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  • What’s cheaper than buying an anti-RFID wallet?

    What’s cheaper than buying an anti-RFID wallet?

    Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
    The following is in the interest of saving you money, which is probably my number one goal here at CG: preventing you from spending money when you don't have to. I've seen ads on Drudge recently pimping RFID-blocking wallets produced by a company called Identity Stronghold. The idea behind the wallet is to block the RFID chip found in your credit card from being surreptitiously scanned. Now, I'm sure it's a fine product and one that works as advertised; I have no "issue" with said wallet. But that's partially why you can get away with not buying one: it's fairly easy to disable the RFID chip in your credit card. What do you need? Nothing more than a hammer!

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  • Mobile Internet sees 34 percent jump this year: Thanks, women, teens & seniors

    Mobile Internet sees 34 percent jump this year: Thanks, women, teens & seniors

    Posted on October 1, 2009 | No Comments
    Embattled ratings company Nielsen has published some Internet findings that may interest you. (If not, go make a sandwich or something.) The big finding is that mobile access to the Internet has jumped 34 percent compared to last year, and it looks like women, teens and, yes, seniors make up the bulk of that increase. The mobile Internet: not just a place for 20-something men anymore. Darn.

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  • Feel free to drink your shower water, kids

    Feel free to drink your shower water, kids

    Posted on August 26, 2009 | No Comments
    Normally, you probably wouldn't consider drinking your own shower water after you had used it, but throw a couple of plants in there and you may well reconsider. Or, perhaps you'll react like the Drudge-ushered Daily Mail commenters and say stuff like “WHAT IS THIS GARBAGE, I EARN THE RIGHT TO WASTE WATER AND I'LL BE DAMNED IF SOME EGGHEAD SCIENTIST SAYS OTHERWISE.”

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