New Load of Apple Stuff
Apple just relased a big batch of new stuff, including the rumored iPod Video, some new iMacs, and a new version of iTunes. You can find the details for all the new stuff on the Apple site. I…
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Gmail Adds Auto-save
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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Continue reading →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…
Continue reading →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…
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