posted on April 26, 2010 | No CommentsGeeksoap.net. It’s a store full of soap (hand made with natural ingredients) with a theme most of the readers of this site are a fan of: Geekery! Have you always wanted to clean your bodily crevices with Nintendo cartridges? Or maybe you’re going somewhere and... -
Crazy Sexy Geeks discusses comic costumes with Tim Gunn
Posted on April 23, 2010 | No CommentsTim Gunn! Do you know who that it is? He’s the Chief Creative Officer of Liz Claiborne, and the adviser for the contestants on Project Runway, the fashion competition reality show on Lifetime/Bravo that is addicting. (He was also an Associate Dean for the Parsons School of... -
Official RIM twitter app hits public beta
Posted on April 8, 2010 | No CommentsAs of 9PM EST the official RIM twitter client will be available in the test center in the blackberry app store or on the beta zone website. I’m planning on refreshing the site until I get what I want. What about you? (Review of the... -
Third Person driving in real life? Yes, please.
Posted on April 6, 2010 | No CommentsThe guys over at Rooster Teeth (the awesome brains behind Red vs. Blue) have a new series. It’s called “Immersion,” and it’s about making real life more like video games. The pilot is all about 3rd person driving. They risk the life of a very... -
8-Bit Dr. Horrible
Posted on April 6, 2010 | No CommentsThis is better than awesome. It’s fantastic. From Doctor Octoroc: The 8-Bit Dr. Horrible project is an interpretation of "Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog" as a theoretical Nintendo game. All music, sound effects, graphics and animation were created by me as a tribute to Dr. Horrible...