Halloween is over. Christmas decorations are popping up in Wal-Marts everywhere, or Tokyu Hands and Don Quixote if you live in Japan. The leaves are turning red, and Thanksgiving is in the air. My bones are tingling with another year of age behind me, but it’s not only because the cold air is finding newer and newer passages though my pores. My body is eagerly awaiting another annual...
Everyone has a camera. But not everyone has the knack for capturing interesting photos. With the holiday season just around the bend, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to hone your photography skills. Hopefully with this basic guide, your snapshots will go from boring to lively and vibrant in no time. All it takes is little planning, photo know-how and experimentation. Photography is...
We'll all soon be sitting around the Thanksgiving table talking about the upcoming holiday season. Grandma wants a new phone and mom said she wants some sort of tablet for reading and maybe playing games. You're the expert and all eyes are on you. What should grandma buy? What should Uncle Joe get Aunt Mary Anne? Here, we'll give you a few hints with our Holiday Guide to Mobile Devices...
Google has elected to celebrate the various holidays that happen around this time of year by way of hidden goodies and noticeable extras. First off, head to Google.com and search for Christmas, Hanukkah or Kwanzaa. Right away, you’ll notice they’ve decorated the search page with the related ornamental goodness. I live life with SafeSearch “off.” Believe it. YouTube is giving...
The holiday season of 2011 is officially upon us. The last few months have been scary slow as far as gaming releases have been concerned. But now? Publishers are gearing up to vanquish our savings accounts as they deliver a storm of outstanding content. We at TechnoBuffalo decided to assemble two separate lists for this season's games: Joey's Top 7 and The Most Exciting of…why? Because...
Please don’t say that you forgot about Mother’s Day this Sunday. Well, even if you did, all is not lost. And no, you don’t necessarily have to shell out a shocking amount of cashola on some wilting supermarket flowers… Oh goodness, you weren’t really going to do that, were you? Oh boy. Well, clearly this is an emergency. Don’t fret. I’m here to help. At this point, you missed the...
So, the holidays are behind us, and we have rushed in 2011 with a bang. There is still some business to attend to in 2010: The holiday spending numbers. On the surface it appears the economy is coming back just a bit, or people are just tired of not spending some money during the holidays. Whatever the case, it’s time to take a look at the numbers and see if retailers will be happy or...
The holidays are upon us, and if you’re like me, you have a good portion of you shopping completed.  Yet, there are always those few people on your list that are extremely difficult to buy for. The problem here is that I like tech, so when faced with a “what the heck do I get them” situation, it tends to lean towards what I like, and this could be dangerous. More often than not you end...
The holiday season brings about a lot of hustle and bustle, travel, family gatherings, holiday shopping and a multitude of other events that go along with this time of year. Along with all these things come holiday traditions, and there are many that are unique to each family: We always put up the Christmas lights on Thanksgiving weekend, go to midnight mass on Christmas eve and always...
As the weather turns cool here in Northern California it’s pretty evident that the holidays are just around the corner and the shopping season that accompanies that has already begun. Many savvy shoppers live for Black Friday deals and brave the insane crowds that go along with saving a few bucks. An ever increasing number of shoppers are shopping online and taking advantage of Cyber...