Seriously trivial thoughts
It’s still unnatural, but still no compelling reason to go back to mousing righty style. Not dealing with the pain in my right index finger is nice. There have been unexpected consequences, however. I’m having to learn to do things that I normally don’t do with my right hand like drinking coffee. In fact, a …
With the maturing of web technologies like Flash and AJAX, web apps are suplanting the need for desktop apps more and more. PC Mag’s March issue recommended the Firefox extension FireFTP on their Best Free Software list so I decided to check it out. Well, it has all of the features I need including SFTP …
I’ve been looking for a way to ditch my $70/month land line and a neighbor made the switch to Magic Jack, so I decided to try it. Basically, you get a USB adapter that you can plug any standard phone into. I had a heck of a time getting it to install. It’s basically like …
Anyone that reads my blog knows that I’ve been agonizing over getting an ebook reader. I nearly got a Sony Reader a few weeks back, but just couldn’t swallow the $400 price tag for a single-purpose device. I’ve been hovering over the Kindle 2 Buy button as well ;-) The real reason I wanted either …
I’ve been searching for the phone to replace my aging N95 and after watching this demo of the Palm Pre, I’m sold. I was a long-time Palm fan from the Palm Pilot days which my last Palm device being a T|X. I’m so happy they are back with something cool and quite frankly the Pre …
In my “Demystifying the charging problems with the new Apple iPods and iPhone 3G” blog entry I explained the reason and origins of the charging problem seen with new iPods (iPhone 3G, 2nd gen Touch, and 4th gen Nano) and speaker docks. I even mentioned the Scosche PassPORT as a possible solution, though that product …
Well, I got tired of missing @replies on my Twitter feed so I added a feature to TwitKu.com that shows the last reply you received at the top of the Twitter feed.
Not a whole lot of progress. It is becoming more comfortable and natural. However, it is still a little frustrating at times if I have to do a lot of mousing, like with graphics or web development. An unforeseen issue is now having to learn to drink coffee using my right hand…yes I drink liquids …
I posted some songs from my old band, Mind Games, to iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody and eMusic using the Tunecore service and just got an email with the subject line “You Have Royalties From iTunes”. WOW! So I log in and low and behold, there’s a whopping $1.06 in my account! 40 cents is actually from …
I’ve been trying to talk myself out of a Kindle or Sony Reader for a long time. I know it doesn’t make any sense for me, but they are just cool. Well, I was on my annual walk-down-every-aisle-of-Fry’s trip (my birthday is Weds) and I came across the Sony in THREE different locations. IS SOMEONE …