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Review: Sony PlayStation 3 Wireless Headset (Virtual Surround)

Since I listed the Sony PlayStation 3 wireless headset with virtual surround on my top 10 gadgets I want for Christmas list, I’ve received a few questions from TechPatio readers about this headset. Honestly, this headset probably shouldn’t be on the “I want”-list, as I already have it, but I’m just so thrilled about this … Read more →

Top 10 Gadgets I Want For Christmas – And Maybe You Would Too? [2011]

Greetings and welcome to the 2011 list of “top 10 gadgets I want for Christmas – and maybe you would too?”. This list also exists for 2009 and 2010, in case you want to check’em out for any ideas that might still be gadget worthy. Before we get on with this list for 2011, I … Read more →

50% off on all Craft & Vision photography ebooks – TODAY ONLY!

David duChemin’s Craft & Vision are having some kind of Black Friday / Xmas sale, where they’ve bundled a bunch of their great photography PDF ebooks and selling them at a 50% discount – but only today, and the offer expires at November 25th at 11:59pm PST. Get yours while you still can, or how about … Read more →

“Beyond Thirds” – A photographer’s Introduction to Creative Composition by Andrew S. Gibson

New eBook Available: BEYOND THIRDS is a captivating and inspiring 38-page eBook about taking composition past the so-called rules. It’s a thoughtful, practical book about the way we build our photographs within the constraint of the frame. Andrew S. Gibson moves past the traditional discussion of thirds by showing how a more holistic approach can … Read more →

MobileMe Gallery & iDisk alternative when MobileMe shuts down

With the launch of free iCloud on October 12th, it also meant the end of paid MobileMe. MobileMe was Apple’s paid version for having a @me.com e-mail address, folder online (iDisk), a gallery online, some synchronization between Mac apps etc. It came at a fee of around €79 a year (if I remember correctly). For some … Read more →

(Fixed) Mac OS X Lion: /etc/hosts stopped working in 10.7.2, being ignored

Besides running this blog, I’m also a freelance web-developer, so I sometimes have a need to modify my local “hosts” file on my Mac, in order to get development/local domains to point to my local web server and also to apply DNS changes before they have propagated through the entire Internet. Usually, you’d do something … Read more →

“Making Light 2: Advanced Use of Off-Camera Flash” by Piet van den Eynde

New eBook Available MAKING LIGHT II takes an in-depth look at how to get the most from your off-camera flashes. Piet takes you beyond sync speed and softboxes and gets into the details on working with multiple flashes, modifiers, and triggering systems for both Canon and Nikon. This massive eBook also includes 10 case-studies and … Read more →

Steve Jobs tried to buy Dropbox in 2009

According to Forbes, Steve Jobs invited Dropbox founders Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowski on a visit back in 2009, where Steve surprised them with a very generous offer to purchase Dropbox. It is rumored that Steve Jobs was willing to pay a nine digit-digit price. At that time, Dropbox had only existed for two years … Read more →

Ringback Tones – What You Need To Know About Them

Many people who have heard the words “ringback tones” for the first time have agreed that they have no idea what it is exactly.  As a matter of fact, these days, there are still several individuals in the United States who do not know what these ringback tones are.  They just knew that it had … Read more →

5 Simple Steps on How to Work Less and Play More


Is it just a coincidence that all of us need to work from 9 to 5 during the working days of the week?  Truth is, our early ancestors have brought about this belief that we need to at least work 40 hours a week.  Many of us stick to this as a way of life, even if many of us admit that we do not like it.   However, for someone like Timothy Ferriss, you can actually deviate from this kind of thinking and still experience a happy and fulfilled life! See for yourself – all around the world, there are many individuals who start from zero but still end up leading successful lives and doing what they want. It is very possible!

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