Gmail just added a really handy feature to their web-based e-mail system. How many times have you been typing a message in Gmail and then had your browser crash, or you accidentally bump the back button, or some other horrible thing happen that made you lose your entire message. Luckily It hasn’t happened a whole… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Technology
VW To Add USB Ports to Cars
This news is a few weeks old, but I still think that it’s pretty cool. Volkswagen is going to start adding USB ports to their cars. We will start with the Golf, Golf Plus and Touran and then next year USB connections will be available for other models. These ports will allow you to play… Read more »
Games Galore
With the next geek LAN gaming party scheduled for later in October, I ran across a nice site with a pretty sizable list of free (yes, I said FREE) Multiplayer games. We might have to try a few of these out. I did notice that the list was lacking a fun multiplayer puzzle game I… Read more »
Google Blog Search
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later… Google has finally launched a blog-specific search engine (blogsearch.google.com) . I haven’t had a whole lot of time to play with it, but it seems to work pretty well. Apparently it gets the search information from RSS feeds and the help document points to weblogs.com as… Read more »
Apple Releases Some New iPod Stuff
At a special media event today, Apple rolled out a few new products to their digital music offerings. iPod Nano Probably the most notable of the new products is the iPod Nano. This tiny new flash-based digital music player takes the place of the iPod Mini (no longer being sold). It sports a color screen,… Read more »
Last.FM and Audioscrobbler
A few months back I discovered a neat service that at that time was actually two separate services. Audioscrobbler and Last.FM have since merged into one super-cool tool for finding and listening to new music. The thing that makes this tool different than the million and a half other music sites out there is that… Read more »
Flickr Explore
Flickr recently added a new way to plow thorough the millions of photos on their site. It’s called Flickr Explore, and it’s kind of a dynamic rating system for cool photos that is based on several variables (which they call “interestingness”). There are lots of things that make a photo ‘interesting’ (or not) in the… Read more »
Windows Longhorn Now Windows Vista
The next version of Microsoft Windows (previously named Longhorn) has now been officially titled Windows Vista. Whatever happened to naming software releases by number? It seems like a few years back marketing departments got a hold of software versioning and started using buzz words to describe the next version of software upgrades instead of the… Read more »
Google Maps/Earth Hacks and Fun
With the launch of Google Earth, and the Google Maps API, it was only a matter of time before the hacks started to filter out. Google Maps Mania is a blog that is constantly coming up with cool links to hacks and fun stuff you can do with Google Maps. There are some really creative… Read more »
Now Easier to Geotag Flickr Images
I talked about Flickr Geoblogging and GreaseMonkey in earlier posts. Well, some smart folks have combined the two to make it easier to geotag your Flickr photos. Now by simply installing a couple GreaseMonkey scripts you can easily find the longitude and latitude points needed to submit your photos to the Geobloggers database. There is… Read more »
Google Releases Google Earth
Google released their “Google Earth” tool today. It seems to be just an updated and FREE version of Keyhole, the company they purchased a few months back. I played with Keyhole a little bit shortly after Google purchased them and it was some pretty slick software then! They’ve since enhanced it with Google’s local search… Read more »
Wired NextFest Chicago
This past weekend I traveled to NextFest in Chicago with a few friends. The event, held at Navy Pier, was a pretty cool. It showcased new and upcoming technology in several different areas. I’ll highlight a few of my favorite exhibits in the different categories. Communication Motorola had a pretty large display set up showcasing… Read more »
Best Buy Prices: In Store vs. Web Site
I experienced something a few weeks ago while shopping at Best Buy. I looked up the price/availability of a flash memory card on their website and seeing that it was available and cheaper than any other local stores (needed it right away – couldn’t wait for shipping), I drove down to the store. I scoured… Read more »
Cool New Tools from Yahoo!
Yahoo has been hard at work lately and has some handy new tools in beta. The first one is called Yahoo! Mindset, and allows you to customize, or lean your search results in a certain direction. It works with the typical Yahoo search box, but the results page presents you with a slider allowing you… Read more »
Greasemonkey
Recently I’ve seen a bunch of articles on the Firefox extension, Greasemonkey (Slashdot, Wired, misc. blogs) lately and thought I’d join in with my own praise of this really neat tool. I’ve been using GreaseMonkey for a while now, and it is kind of one of those tiny novelty things that just makes life a… Read more »
