Former TechTV/G4 personality Kevin Rose has slowly become a leader in the world of underground technology. Known as "The Dark Tipper," Rose began work…more
Kevin's nickname is the "Dark Tipper". It was given to him because he often produced segments showing people how to legally alter or "hack" their computer related equipment (ipods, Xboxes, PCs) to improve performance.
Kevin: Break your computer. Seriously I can't tell you the number of times I have reformatted my hard drive because I tweaked something until it broke. Needless to say, my PC wouldn't boot. But I took something away from that and never repeated the same mistake twice.
Kevin: I love well-designed products that combine form and functionality. Those purple, hard-case Netgear switches and the Apple iPod are examples of well-thought-out products.