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| Watches – What’s On Your Wrist? Posted: 25 Apr 2011 03:00 AM PDT Many a computer geek have strong affections for particular timepieces. Generally speaking we like our wristwatches to be rugged, take a lot of abuse and last a very long time. How many watch manufacturers exist? Probably a lot more than you thought, so it would be impossible to show them all here. I will however show off a few timepieces that have some geek flavor going on. You will see both cheap-o’s and expensive watches in the mix below – and yes, every single one listed is for sale new right now.
Every boy (and probably a few girls) had one of these in the 1980s and 1990s, and Casio still makes them. Some things stick around forever, and this design has to be at least 25 years old if not older. It’s your standard black-band/four-button/very-square digital setup. The difference between then and now is that this one has a 10-year battery.
What makes this one so expensive? Plenty, as it’s packed to the gills with features. Solar trip sensor, digital compass (with 16 points of measurement), altimeter (with memory), barometer, thermometer, world time, 29 time zones and more. Very cool geek’s toy – and useful.
This watch screams ultra-nostalgia. It starts with the gold-colored expansion band, then to the squared-off gold-colored shell, very old-school LCD green-ish display (with night light) on black face and tall/skinny digital characters round out the nostalgic goodness. Many of you will say, "I had a watch just like that." The rest of you will say, "My dad had a watch just like that."
This is one of the Bulova Accutron series of watches. It’s stated to have "21-jewel ETA 2893-2 GMT movement", in reference to its mechanics. No digital here. What gives this watch geek flavor is that it just looks badass, like something you’d see in the gauge cluster of a Ferrari. When geeks aren’t going for the geeky look, they go for the badass look. With the Eagle Pilot, mission accomplished. It should also be noted the Eagle Pilot is so rugged that it will easily outlast most marriages.
These watches look like something straight out of the movie TRON (or TRON: Legacy), so it most certainly has a lot of geek flavor going on. Whether you’re fighting for the users or looking to become the MCP’s next Sark, you’re covered. Which watch was your favorite? If ‘none’, what would you recommend? Post from: PCMech. Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On And Live The Digital Lifestyle.       |
| Google Search Easter Egg In Mobile Devices Posted: 24 Apr 2011 07:00 AM PDT If you are looking to have a bit of fun with a Google search on your mobile device, try searching "tilt". From this post on the Google Operating System, it appears that your search results will be displayed… tilted. Additionally, per the user comments, if you visit the mobile search URL (http://www.google.com/m/search?q=tilt) inside of the Google Chrome browser, the results will be displayed slanted as well. I still have a "dumbphone" (and love it) so I can’t give it a try, but if you do have a smartphone handy see what happens. Post from: PCMech. Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On And Live The Digital Lifestyle.     |
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