In the life

TweetDeck – now with more awesome!

June 17, 2009

In the wiggly world of Twitter apps, competition is getting pretty tight between the leading desktop contenders; TweetDeck, Seesmic, and new-kid-on-the-block Mixero.
Today TweetDeck launched their latest update, with some pleasant surprises:

Conversation window – View an entire dialogue all at once.
Video playback – Watch Qik or 12seconds video clips from the comfort of TweetDeck.
New ‘Block & [...]

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Installing Eeebuntu on my eeePC

June 4, 2009

You may remember this post where I waxed poetic on the somewhat-easy installation of Easy Peasy Ubuntu on my eeePC 8G (it’s a 701). Well, believe it or not, I’ve nuked Easy Peasy and am now running Eeebuntu…and the install was even easier!
What got it all started was this post about the ‘base edition’ of [...]

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A simple and easy way to back up your Google Docs

May 22, 2009

If you do a lot of your work on various computers in different locations (as I do), conveniently accessing your documents is important.
Though I carry a 2GB USB drive everywhere, I actually find it easier to use Google Docs and store my work ‘in the Cloud’, so to speak.
But, that amorphous blob of computing-storage could [...]

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Me? A Professional Blogger? Yep, somewhat.

May 15, 2009

Today I became a professional blogger for Future Shop, the Canadian technology retailer. Professional as in ‘compensated’ for my writing. No, I’ll not be leaving my most excellent day job, I’d need a bunch more of these to make blogging my sole source of income and I’m not that prolific
You’ll find [...]

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How to synchronize your podcast feeds on many computers

April 30, 2009

A friend recently asked me if I knew of a way to synchronize his podcasts (using iTunes) on multiple computers.
Initially I had no idea, but then I remembered PodNova.
Aside: I’ve since learned that iTunes supports OPML import / export, but still think PodNova is the better way to go — online centralized repository of all [...]

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How to view PDF and other files on your iPhone and iPod Touch

April 26, 2009

I have to read a lot of fiction in the next few months. A lot of Science Fiction to be precice, and it’s so I can cast an informed ballot to help select the best of the genre at this year’s World Science Fiction convention (WorldCon).
As a member of WorldCon, a packet containing this year’s [...]

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Major Tom cover version — official free download available

April 17, 2009

You’ve likely heard it in the Lincoln MKZ commercials, but last night I finally paid attention to the ad and listened… and heard this awesome version inbetwixt shows. So obviously I had to find it somewhere.
After scouring Google videos and all, I’d finally resigned myself to having to listen to it through this blip.fm track.
Then, [...]

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5 favourite iPhone & iPod Touch applications

April 9, 2009

I recently bought an iPod Touch to replace my very cool, yet aging Palm T|X. The iPod Touch doesn’t yet ‘fit me like a glove’ but I’m sure after time it will, and I’ll document my experiences with it here.
Previously I’d written that I was rather unimpressed with the ‘WiPod’ as I called it then. [...]

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Best music player ever. Songbird 1.1.1 now with watched folders.

March 12, 2009

I’ve written before about Songbird, the free, open-source music player based on the Mozilla / FireFox platform.
Basically Songbird rocks.
Well, now there’s extra-new-and-improved Songbird goodness as the update was released this evening, with the one significant feature it’s been lacking up ’till now — the ‘Watched Folder’ feature.
To quote from the songbird release email:
Watch Folders
You can [...]

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So that’s what -32c looks like in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

March 10, 2009

My daily drive to work takes me along Saskatchewan Drive in Edmonton. Depending on the time of day, it’s usually either dark or in full sun.
Today, was different. The temperature was -32 Celsius, somewhat unusual for March. As well, the sun was about 40 minutes above the horizon, so the light was interesting.

And, since I [...]

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