Author Archives: webmeister Bud
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: Pac-Man + Tournaments for Android
Nostalgia. It's a powerful thing. There have been countless iterations of Pac-Man [covered in the May 23, 2012 geek-out], but the one most likely to elicit the most powerful memories is the original a...
Mar 25, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: Smart watches everywhere!
First, there was the Pebble smart watch [covered in the April 25, 2012 geek-out]. Then, we heard Apple was building a smart watch. Samsung, no friend of Apple's, then threw their hat into the smart wa...
Mar 22, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: Pokémon Scramble U with NFC
Like Skylanders before it and Disney Infinity this summer (but not June 1, as originally predicted; it's been pushed to August 18), the upcoming Pokmon Scramble U will be a game for Nintendo's Wii U c...
Mar 21, 2013
Bud's Weekly Geek-out :: LivesOn
Today on Bud's Weekly Geek-out . . . If you don't want your Twitter feed being sidelined by something so inconvenient as YOUR DEATH, there's now a service which'll learn how you Tweet while you're ali...
Mar 20, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: the Minuum mini mobile keyboard
On-screen keyboards really haven't changed much over the years. They're laid out like a QWERTY keyboard, are 3 or 4 rows high, and sometimes take up half of your screen. Well, go Canada: a Toronto com...
Mar 19, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: Facebook in Vancouver?
Facebook is coming to Vancouver. Well, temporarily. Yup, a temporary office will be set up by Facebook towards the end of May in downtown Van, and it's expected to be there for a year. It'll serve bot...
Mar 18, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: Samsung Galaxy S IV
After much hype, the Samsung Galaxy S IV was unveiled last night in New York. There was much singing and dancing. You think I'm kidding. Looking much like the mockups previously leaked to the internet...
Mar 15, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: Pikachu 3DS XL coming soon
Much like "My Canada includes the CBC" (or whatever those old bumper stickers said), my geek includes gaming, so I simply must to tell you about this adorabubble new Nintendo 3DS XL coming March 24 to...
Mar 14, 2013
Bud's Mini Geek-out :: Google Reader shutting down
With so much geek in the world (and Wednesdays at 7:20 am being my only on-air geeking with Dylan & Jason), I thought I'd post mini geek-outs here, as well. Itty-bitty bits of bite-sized geekiness...
Mar 13, 2013
Bud's Weekly Geek-out :: AnyGlove
Today on Bud's Weekly Geek-out . . . Ever tried operating your smartphone's touchscreen with gloves on? It doesn't work, unless you've bought some of those specialized touchscreen gloves. Well now, th...
Mar 13, 2013
