Superman: Red Son is a graphic novel (168 page comic) that reimagines how things would have played out if Superman landed in the communist Soviet Union instead of the USA. I LOVED it!
Who said Lego building sets are for kids? This Lego Technic crane set is great to build and looks fantastic on a shelf or desktop. Even, better, its motorized functions work pretty well too.
I don’t know how we survived all these years without a true fillet knife. My wife and I really like Sockeye salmon, and we have started buying frozen wild Sockeye in between fresh fish seasons, which typically only last a few months in the summer. Frozen Sockeye has a different texture and consistency than wild … Read more
Motorola, now a Google company, and their USA-assembled phone has been in the news lately, as well as Apple and their tentative plans to assemble select products in the USA.
While I desperately want to buy a few All Clad saute pans, I have nothing but good things to say about Cuisinart’s MultiClad line. I have used Cuisinart MultiClad pans for a few years now, and recently bought a new 3-1/2 quart stainless steel saute pan with cover and helper-handle. To be fair, I have … Read more
Orphan Black’s first season ended this past Saturday, and wow what a great season it’s been. It’s a strange show – a kind of sci-fi drama – that was filmed in Canada and aired on BBC America. Season 2 is set to run with 10 new episodes in 2014, but you have plenty of time … Read more
Over the years I have created a lot of files, taken thousands of photos, saved countless images and PDFs, and bought or converted dozens of music albums. I have several internal hard drives, but wanted a compact high-capacity external hard drive for backup purposes. Western Digital’s My Passport hard drives are compact enough to travel, but … Read more
Sequestration – a string of wide-reaching mandatory federal budget cuts – has led to delays at many US airports, as FAA personnel are forced to take furloughs. Flight delays? I can deal with that. But what I’m having trouble accepting is that 2013 New York Fleet Week is going to be minimized this year. It was … Read more
If you have to buy stamps, why not buy some good-looking ones? The ones my wife brought home from the post office kiosk were absolutely dreadful! These muscle car forever stamps feature the 1966 Pontiac GTO, 1967 Shelby GT-500, 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona, , 1970 Chevelle SS, and 1970 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda. They’re priced the same as … Read more
Did you know that asparagus grows in a grass-like manner, straight out of the ground? Neither did I, but to be honest I never really thought about it. Here’s a time-lapse of asparagus growing:
Starcraft II Heart of the Swarm – an expansion to the 2010 Starcraft II Wings of Liberty release – is due to be released on March 12, 2013. It continues where Wings of Liberty left off, with a focus on the Kerrigan/Zerg storyline. Starcraft is a real-time strategy game where you mine resources, build up an … Read more
Mountain Dew Kickstart is a new breakfast juice drink. Seriously, its 5% juice concentration means it’s a juice drink and not soda. There’s some caffeine in there as well. I haven’t seen mention as to whether it’s carbonated or not, but it might be. There will be two Kickstart flavors – Energizing Fruit Punch and Energizing Orange Citrus. This … Read more
Over at Kickstarter, the Omega Compact Solid Titanium Wallet was recently fully funded, and there’s still 24 days to back the campaign. The wallet consists of two CNC-machined slabs of titanium held together with rubber O-rings. I find the Omega wallet exceptionally appealing, but cannot quite put my finger on exactly why. Maybe it’s the titanium, … Read more
There’s nothing wrong with my old 24″ Samsung monitor, other than it being slightly too small for my current computing needs. I have been using it as my primary display alongside a 23″ Dell display for two years, and before that it sat next to a 19″ display for about four years.
But I was feeling constricted by the 24″ monitor and wanted to upgrade to something bigger. After doing some light research I saw that the Dell U2713HM monitor was gaining favor, and going by its specs I felt it to be a good fit for my needs.
Limited time and resources forced us to let OhMyGuyd coverage slide in recent months. This is something we regret, but it was inevitable. The alternative would have been to shave time and effort from ToolGuyd content, but that really wasn’t a viable option. The good news is that we have tons of coverage, reviews, and … Read more