Technology Archive

In a strange ruling against basic privacy Ontario’s highest court ruled that the police can look through your phone if there’s no password. If it is locked, however, investigators will need a search warrant. The logic (?) behind the ruling is kind of hard to figure out but it seems to suggest if your

How is it so many Russians managed to get those awesome meteor shots from their cars? Dash cams are getting more popular but I doubt very much if something like that happened here in Halifax there’d one video let alone a dozen. Turns out I wasn’t the only one thinking that. WIRED did some

NEMO could have been much worse. Thankfully we here in Halifax didn’t get hit like they did down in Boston but it was still a mess. Like many parts of the country affected by the winter dump thousands of people lost their power, some for hours, some for days. So if that happened to

Looks like I’m going to be busy this week. 100 Sci-fi movies to check out! Made me think of posting a list of my favorites: Alien, Blade Runner, the Thing from Another World, etc. One things for sure, watching sci-fi movies as a kid gave me a great sense of imagination and wonder. Here’s

So this is our last day in Vegas. Check out time is 11:00 but our flight to Toronto is tonight. So rather than check our bags and wonder around all day we decided to rent a car and head to Area 51. If we’re never heard from again we were abducted.

We’re heading to Vegas soon and seeing as this will be the first trip for us a travel app to help get the most out of it is a must. I checked around and downloaded a few but one app in particular really stood out. Viva Las Vegas, Baby! Viva is a world apart

If you Tweet at all you’ll love Tweetbot. THis feature rich Twitter client can be used on a Mac, iPhone, or iPad and it packs a lot of personality. I use it exclusively now on all my devices. It has a meticulously-crafted interface, sounds & animation, as well as multiple timelines & column views.

I picked up the Philips In.Sight Wireless Home Monitor kit a couple months ago. So far it’s done exactly what I hoped for. It keeps an eye on our place and allows me to check in from anywhere via an iPhone app for a live look. One is pointed out front and the other

Test video for the Brinno TLC200. For time lapse it’s an easy solution. Turn it on, set time interval, frame your subject, and walk away. It takes a series of jpeg images and converts them in camera into an AVI file. I ordered mine with the optional waterproof case. Nothing to complicated. Now I

Shot on April 24, 1926. Fire Chief Kenlon and his fire crew get an alarm and race to the fire truck. Then the camera was mounted to the truck for the balance of the video showing a “dash cam” perspective. The second video shows the whole course of events, from the initial broadcast, warning,