It’s really sad when I get gas for $2.82 a gallon and think, “Gee, that’s cheap!” But when you consider that just a few months ago, I was paying $1 more a gallon, yeah, anything under $3 looks good to me. The dropping gas prices are the only thing positive I can find about the current state of the economy. Unemployment is SO high in my country, and I’m feeling lucky to have a job when I see so many people out of work and struggling. Even geeks, who usually have no problem finding work, are getting laid off right and left as...

As I log into the Wordpress admin dashboard for GeekySpeaky, I can’t help but notice all of the incoming links, most of which look like this: Do Follow Blogs Giant List of Do Follow Blogs Do Follow Blogs With PR and so on and so forth Clicking on any one of these links will lead you to a post that links to this blog and all of the other do follow blogs and gives instructions on how to leave a comment for link juice. Most people reading that crap are SO missing the point of this even being a do follow blog, as evidenced by the comments I get here daily....

I get emailed press releases every single day asking me to write about some new geeky gadget or tool. I turn down 99% of those offers, mostly for a lack of time. (I’m also afraid of taking a free review version of a product, finding it stinks, and having someone freak when I post a negative review…ha!) The folks at a new site called Gadget Advisor have no fear though! Instead of blogging about every new tool that crosses their desk, they only blog about the best of the best, handpicking from whatever floats their collective boat that day....