Ari Baronofsky – Techcitement*

Review: The LG G2, A Gorgeous Phone With Few Drawbacks

Ari Baronofsky — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:44:35 +0000

The G2 is LG’s latest Android handset making the rounds of all of the major carriers. It sports a sleek, slim design; a wide, bright screen; and lightning-fast LTE connectivity. Let’s see if all of those adjectives add up to a worthwhile phone. First Impressions The packaging is minimal. This Verizon branded demo unit came […]

Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon: A Little Bit Of Everything

Ari Baronofsky — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:20:47 +0000

“Hey Ari, could you review Lenovo’s Table PC?” “Sure. What’s a Table PC?” The Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon is a Table PC, so let’s start there. The IdeaCentre Horizon combines aspects of PCs, laptops, and tablets to create an interesting fusion experience. Lenovo hopes to bring the best of all three worlds into one tidy package. […]

SDCC: Firefly MMO Announced, Chutzpah Unintentionally Defined

Ari Baronofsky — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 15:24:44 +0000

Ah, San Diego Comic Con. The place where a nerd can be a nerd, a cosplayer can be a cosplayer, and small fuzzy things from Alpha Centauri can be small fuzzy things from Alpha Centauri. As someone who has never attended SDCC, there are two different things I specifically look out for every year. The […]

Just Because You’re Paranoid… Part 1: Securing Your Email

Ari Baronofsky — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:06 +0000

The news has been awash with stories lately of how the National Security Agency has the ability to access the telephone records and internet usage patterns of Americans and possibly others around the globe. Our own website featured an article on this subject when the story first broke over a week ago. While bringing down a […]

Shiny! Add A Little Serenity To Your Garmin GPS

Ari Baronofsky — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:20:43 +0000

When I say I’m a fan of the Joss Whedon TV series Firefly and its follow-up film Serenity, I’m not using the word “fan” lightly. I missed the show in its original on-air run, but bought the DVD set on a whim and ended up watching the entire 13-episode run in two days. The only […]

Boston Marathon Bombing: Updates And Where To Go For Info

Ari Baronofsky — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:07:33 +0000

You’re all probably aware of the explosions that occurred near the finish line of the Boston Marathon this afternoon. I was made aware of it by my brother (volunteering at the marathon as an EMT this year, as both he and I have done in the past) who texted me to say, “I’m okay.” I […]

Review: Lenovo C540 All-in-one Gets Put Through Paces

Ari Baronofsky — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:59:39 +0000

The last time I bought an all-in-one PC was back in 1997. I was a senior in high school, and it was college application time. My family’s Apple IIc was significantly underpowered and ill-equipped for things like internet and CD-ROM use. With financial help from my folks, I went out and purchased an AST 75 […]

Review: Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 — Big Name, Big Tablet

Ari Baronofsky — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:05:06 +0000

Call me a Luddite, but despite the ubiquity of tablet computing over the last few years, I don’t always get the point of them. Tablets are often too big to replace a smartphone and don’t always have the processing power of a laptop or desktop. If I want to listen to music, a smaller device […]

Reverse The Polarity! Spaceteam Offers Face-To-Face Multiplayer Fun

Ari Baronofsky — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:00:18 +0000

If Incandescent Workshop’s starship bridge simulator Artemis is an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Sleeping Beast Games’s Spaceteam is Galaxy Quest. While both games have the same premise, that the players are the bridge crew of a sci-fi movie-esque starship, the similarities end there. Spaceteam feels like a combination of the 1980s flashing light game […]

Anything to Declare? Get A NEXUS Card

Ari Baronofsky — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:00:05 +0000

While I’m not an international jet setter, I do have family living north of the border in Canada. Because my wife actually wants to see her parents from time to time and we don’t want to deprive our daughter of face-to-face interaction with her grandparents, this means we travel to the Great White North two […]