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Making an iPhone Friendly Website

Dec 31, 2008 10 comments Applications

As iPhones and iPod Touches continue to fly off the shelves, it’s becoming more apparent that spending the time to make your website or blog iPhone-friendly is worth the effort.

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OtherInbox – Update

Dec 30, 2008 0 comments Applications

Well, I’ve had my OtherInbox for a couple months now, but I haven’t really used it a whole lot. I talked about what it does in an older post, so I won’t rehash that.
I’m going to be perfectly honest right now and confide in you a little secret: I’m lazy. When it comes [...]

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Quadrantid Meteor Shower – January 3, 2009

Dec 30, 2008 0 comments Astronomy

This Sunday, January 3rd, the Quadrantid Meteor Shower will peak in the wee hours of the morning. The meteors will originate from the now-defunct Quadrans Muralis constellation, which is near the constellations of Bootes, Hercules, Draco, and the Big Dipper.
Astronomers believe the Quadrantid meteors are caused by the Earth passing through the littered path [...]

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SMS Text Messages Cost Carriers Nothing

Dec 29, 2008 2 comments Tech

The New York Times recently ran a story about the hidden cost of text messaging.
I’ve always wondered why wireless carriers charge so much for text messages. Many service plans include a number of monthly SMS messages; my iPhone plan includes 200 messages, which is more than enough for me. But if I were [...]

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Google: Search Images by Style

Dec 28, 2008 0 comments Web

Google just recently rolled out a new option for their image search. For some time now, they’ve had an option which lets you search for images that are only faces. The feature was especially helpful if, say, you wanted to find pictures of people named Rose, but didn’t want pictures of the flower.
Similar [...]

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Firefox: Customize Search with Keywords

Dec 26, 2008 1 comment Applications

Mozilla’s Firefox browser continues to gain more and more share of the browser market, especially after it’s third official release earlier this year. It’s faster and more secure than Internet Explorer, but where it really shines is its expandability. With a library of thousands upon thousands of addons, the functionality of Firefox can [...]

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VHS: The End of an Era

Dec 23, 2008 0 comments Tech

The LA Times is running an article about the imminent retirement of the VHS tape.
The last big supplier of the tapes is ditching the format, ending the long fade-out of a product that ushered in the home theater.
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For the better part of my life VHS tapes have been a [...]

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Internet Speed: Sneaky, Sneaky ISPs

Dec 19, 2008 0 comments Tech

Have you ever been downloading an important file, waiting and watching as the progress bar slowly creeps to the right, and thought, “375k per second? Why is it going so slow? I’m paying for 3 meg download! Why isn’t it downloading at 3 megs? And where’s that pie?!”
Well, I can’t help you with [...]

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Share Your iTunes Library Between Computers

Dec 17, 2008 8 comments Applications

For quite a long time, I was trying to manage two iTunes music libraries; one at work and one at home. I listen to music probably 7 out of 8 hours a day at work, but fairly rarely at home. But when I did listen at home, I didn’t have the same playlists [...]

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OtherInbox

Sep 22, 2008 4 comments Applications

I just came across an email service called OtherInbox. From what I’ve read, it serves as a dumping ground for all of your necessary spam email. For instance, if you need to sign up for a service, but don’t feel comfortable giving your personal email address, you can give it an email address [...]

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