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Each week Joshua Fruhlinger contributes This is the Modem World, a column dedicated to exploring the culture of consumer technology. I'm about to walk into my favorite restaurant in the world. The food is yummy, healthy and fits my budget. The staff ...

Just one year after its Zagat acquisition, Google has made a move on another trusted lifestyle brand. John Wiley & Sons Inc., the current owner of the Frommer's network of travel sites and guide books, confirmed the Mountain View acquisition, with...

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We're very lucky that the creator of the Cerevellum is even alive. Evan Solida was a competitive cyclist until a major accident in 2007 left him unable to ride. After years of plastic surgery and physical therapy, he was able to get back onto his bike and now builds unique cycle designs, does contract work, and just released his first product, the Hindsight 35. This unique device is essentially a rearview monitor and race computer for cyclists. It connects to various sensors using ANT+ wireless technology and a small lens and light combo on the back of the bike gives you a full view of what's coming up behind you in brilliant color. The device also records the scene in five minute bursts and stops recording when you (or your bike) are suddenly interrupted by a collision. In short, it's a way for cyclists to find out what's behind them and, if they run into a spot of bad luck, see who's responsible.

Trying to write a review of OS X Mountain Lion is tricky. First of all, I had already written a review back in February, when Apple legitimately surprised the world with the revelation that the ninth iteration of OS X was just about ready to go. Granted, back then I only had a few days to play with an early build. But it was already pretty solid at that point. Now, months later, I've had a lot of time to play with Mountain Lion, and I'm happy to report that it's even more solid. But ending my review there wouldn't do Mountain Lion the justice it deserves. It's definitely the most polished and robust version of OS X yet. If you liked Lion, you'll love Mountain Lion. If you didn't like Lion, you'll probably love Mountain Lion even more because it seems to fix a lot of the performance/quirkiness issues that some folks were having with the last version of OS X. I didn't have any of those issues with Lion, so as someone who had started using an iOS device far more than a Mac, I liked Lion right from the start because it borrowed a lot of little ideas from iOS. And Mountain Lion expands upon that practice. So, unsurprisingly, I like it even more.

If you've been following my weekend watch reviews, you'll note that I tend to like bigger watches. But even this monster - the Graham Oversize GMT - is too big for me. Graham is a British manufacturer of haute horology. Named after famed clockmaker George Graham, the company manufactures mostly in Switzerland and uses combination of bespoke movements as well as some modified ETA pieces. The Chronofighter is a bit different and a bit more interesting.

Reviewing a drive isn't very exciting. What can you say? "It contains a storage medium, is small, and surprisingly light." Thankfully, the Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt can add one important point to that litany of mundanity - a Thunderbolt port and cable that jacks the read and write speed up to amazing levels - thereby turning a ho-hum review into a real barn-burner.

Reviewing a drive isn't very exciting. What can you say? "It contains a storage medium, is small, and surprisingly light." Thankfully, the Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt can add one important point to that litany of mundanity - a Thunderbolt port and cable that jacks the read and write speed up to amazing levels - thereby turning a ho-hum review into a real barn-burner.

Reviewing a drive isn't very exciting. What can you say? "It contains a storage medium, is small, and surprisingly light." Thankfully, the Buffalo MiniStation Thunderbolt can add one important point to that litany of mundanity - a Thunderbolt port and cable that jacks the read and write speed up to amazing levels - thereby turning a ho-hum review into a real barn-burner.

Trolls, feel free to skip to the bottom of this column and post your comments immediately without reading a word. Actually, who are we kidding — you didn't make it this far. Everyone else, brace yourselves. You may want small children to leave the room. I'm about to do something I don't do often — something I always said I'd do if the product deserved it. Something some people seem to think I'm incapable of: praise a Google product — an Android-based Google product, no less. Is that enough build up for you? Okay.