This winter, you could enjoy the recreational abilities that snow offers just like every other snow-going individual. Or, you could do one, possibly two better and go “all out”. Leave mere snowboarding to commoners. You deserve so much better. Introducing, the gas-powered snowboard. A 6-1/2 horsepower motor, 250lb. weight capacity, 18mph top speed, and two hours of runtime on a 3/4-gallon tank mean “fun” has a new meaning. To be honest though,...

Because you’ve got nothing else better to do when rocketing down a hill at 40mph — Introducing the Recon Instruments Transcend. Thick sarcasm aside, these snow goggles are actually pretty cool. First and foremost, they block your eyes from harsh ice chips and snow that seek to invade your ocular cavities. Second, they display a bevy of useful information including altitude, speed, distance, number of runs, time, and temp. Doesn’t sound like a bad deal....

Falling into an ever spiraling wave of boredom can only lead to a few outcomes. (1) you can get creative and invent something, (2) read a book, or (3), get into trouble. Unfortunately for myself, option three happens all too often. Perhaps that’s what the individuals in the video below were facing when they decided to take a laptop and turn it into a snowboard. For an old laptop that is either beyond repair or simply not worth repairing, the snowboard option is a...

You know, with each passing day of not being able to see the Olympics live either how I want on TV or god forbid, stream anything worthwhile, it becomes more and more clear — NBC flat out sucks as a network. Earlier this year they handled the whole Tonight Show/Jay Leno/Conan Obrian fiasco in a less than stellar manner and now they are in the process of making this one of the worst Olympics yet. To say coverage is terrible is a gross understatement. The blatant...

Some gadget gurus will go and combine something like a clock and toilet, or a toothbrush and a laser. Now don’t take it in the wrong way or that I’m trying to dismiss/knock on those indivuduals’ personal achievements and creations. They’re great, really. But this, this Igloo/Man Cave/Icy Wonderland is something I could really use. For Jimmy Grey of Cleveland, Ohio, a recent vacation to the unemployment line with an unwelcome extended stay left...