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Cali Lewis Interview Rescheduled for Saturday at 2pm CST

by John P.

Hey gang, slight modification. We’ll be doing this live interview on Saturday at 2pm Texas time instead of the 3pm time I previously reported in error. Sorry about that!

Cali Lewis On Location

So, if you want to join us, either click on Cali’s gorgeous picture above, or go here for all the details! Gee, that’s a hard choice huh…


Cali Lewis Live Interview Saturday June 7 at 3:00pm CST

June 3, 2008

Hey folks, on Saturday June 7, 2008 at 3pm Central time in the U.S. (-5 GMT) Cali Lewis and Neal Campbell will be coming by to live stream an interview with your’s truly. We’ll be chatting about chicken nuggets, quantum string theory, plasma torches and bikini waxes. Well, maybe not. I actually have no idea [...]

How to Professionally Sharpen a Knife

January 30, 2008
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One of my readers (Kirk) wrote in with the following question: I have just purchased the whole set of Katana knives plus a few extra to fill the block. My question is, how the heck do you use that steel properly to keep them as sharp as they were out of the box? Is that [...]

16 Tips for Blog Idea Brainstorming

August 22, 2007

In the last week at least 5 people have asked me, “how do you come up with so many interesting articles?” To be honest, I probably wouldn’t have chosen to write about this topic if Lorelle hadn’t asked me to (anything for you Lorelle!) because I’m afraid it will bore you people to tears! But [...]

Perfecting High Definition TVs Audio and Video Settings

February 9, 2007
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The Man received the following question from Steven: I just purchased a 37″ Sharp Aquos. Is there somewhere on the Internet that I can find the best settings for picture/voice quality — or do I just have to go through it all via trial and error? Well, Steve. First of all congrats on your new [...]

Protect Your Privacy, Delete Internet Usage Tracks

February 2, 2007
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Here’s a question I received from a reader: Can you recommend a good hard drive sweeper? I need to clean up my PC at work… been surfing the net a little too much. Well yes. Yes I can…

Creative Zen Vision W Teardown

January 8, 2007

After my previous review of the Zen Vision W I had a reader Ask the Man the following question: Hi, I just got myself a Zen W last X-mas. I think it’s fantastic as well. I bought the 30gb instead of the 60gb thinking I could probably upgrade the hard drive to a higher capacity [...]

Top 15 Electronic “Must Haves”

October 4, 2006

I received the following request from a reader: Since you’re The Man… Kindly grace us with your Top 5 Consumer Electronic “Must Haves” in the $600 to $1,000 range? I’ll do you one better! Here are a bunch of my top “must haves” in a variety of price ranges. Not all of these are totally [...]

“Dear The Man”: How Do I Get a Promotion?

August 1, 2006

From a reader: Dear Mr. Man, I’ve been at my job for a long time, and everyone loves me, but I keep getting passed up for promotion. What should I do? Sincerely, Sponge Bob