Author Archives: webmeister Bud
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: A new Legend of Zelda!
I am a big Nintendo fanboy. Not at all afraid to admit it. In a new Nintendo Direct (Nintendo's released-every-so-often updates on games, consoles, etc.), The Big N announced that a new Legend of Zeld...
Apr 17, 2013
Bud's Weekly Geek-out :: Burner
Today on Bud's Weekly Geek-out . . . an app called Burner which, as the name implies, provides you with a temporary - or burner - phone number to give you an extra step of privacy for a UsedVictoria p...
Apr 17, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: YouTube's Analogue Mode
It's the 57th anniversary of the VCR? It would seem so. And what better way to celebrate than by making your beautiful HD YouTube videos look like they were recorded on VHS tapes which got caught in t...
Apr 15, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: Google Street View Hyperlapse
Google Street View is cool enough, but how about at high speed? Like, timelapse speed? Or, forget "timelapse" . . . how about "hyperlapse?" That's what Toronto design house Teehan+Lax has built out of...
Apr 12, 2013
Bud's Weekly Geek-out :: Cliffhanger TV tracker
Today on Bud's Weekly Geek-out . . . Cliffhanger, an Android app which not only helps you keep up on when your favourite shows are airing, and helps you discover news shows you may also enjoy . . . bu...
Apr 10, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: Free Marvel comics!
Last month, during SXSW, Marvel tried to give away over 700 #1 issues of its comics through its new mobile apps. Unfortunately, the response was so ridiculous that the servers couldn't keep up, and th...
Apr 08, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: Facebook Home / HTC First
It wasn't the long-rumoured "Facebook Phone" revealed in a pair of announcements yesterday, but it's sure an interesting move. Instead of running Facebook as an app, Facebook Home is a coming-April-12...
Apr 05, 2013
Bud's Weekly Geek-out :: April Fool's Day roundup
Monday was April 1st, and the internet was, once again, overflowing with April Fool's jokes. Some great, some awful, and most worthy of a chuckle or two. First, from the tech world, Google introduced ...
Apr 03, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: BioShock Infinite
I just started playing BioShock Infinite (on my PC via Steam), and whoa. It's beautiful. The scene is set in an alternate 1912 America, in a steampunky city in the sky, and the architecture, costumes,...
Apr 01, 2013
Bud's Weekly Geek-out :: International TableTop Day
Today on Bud's Weekly Geek-out . . . Well-known geeks Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day have declared this Saturday, March 30, as International TableTop Day, where they want each and every one of us to play...
Mar 27, 2013
