Saturday, October 31, 2015

Halloween 2015: USB Drive

I went a little overboard for Halloween last year. And as you can tell from my the Halloween category on my blog, sometimes I get a little too excited about Halloween.

So this year I decided to go quick, easy, and lo-fi as a USB drive:

Matt Cutts USB drive

To make a thumb drive/USB key, I just took a cardboard box, spray painted it black, and glued on some gold-colored paper. Super simple and easy to do. Then I cut out a curve for my head.

I made the mask using digital plans I bought from wintercroft.com. Once I had the materials, it took me a couple hours and was lots of fun. It was like a super-simple version of this big head costume.

If you wanted easy freedom of movement, you could also just wear the USB part on your head:

Matt Cutts USB drive


from Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO http://ift.tt/1M3aWm5
via IFTTT

Mike and Jim’s Week in Tech: Google’s New Version of Android


By MIKE ISAAC and JIM KERSTETTER from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1PWnTnD
via IFTTT

Friday, October 30, 2015

Amazon Shutting Down Its ‘Register’ Credit Card Processor


By MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1NH1RSA
via IFTTT

U.S. Tech Giants May Blur National Security Boundaries in China Deals


By PAUL MOZUR and JANE PERLEZ from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1GCofx4
via IFTTT

U.S. Tech Companies and Their Chinese Partners With Military Ties


By Unknown Author from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1GCofx0
via IFTTT

SXSW Convenes Online Harassment Event Following Uproar


By NICK WINGFIELD from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1PaeKGx
via IFTTT

Meg Whitman Seeks Reinvention for HP as It Prepares for Split


By QUENTIN HARDY from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1jWPU1y
via IFTTT

More Than One Way to Fix Firefox


By J. D. BIERSDORFER from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1MxrhoD
via IFTTT

Daily Report: LinkedIn Has a Pleasant Surprise for Wall Street


By JIM KERSTETTER from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1Hgt7CB
via IFTTT

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

App Smart | Make It a Zombie Halloween


By DALLAS JENSEN and KIT EATON from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1N9qjO8
via IFTTT

The New Apple TV Invigorates the Set-Top Box


By BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1XA1HRz
via IFTTT

How Apple TV Stacks Up: A Rundown of Streaming Devices


By Unknown Author from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1kchNlH
via IFTTT

Halloween Phone Fun, With Haunted Games and Zombie Selfies


By KIT EATON from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1MUL5wm
via IFTTT

PayPal Reports a 29% Jump in Earnings


By MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1kSYkHq
via IFTTT

How to Connect Tableau and Google Analytics


via LunaMetrics » Blog http://ift.tt/1WiEXmy

New Mobile Search Start-up Focuses on Apps


By CONOR DOUGHERTY from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1PUuAph
via IFTTT

IBM to Acquire the Weather Company


By QUENTIN HARDY from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1WiJRjo
via IFTTT

Streamlining Data-Hoarding Apps


By J. D. BIERSDORFER from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1N7C8UR
via IFTTT

Daily Report: Twitter’s Fourth-Quarter Forecast Spooks Investors


By JIM KERSTETTER from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1S9hhR1
via IFTTT

Mark Zuckerberg, in India, Defends Facebook’s Plan to Expand Internet Access


By PAUL MOZUR from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1S94m1w
via IFTTT

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Backlash Grows Over SXSW’s Canceled Video Game Panels


By NICK WINGFIELD from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1k89l73
via IFTTT

Dismal Twitter Forecast Sends Stock Lower


By VINDU GOEL from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1KDAYdC
via IFTTT

Apple Profit Rose 31% for Its 4th Quarter, Beating Forecasts


By KATIE BENNER from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1N6ckIF
via IFTTT

IBM Discloses S.E.C. Investigation


By QUENTIN HARDY from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1MRzE8K
via IFTTT

Oracle Will Not Build a Giant Cloud System Like A.W.S.


By QUENTIN HARDY from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1WfFjQ4
via IFTTT

Daily Report: Apple, Twitter Next Up for Tech Earnings


By JIM KERSTETTER from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1jNXpb2
via IFTTT

Alibaba Revenue Up Sharply, Bolstered by Mobile Sales


By PAUL MOZUR from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1GFSHpD
via IFTTT

Teenager in Northern Ireland Arrested in TalkTalk Hacking Case


By MARK SCOTT from NYT Technology http://ift.tt/1N4w5R3
via IFTTT

Saturday, October 24, 2015