Technology, Science, and other ridiculousness
The ubiquitous nature of social networking has become a major boon in this age of web solutions and emerging technologies. There have been so many improvements in what was once referred to as “Knowledge Management” as a platform, and now is “social networking” at its core. No longer are we bound by even modern tools, […]
In the recent past, and I would say –Â for an old guy like me — that’s something like 5-10 years, I’ve really enjoyed the ability to use technology in helping me find my way around. Just think about all of the great mobile abilities you have, these days, that allow you to help yourself in […]
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Recently (like 4 days ago), while trying to re-enter the world of consolidated - easy to deal with - email, calendars and all sorts of information sharing, I decided to try something I’d done in the past: use one email tool to help consolidate my accounts. I have a few, but not too many. I […]
I was reading an article on my buddy’s James and Kevin’s site. They truly are the mobile warriors of the world. These guys know their tech and they know how to be mobile - all of the time! So, when I saw them pointing to Chris Pirillo’s iPhone Rant video, I was really glad to […]
There is so much stunning visual delivery technology out in the wild these days that it’s hard to look anywhere without it being right in your face. The cable providers, satellite TV, phone/broadband service providers, all are in the act when it comes to content delivery. Then you’ve got the devices: Apple TV, HD-DVD/Blu-Ray players, […]
So, yesterday, I do my iTunes 7.2 upgrade in hopes of un-DRMing my songs… this is what I see: 3 Songs. What? 3 songs?! That’s ALL that it could find in my 5700 song library? OK, so, maybe I have a lot of old CDs that I ripped, but I KNOW I’ve purchased a lot […]
Obviously, it’s been a while since I’ve written. I won’t get into the details, but there were a number of valid reasons. But let’s just talk about how embracing mobile technology can simplify your life.
If you talk to my buddies James and Kevin at JKOnTheRun.com, these Masters of Mobile can certainly tell you that this type of technology […]
Recently, I had looked at the details of the upcoming Cerulean Studios Trillian Astra product/project. It looks like this awesome Multi-Network IM Client (with a whole lot more integration!) will be even more than most people expected. Though, it should be noted that it was recently uncovered that the product was not Adobe Apollo, […]
Twitter (the craziest good idea in social networking) has certainly become one of the most rapidly growing Web 2.0 applications I have ever seen. There is such a flurry around it - and yes, I use it, too. You can see my twitterificness (not to be confused with the twitterific Mac application) under my cartoon […]
Well, it’s finally been announced, Adobe’s Apollo platform is now GA for developers. This has been one of the most highly anticipated platform-agnostic SDKs in a while.  The best part about this product is it takes the basis of tools developers already know and understand, like Flash, Flex, HTML, AJAX, and javascript and allows them to design and […]
With my recent talk of IMing and saving the world, I thought “what about saving myself from forgetting what I need to do?” Well, that’s where “IMified.com” comes in. They’ve come up with this “Beta” product that allows you to get instant access to an increasing number of web applications, right through your IM client. […]
Those who follow my blog know that I love automation, especially things that can be done in the home. I most especially love when something is quick and easy to install. It’s not a lazy side of me, but it’s something that proves to me that the product manufacturer is trying to really make it […]
Looks like it’s finally happened, the geniuses at NAVTEQ, the number one leading provider of mapping data for GPS devices and services (you know like all that stuff you see in Google Maps?), March 15th, 2007 announced a “new Visual Content suite” that will allow for three-dimensional models of cities and major landmarks. Whoa! This […]
I can’t tell you how many people have told me that their hard drive has died on them. Let’s just say, it’s a lot. But, luckily, it’s fewer than years ago when this was something that commonly occurred. Now, understand that people are using their hard drives differently than in years past. Today, people rely […]
Blogging from Office Applications? Who would have thought this was ever a good idea? Well, I do. Think about it: Word is a powerful tool for writing. After all, when we blog we’re writing, aren’t we? Word is a powerful tool for Formatting written work; we’re doing that too. So, it seems like a good […]
While I’ve realized the world of licenses has gotten a little strange, over time, I had no idea it had gone so completely awry, until I read this from Cory Doctoro, which points out some interesting fine print and a little commentary of the views of some license agreements:
The worst offenders are people who sell […]
With everyone being a member of some kind of social network, you really almost need to know where your friends are causing trouble online. I’m a member of a number of social and technology networks like Twitter. We most likely all use some kind of tool for messaging with our friends, if it’s our instant […]
If you’re not amused enough with your Wiimote while playing with your Wii, then maybe you too can hack something with it. In fact, there’s a guy out there, Chris Hughes, who decided to do something fun with his Wiimote and his Roomba.
