Le Chic Geek

I’m really nostalgic for old games and play them pretty frequently.  I mostly loved my NES emulators but hated them when they would suddenly crash, oh, let’s say, towards the ending of a Boy and His Blob (and whenever I did things that tended to be in-game Easter eggs). There’s …

I watch Golden Girls pretty much every day (and I’m proud of that!)  So I’m pretty excited to hear that a Golden Girls-themed restaurant is opening in New York City. A friend of Rue McClanahan inherited a lot of her memorabilia, and got the idea to put it to use …

Saying “Hamilton is a popular show right now” is beyond an understatement.  Shows are sold out and ticket prices have gone up.  So what’s a frugal traveler to do? Did you know there are still options to see Hamilton for much, MUCH less than the typical ticket price?  (starting at …

Yesterday, I was really excited by the event list that went up for the ticket vouchers that Ticketmaster gave out in response to the class action law suit against them. It included acts such as Gwen Stefani and Mumford and Son. However, when my friend and I tried booking General …

Well, sometimes they are box-like.  Also, the “black box” that news reports refer to are really two separate items.  Neither one is black. The black box is made up of two items: The flight data recorder (FDR) is a device that preserves the recent history of the flight through the …

Because why not figure these things out? Apparently, with the air intake of a 767, you could get the Goodyear Blimp ready for the Superbowl in… oh… About seven seconds. Wow. But this is all irrelevant because the Goodyear Blimp is retiring.  It is being replaced by an airship. When …

Coming up on the tails of Ticketmaster’s free tickets for previous purchases (but executed a lot better), Amazon has automatically deposited gift cards into the accounts of people who were considered interested parties in the settlement of their anti-trust case. This lawsuit was brought by the state attorney general and …

This is one of those things where I can’t actually believed it happened, but it did. My puppy likes to “help mommy write,” and by that I mean, she likes the click sound my mouse makes, so she will try to jump up and click the mouse. Today, I got up …

Sygic has a product called Family Locator that allows you to keep tabs on where everyone is. It lets you see where all your family members are.  It can also alert you once they reach their destination safely. From the app description: Family Locator – GPS Phone tracker app lets …

We weren’t really expecting much from the Ticketmaster shows.  But Bob Dylan?  Mumford and Son?  The Cure?  Holy crap. Ticketmaster gave free vouchers to people who have previously purchased tickets through their website due to a settlement over Ticketmaster’s fees. (If You’ve Used Ticketmaster, You Probably Have Free Tickets in …