Jeremy Goldstone – Techcitement*

Get Frozen In Carbonite Like Han Solo At Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Jeremy Goldstone — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:30:51 +0000

Ever since I was a little kid, I wanted to be frozen in carbonite, just like Han Solo did in The Empire Strikes Back. What can I say, when you are six and a Star Wars fan, being imprisoned and kept as a keepsake by intergalactic gangsters seems like an awesome idea. Now, you don’t have […]

UPDATED AND CORRECTED: Abraham Lincoln Tried To Patent Facebook

Jeremy Goldstone — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:48:02 +0000

UPDATE: No. No, he did not. Oops. … Original story: Abraham Lincoln. The Great Emancipator. The sixteenth president of the United States of America. Creator of Facebook and social media. Creator of Facebook? And you thought Mark Zuckerberg had to worry about the Winklevoss twins coming after him, try the guy who won the Civil […]

SnApp Judgments: X-Men

Jeremy Goldstone — Sun, 06 May 2012 07:53:25 +0000

Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is X-Men by Konami Digital Entertainment and usually runs for […]

Doctor Who Sex Toy: The Doctor Is In! (NSFW)

Jeremy Goldstone — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:57:02 +0000

Are you a big fan of Doctor Who? Always felt like you had a little bit of the Doctor inside you? Now there’s a chance you might, as someone has created a Doctor Who dildo — the TARDIS Tickler. The TARDIS Tickler is a bit of do it yourself from The Toymaker Project, a site […]

Perfect Strangers: The Most Perfect Video Game Ever Created About The 1980s

Jeremy Goldstone — Thu, 03 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Every once in a while, a video game is created that not only defies genre, but redefines the meaning of the word art. A game that brings humanity together, reminding us that we are not individuals, but a global community. That game is Perfect Strangers: Nothing’s Gonna Stop Me Now by jada, an advergaming design company. […]

SnApp Judgments: iStunt 2

Jeremy Goldstone — Thu, 03 May 2012 07:44:16 +0000

Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is iStunt2 by Miniclip.com and usually runs for $.99. It’s […]

SnApp Judgments: Word Run Pro

Jeremy Goldstone — Wed, 02 May 2012 08:17:16 +0000

Techfiction: The Awesome Tech Of The Avengers

Jeremy Goldstone — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:00:37 +0000

And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth’s mightiest heroes and heroines found themselves united against a common threat. On that day, the Avengers were born—to fight the foes no single super hero could withstand! The Invincible Iron Man! The Incredible Hulk! The Mighty Thor! Captain America, the First Avenger! And […]

Techfiction: The Dangers Of Space Mining

Jeremy Goldstone — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:00:50 +0000

Tuesday’s announcement by startup Planetary Resources that they have plans to start a privatized asteroid mining operation seems the stuff of science fiction made reality. This is literally a plot point in countless science fiction books and movies, usually to get the protagonists in an out of the way location so all kinds of space chaos can break […]

Planetary Resources = Miners In Space!

Jeremy Goldstone — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:00:35 +0000

What do director James Cameron, Eric Schmidt and Larry Page (executive chairmen of Google, respectively), and Ross Perot Jr. have in common? They’re all going into the space mining business, backing the startup company Planetary Resources. Planetary Resources hopes to have a private spacecraft operational in less than two years, using it to mine for […]