Author: BriAlys
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Hack the Hood

Planes. Bailouts. Budgets. Violence. When it comes to local news, I’ll pass. Add in cable and it’s even more of a fiasco – from one extreme (FOX News) to another (MSNBC). I resort to reading my daily blogs and resources like The Economist and National Public Radio (NPR). It’s the latter that caught my attention…
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Techno-Libertarian

Republican Senator Rand Paul from Kentucky, Techo-Libeterian. “What is that” you might ask? Well, If you can imagine a politician who’s for “Minimum Government, Maximum Freedom” somewhere in Silicon Valley, then you’ve got the gist of it. According to The Verge, Paul recently spoke at 2014: Reboot, a conference that tries to draw techies to…
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Wrist Swag

Traditional wallets are wack! For one, no one carries checkbooks anymore and the top designers have all taken notice! There are tons of nice wristlets / wallets out there that can make a statement and serve double duty: they can hold your phone, credit cards and lipstick and more! Plus they make a great accessory for…
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All-You-Can-Read

First there was All-You-Can-Eat, thanks to the Chinese. Next came All-You-Can-Watch (Netflix), followed by All-You-Can-Listen (Spotify). Now there’s All-You-Can-Read, called Kindle Unlimited, thanks to Amazon. I’m a big advocate of reading and I happen to think out of all the All-You-Can indulges out there, reading a book never hurt nobody! My go-to, semi-famous tagline is…
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Drones

Everyone is talking about drones! Amazon wants to use drones for 30-minute delivery service, right to your front porch; Netflix wants to use drones for a same-day movie delivery service; and Photographers now offer drones at weddings, to capture those hard-to-get shots. It’s probably not to hard to even imagine drones at sporting events! So, what exactly is a drone? “Drone” as…