Geek Out

US Army Declares War On Sanity With Comic Sans Presentation

Iran-Contra. The Bay of Pigs. The Battle of Mogadishu. All of these failures and black eyes upon American military history — none of them compare to this monstrosity, this abomination. This war crime. A briefing composed entirely in Comic Sans.


May 18, 2011
Entertainment

New Panasonic Projector Lets You Wirelessly Project From iOS Devices*

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As we discovered on our recent reader meetup adventure across the east coast, cables are the bane of the powerpoint projector. Panasonic is offering a workaround solution with two of its new projectors, by simultaneously launching an app on iOS that lets you wirelessly present from your iPad, iPhone or iPod.


December 6, 2010

The Presentation Laser Pointer Gets A Backlit 72-Key QWERTY Upgrade

Power Point presentations and their ilk are evil, nasty things, and will continue to glaze eyeballs over for years to come, sure, but as long as the presenter’s tools stay cool we’ll be all right, right?


April 28, 2010
Software

The US Military’s War On PowerPoint

There’s an insidious force plaguing our nation’s military. It’s vaster than any insurgent network, though much closer to home. It confounds our commanders and keeps our Generals up at night. And it’s included with every copy of Microsoft office.


March 2, 2010
Cameras

DVE Immersion Room Is Corporate Hologram Hell Back To Haunt Us

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The DVE Immersion room might well be the most impressive holographic telepresence setup for sharing 3D Powerpoint presentations ever (better than anything you could buy), but their promo video feels like it was produced by OCP in Robocop.