My Cloud
My choices for cloud services and how I use them: MobileMe – Contact, Calendar and Preference Syncing Dropbox – Active working files for both personal use and work Sugarsync – Personal archives (documents, software, etc.) Evernote – Capturing notes and ideas Gmail – Personal email What do you use?
File Management is About To Get More Complicated
It would seem that Microsoft has been hard at work further complicating what should be the simple process of file management. When asked about Apple products and why I use them, I send them links to things like this. Video: Improvements in Windows 8 MSDN Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/08/26/improvements-in-windows-explorer.aspx
Bitcoin. Am I Missing Something Here?
A few weeks ago I decided to install the Bitcoin client and see exactly what this new unregulated peer-to-peer financial system was all about. What have I learned? It’s like playing the lottery. You play for weeks and weeks and weeks. And then you finally win! The reality sets in. You find out that the [...]
iTowel
This is one iProduct that I won’t likely be adding to my collection. http://adventurehousegroup.com/360_blog/2011/06/23/itowel/
The Hipster PDA
Read about it here. This is one of the funniest things I have seen in awhile and why I think Merlin Mann is one of the most entertaining technology writers around. I did feel a little dumb realizing that he posted this almost seven years ago. Check out his work at 43 Folders (one of [...]
Vintage Typewriter iPad Keyboard
Buy ‘em on Etsy.
BBC on iTunes
I may be late to the game on this one, but nonetheless I’m excited about it. Top Gear and Dr. Who on iTunes! Looks like they have seasons 1-16 of Top Gear and the entire David Tennant Dr. Who. Now can we get some of the excellent back catalog of BBC shows? Life on Mars [...]
Is IE9 The Best Browser?
Microsoft has finally released Internet Explorer 9 and they are touting it as the “Best Browser”. They are careful to add “For Windows” to this claim. So fellow Mac and Linux users we’re out of luck. How does it measure up? Via Computer World
PDF Highlighter: Lighten Your (Travel) Load
When you work in the A/E field you find yourself travelling quite a bit. Whether it just across town or across the country, it usually involves the carrying of plans and/or specifications. I like to travel light and these “dead tree” solutions tend to make that nearly impossible. And often awkward if the plans do [...]
You Too Can Have Tiger Blood
For about four bucks. I know that Charlie has problems and that he is now topping the celebrity dead pool, but who didn’t see the vast opportunity for his antics to be turned into real products. I imagine that the Adonis and warlock ones are on a truck right now heading for the local convenience [...]
Remote iTunes Home Sharing
Now that Apple has released iOS4.3, which includes iTunes Home Sharing (which, BTW, works quite nicely), my thoughts turned to making this happen remotely; essentially turning the combination of iTunes and an Internet connection into a Slingbox of sorts. A company called Slinkware has introduced a product called Slink which is designed to do just [...]
It’s About Time
The long slow death of Internet Explorer 6. Even if you are a fan of Microsoft products, there are some that are just hard to love (or even like for that matter). via Switched
iPad Clam Case
Turn you iPad into a MacBook (of sorts). Now for just $99! www.clamcase.com
More Griffin. More iPad Products for Kids
Check out Griffin’s new LightBoard, the ideal iPad case for kids. http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/lightboard-ipad.
Evernote Is Getting Better?
Just when I was beginning to believe that Evernote just couldn’t get any better, they go and prove otherwise. While the new features are only beta and only for the Mac, they at least show where the app is heading. Read more at: http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/12/01/evernote-mac-beta-now-has-sharing-and-notebook-stacks/.
I Don’t Really Want To Buy Another Printer
I really would rather not buy another new printer. In fact I just got comfortable with the one I have. iOS 4.2 has finally given us AirPrint and the ability to print wirelessly to a select group of printers. All HP incidentally. I haven’t tried this yet, but my confidence in LifeHacker puts this in [...]
Noise-Canceling Bluetooth Headsets
I’m looking for something new. Something that does more than just give me hands-free access to my phone. I have quite a few of those already. The current collection I have includes a variety of functional yet uncomfortable devices which seem to pick up every breeze and distant cough and amplify them for the person [...]
Lego Harry Potter for iOS
Warner Brothers has released Lego Harry Potter and it is available as a universal download from the App Store for $4.99. Gameplay includes over 40 levels of play with endless freeplay areas. Read more at: http://www.tuaw.com/2010/11.20/lego-harry-potter-available-for-ios/.
ArkHippo
When I first saw these things I was kind of dumbfounded as to exactly what demographic the makers were going after. Now that we have mobile phones that do fit in our pockets, why intentionally make them bigger? Then after listening to Alex Lindsay on MacBreak Weekly and how his son plays with his iPhone [...]
Hacking the Kinect
Just days after Microsoft released Kinect, a motion-based game controller for the Xbox 360 console, a group of hackers managed to modify the device’s settings, hack it and let it run on Windows 7. Now it has been hacked to run on OS X. Read more at: http://www.ismashphone.com/2010/11/kinect-hacked-running-on-mac-os-x.html.
Multi-Touch Virtual Clay for iPad
“Beautiful Modeler” is a pair of applications that lets you sculpt virtual modeling-clay with your fingers, thanks to the iPad’s multi-touch capabilities. The iPad itself is the controller, and displays nothing but five dots that represent your fingertips. A companion app, running on a nearby Mac on the same Wi-Fi network, shows the actual model [...]
3D on an iPhone from Hasbro
The device, which resembles a pair of binoculars with a slot in which users insert their iPod or iPhone, will be priced at $30. It will be available starting next spring at stores where Apple’s iPhones and iPod Touches are available. Read more at: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Hasbro-unveils-device-that-apf-1430279378.html.
