TLDR: a) Does a DIY Fusion Drive work? b) How do you resize a .vdi VirtualBox Disk Image? c) What’s up with BootCamp conspiring against USB installs? I’ve finally settled back in to my digital home on my upgraded 2011 Macbook Pro, I threw in a pair of new drives to both speed things up […]
Dec 3 (D3) was declared 3D Printing Day by GE, and in celebration they printed out a bunch of items people could “wish for” on Twitter. The goal was to get people interested in 3D printing and to show off what consumer-grade printers could do. GE partnered with Makerbot and 3DSystems for this event and […]
After spending a couple of weeks with this case, dropping my phone once or twice, and piquing the curiosity of my work supervisor, I am happy to report that the design of the Sector 5 CF is nothing short of delightful. If you are willing to trade a small amount of comfort in the hand […]
And it’s way more fun than Instagram. Thanks to TechCrunch I have recently discovered discovered Seene, a free iOS app that uses 3D motion tracking to create pseudo-3D images of whatever you want. The basic premise of the app is that you sweep your phone around an object, and the program automagically creates a mesh […]
Why “Praised by National Geographic Photographer” also means “Perfect for Instagram”… When I went to D.C. last weekend to visit my friend in the heart of Shutdown City, I decided early* on that I would be traveling light. Traveling light meant ditching my SLR and pocketing only my newly acquired iPhone 5S. Having owned it […]
It’s a joy to drive, but missing some of the “little things” holds back the CX-5 from true greatness. Update: Check the comments section too, others have mentioned a couple more good ones. Update 2: I took my CX-5 on a racetrack, and I actually had a lot of fun. Here are my thoughts. The […]