Do you get your weather from a weather app? The number of weather apps available for smartphones and tablets grows by the day, but they’re not all equal. Your weather app likely sucks—in fact, some apps are so wrong that you’re better off looking out the window. Here’s how to remedy the situation. [Gawker] Read more
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Whitson Gordon is a writer, gamer, and all-around tech nerd. He eats potato chips with chopsticks so he doesn't get grease on his mechanical keyboard.
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Every couple months I pull out my old gaming laptop from college: a busted-ass Dell m1210 that's had its motherboard replaced four times under warranty because Nvidia couldn't get its shit together. It never works right. I've had enough. I'm sticking this sucker in the oven. [Gizmodo] Read more