Devices and information
I recently tried Weave from Mozilla. It allows you to store items in the Cloud. Go here (weave) to see more Blending the desktop and the web. Bookmarks and links etc… on all devices.
Watching the Olympics
How will you watch the Olympics? Here is a great article on stealing the Olympics. Article – Pirate Olympics It sounds like NBC is going to delay broadcasts 3 hrs. So If the Soccer game is on at 2:00 I won’t be able to see it till 5 or at all. I have previously used some of the services listed to …
9 smart money tips
I am always interested in ways to save money. I enjoy reading books about the subject and also following some guidelines. I saw this post and figured it was some basic stuff that everyone should follow. http://blog.mint.com/finance-core/9-smart-money-tips-to-help-you-quit-your-job/
Stealing Music
I do like Kid Rock. He recently made a PSA (Public Service Announcement) regarding stealing music. Rolling Stone – PSA I read a post somewhere that people took this as a real item and that he was encouraging stealing. I think his concept was great. If you steal music, why not gas, or cars. I wonder how many people this will …
Gmail vs Exchange
I have always been interested in using different email systems. Once google apps came out I realized the value in a system where email / calendar / and contacts can be accessed by the small companies. Here is a great comparison. Google Apps vs Exchange :
Burn an ISO
I typically work with ISO files rather than keeping CD’s or DVD’s. If I need to mount the files I use Deamon tools, but if I need to quickly burn these to DVD or CD’s I use The ISO recorder powertoy. http://blog.neilmonday.com/2007/04/how-to-burn-isos-directly-in-windows.html
SharePoint and SSL
There are some times where I just wonder why SharePoint is so popular. I had an instance where a client would like to have the login page secured. This would require the login page (forms based authentication) to have an ssl certificate. Since I had setup sharepoint to use SSL in the past I did not think of this being an …
Open Source (applications)
I love it when a great new application comes along and is open source. The guys from DimDim, have created a Webex and Livemeeting like application that is open source. www.dimdim.com I was using, www.vyew.com but will give this a try. In my initial trials it has worked well. You can share your desktop with a remote person. Upload documents (PPT …
Cleaning up your linux box
My backup server and utility server is a ubuntu box in my basement. Nothing special, an old laptop with a USB drive attached for backups. Every night my machines rsync with it and keep files nice and safe. Recently I noticed the main partition was getting a bit full. I have not had a linux box really run out of space …
New version of Adobe Flash
Microsoft recently released silverlight to compete with flash. Adobe has now just release (pre-released) their new release of flash. It has some interesting additions in this release Flash 10 “Astro” prerelease You will have to read the link above to get all the new enhancements, but I am interested to see the 3D feature.
Amazon Web Service
Here is a link to an interesting article and chart showing that the bandwidth of the amazon services is higher then all the global amazon sites. That is pretty amazing, when you think of all the commerce and shopping going on with amazon. This just validates that people are getting comfortable with keeping their information online in a “cloud” or service. …
Ultra Portable Laptop list
Here is a great list of all the current and future ultra portable laptops. I am really starting to think about getting one for home / travel use. (Lilputing) I had only heard of the EEE pc now realize there are a few others available. The main element I am interested in would be speed of start-up time, Wireless access, usb …
What do you want in a portable computer?
I have been talking about “one device to rule them all” for a long time. If you look in my posts you see that I have a vision that one day I’ll have a device (may look like a cell phone) that I call my computer. It has some type of input and can attach to any display, say flexible lcd, …
Olympic torch
The Olympic torch has always been a special thing. I can remember as a kid watching someone carry it by, we must have been in a large city at the time. I always thought how cool it would be to carry the torch. A symbol of unity and the beginning of the Olympic games. I heard on the news today that …
Great applications
I love it when I find a great new application that helps me. My most recent find was “youmail”- www.youmail.com. It is a voice mail application that allows you to customize your voicemail message for individuals and it can also be automated. One of the best features is that it email’s you a message that you have a new voicemail, in …