Chris decided to hack the Roomba so that it would respond to motion […]
A product produced by the folks at Avvenu allows you to listen to your iTunes music connection from any web browser on a Windows PC, Mac, or Windows Mobile 5 smartphone. Your home-base PC is, of course, needed to store the originating iTunes library, and has to be a Windows PC (We’ll assume at least XP). With […]
Just a quick little bit of news relating to game play…
If you’re a fan of The Lord Of The Rings, you might be excited to know that there has been some covert confirmation that “Lord of The Rings: Shadows of Angmar” (the video game), will be pre-orderable today (1/25/2007). You’ll see that puppy hitting the […]
Pictures are worth a thousand words. I’ve written thousands of words, and I have to admit, sometimes a picture sure would have made that easier. Especially a picture with some color harmony to it. We all know when we see a great picture and one that just has the right content, color, and contrast.
Andy King […]
While reading through one of my favorite blogs (GottaBeMobile), I found this pointer to an awesome article on tabletizing your non-tablet PCs. Personally, I think it’s awesome that I can make that happen with Vista (except Home Basic and Starter edition). I love using my tablet PC and being able to transfer that writing/drawing functionality […]
Here’s something interesting out of the Linux side of things, the distribution platform formerly known as Mandrake gets a get release. In gets some new features on the table, including a 3D desktop, 32- and 64-bit versions, the inclusion of Transgaming’s Cedega (to play Windows games on your Linux computer), and LinDVD (a program that […]
Azureus is a BitTorrent protocol implementation that offers multiple torrent downloads, queuing/priority systems (on torrents and files), start/stop seeding options, and instant access to numerous pieces of information about your torrents. It includes an embedded tracker that is easily set up and ready to use.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
The user interface was improved. Plugin […]
It’s already January of 2007, and I have yet to see someone who has created a “Chapter Tool” for Podcasts (basically, for iTunes/iPod users) that runs on Windows. I’m truly confused by this. I mean, a company comes up with a thread of some thought of an idea, and in three days some code-junkie has […]
As if you weren’t being bombarded enough during the holidays. Spammers have invented even more interesting ways to find their way into your mailbox. It’s not enough to just send you an email message anymore, now they’ve got SPAM with images in them. Sure, they even look like other messages you’ve received and even you […]
A friend pointed me to a site that I thought was pretty cool. It showed a matrix grid (sans Neo), that contained a huge list of sites and services which have been mashed-up together to make a whole bunch of new services. Sure, we’ve all seen the mash-ups of Amazon and something else. Yes, we […]
Here’s an interesting idea: You make a logo for your company. OK, maybe that’s not that interesting. How about you make that logo changes based on the state of your company? Now THAT’S interesting!
That’s exactly what Michael Schmitz’ thesis and presentation theorized at the UDK digital media class. See, this guy has a history of […]
There are so many fun things out there on the web. There are those great MeMes that everyone does, there are phone blogs, text blogs, and journals that teens love. Why not spice up your pages with a little fun? Who doesn’t like to hear the sound of their own voice, right?
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Well, if you want […]
Jia Li, a mathematician at Pennsylvania State University, in State College, who created a piece of software with colleague James Wang, a member of the College of Information Sciences and Technology, have started to find a way for pictures to be tagged by computers.
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The new software, called ALIPR (Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures), uses a […]
