Edimax EW-7811UTC AC600 Dual-Band USB Adapter, Mini Size Easy to Carry, Supports Both 11AC ( 5GHz Band ) and 11n ( 2.4GHz Band ) Wi-Fi Connectivity

 

 I got this WiFi adapter primarily in order to take advantage of my new 802.11ac capable Netgear router. None of […]

iDsonix SuperSpeed USB 3.0/2.0 to SATA Hard Drive Docking Station For 2.5 or 3.5in HDD/SSD

 

 Over the years I’ve used several different internal hard drives. Every once in a while I need to access them […]

Aerb 3in1 Smart Multimedia HDMI Dock Station for Samsung Galaxy Smartphones

 

 I have had my Galaxy S3 phone for close to a year, but have not given much thought to getting a docking station for it before. I had supposed that it would just be another fancy charging accessory, which may […]

Satechi 4-Port USB 3.0 Premium Aluminum Hub

 

 I have way too many USB peripherals, and I never seem to have enough free USB ports on my computers. I am primarily a Mac user, and have, among other things a MacBook Air. This computer in particular is severely […]

Seahorse’s Head

 

 Ever since I was a kid I found seahorses to be really fascinating. This is probably true for most of us – seahorses look like creatures that were concocted in some weird Greek myth or as a part of the […]

How to Cheat in Maya 2013: Tools and Techniques for Character Animation – Book Review

 

 Maya is 3D computer graphics software, used widely for a variety of special effects, ranging from video games to full-blown feature films. It is developed and marketed by Autodesk, and it has become one of the standard tools in the […]

My Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 – Book Review

 

 Samsung’s line of tablet computers Galaxy Tab is probably the best known and the widest used line of “true” Android tablets. (Amazon’s Kindle Fire line uses a heavily modified version of Android.) These are very versatile and well designed tablets […]

Nuforce HP800-BLACK Accurate Monitor-Class Headphones

 

 I’ve used and tested several pairs of over-the-ear headphones, and these are easily the best such headphones I’ve tried. They are well built, comfortable, and produce an amazing sound. They are no-nonsense headphones without any high-tech frills or bells and […]

Not Your Grandfather’s Paper Airplane

 

 Ever since I first heard of Kickstarter I have been totally hooked up on its premise – small-scale outsourcing of funding by tapping into the crowds. It democratized funding of various projects and enabled products to reach the market that […]

Livescribe 3 Smartpen Standard Edition for Tablets and Smartphones

 

 In my line of work (Theoretical Physics) I tend to write a lot, mostly mathematical formulae, graphs and other non-standard material. This tends to create piles of papers, and getting it all organized can be a challenge. I tried using […]