Author: geekfenceblogger

Buying a new phone is one of the biggest decisions you can make. Not only will you likely be spending upwards of $800 on this purchase, but you could end up spending up to five hours a day on your mobile phone. Needless to say, you want to make sure the device you choose is the right fit. Google Pixel 3 When Google launched the Pixel 2 in 2017, they challenged consumers to “Ask More of Your Phone.” With the advent of Google Pixel 3 and 3 XL this year, the company seems to have taken their own advice. With…

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President Trump visited American military forces on Wednesday in Iraq, making his first trip to troops stationed in a combat zone only days after announcing his intention to withdraw the United States from foreign wars in Syria and Afghanistan. The trip, shrouded in secrecy, came during a partial government shutdown and less than a week after Mr. Trump disrupted the military status quo and infuriated even some of his political allies by announcing plans to withdraw all troops from Syria and about half from Afghanistan. The president’s decision on Syria led to the resignation of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. Speaking…

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Social media has evolved over the past two decades. What started as simple online communication tools with AOL chat rooms, MSN messenger, and MySpace profiles has now transformed into services we can’t live without. Today, social media is much more sophisticated and much more powerful than those primitive social networks. It is no longer just a source of fun, but a source of income for millions of people around the world. Whatever business or industry you’re involved in, you must have felt the impact of social media. It has made things both easier and more difficult, as well as simpler…

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Watch Aquaman full movie here. Nobody’s going to “Aquaman” for the metaphors. And to be fair, nobody put metaphors in “Aquaman.” Yet when a set of plastic six-pack rings drifts past the camera, you do wonder whether it’s a nod to pollution or a wink at Jason Momoa’s fitness. Momoa is why some of us are going to “Aquaman.” He’s in one poster with his smoky eyes peeking out of some water. One hand’s gripping a trident. The other’s going “hang ten.” (He’s half native Hawaiian.) But none of that surf humor and none of that hotness are really anywhere…

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It would be fair to call my home décor aesthetic the opposite of a Pottery Barn catalog. In theory, I would love to live in a Pottery Barn catalog, but in practice, I’m too much of a pack rat to be comfortable among spare furnishings in rich earth tones. Our house looks like an ongoing estate sale. Every tabletop is jammed with family photos. Every windowsill is a miniature stage for cicada carapaces and crinoid fossils, tiny superheroes left over from our sons’ childhood, antique buttons, earrings without mates, watches without bands. The refrigerator door is wallpapered edge to edge…

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