Jul 31

Review: Slappa Metro Pro Laptop Case

posted by: Vlad Akilov

The first thing I noticed when I received this case was that it looks quite stylish, and the soft feel of the suede covering, and its very light weight. The whole case is made out of BuckBlast Suede, which is great protection for your laptop because it’s waterproof, and punture-proof. (more…)


Jul 26

Review: Ice Creme M

posted by: Vlad Akilov

If you are one of the many owners of expensive gadgets, that are easily scratched or have already been scrachted, fear no more, there is a great product called “Ice Creme”, (cool name) made by RadTech. There are two versions of the Ice Creme, but I got the Ice Creme M, which comes with: 1- Polycarbonate/Acrylic Compound, (more…)

Jun 16

Review: Invisible Shield for Ipod Nano

posted by: Vlad Akilov

Almost everybody in this day in age has some type of gadget, like a cell phone, a psp, and especially ipods. However, these gadgets are prone to many scratches and smudges, especially the ipod nano. I recently got the Invisible Shield for my black Ipod nano, which is notorious for scratches. The folks over at shieldzone.com make these protective casings for almost any type of electronic device. (more…)

Jun 15

Maps: Google or Microsoft

posted by: Vlad Akilov

Many people know about google maps, along with google earth, but some of us don’t really know that their are other alternatives for maps, for instance there is map quest, yahoo maps, but the biggest competition for google is most likely going to be from Microsoft. They recently made a map service called local.live.com The location I chose to compare is the Empire State Building in NYC, on 5 ave. and 34st. Detail Both Google and Local Live provide aerial satellite images, however only Local Live provides a birds eye view of the images, which is taken at an angle as opposed to Google that is just taken from above. (more…)

Jun 4

Tracking visitors

posted by: Vlad Akilov

A couple of months ago I subscribed to the google analytics program that tracks the number of visitors your site/blog gets. But you can’t subscribe automatically they need to send you an invitation code, so I waited and waited until I got tired of waiting and decided to get another program called mint, which costs $30, and google analytics is free. And just my luck the mintute I bought mint I get an email from google saying I got the invitation code, how ironic is that?
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