January 2010
22 posts
Windows 3.1 in your fucking browser →
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(via dingeundsachen, datn)
Daily Tech Tip: Stream Media Mac > PS3 →
This is a download link for an opensource PS3 media server. It can seem a bit daunting but is actually quite simple and should work with the default configuration.
if you don’t mind spending money. Medialink is a simpler looking solution.
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Daily Tech Tip: Your Cel & Blue Teeth
As an iPhone user its easy to forget that most cel phones make very good use of bluetooth beyond games and headsets. That along with the fact that most macs come with bluetooth built in gives you incredibly useful setup can be used to send everything from pictures to contacts from a cel to your mac. It’s a simple
first go to system preference and then to sharing
then go turn on bluetooth...
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Daily Tech Tip: Spotlight Calculator
This one is so suprisingly useful. You can plug in any basic equation into spotlight and it will give you the answer.
Atari Box Art for Current Movie Games →
via (@kidblue)
The Price of Apple MacBook Pros Around the World -... →
Proving once and for all that Mexico is better than Brazil*
price of the 13” entry mbp in Mexico $1,483.68 USD
Official Google Blog: A new approach to China →
In many ways this is as significant as an official change of policy by the US State Department
Airnergy WiFi power system - Engadget →
WOW! a device that harvest wifi signals to charge a battery!
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Daily Tech Tip: Readability on your iPhone →
I’m addicted to using Arclabs Readability bookmarklet on my mac. It beautifully takes ugly badly formated articles from everything from the Boston globe to blogger and spits out the same text in minimalistic readable text.
Something I felt would be very handy for the iPhones safari experience. Check out the link for a great write-up of how to set it up.
Address Book: Automatically find, merge duplicates →
In keeping with yesterday’s address book tip. Here’s another (via finermac)
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Daily Tech Tip - Sync Photos from Facebook...
This is an iphone/ipod touch only tip: The latest version of the facebook app for iphone has a great little feature. It can grab photos for any of the contacts that you have in your address book that are also friends on facebook. Once that’s done the pictures will also sync back to your mac when you sync your iPhone.
Very neat feature and similar to the way Palm’s WebOs aggregates...
Daily Tech Tip - 2 for 1: Wifi & Passwords
Get more info about the wifi connection you’re using by holding down the option key whilst clicking on the Airport icon. Saddly it only works on a signal you’re connected to but it does give you some handy info, including what type of 802.11 connection it is and the signal strength.
The second tip is one that highlights a little known part of the Mac Os: Keychain.
Keychain is where...
Pimp your MacBook (Pro) with custom vinyl decals →
Google's biggest announcement was not a phone, but... →
very spot on and insightful article but it overlooks one detail. Most consumers aren’t used to paying “real” cost for a top of the line smartphone anymore.
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Daily Tech Tip - How to Avoid Taxes on iTunes...
Let me start by saying I live in Mexico and don’t give a fuck about the legality of lying about your geographical location to iTunes. Yes it’s probably against the EULA when you sign up but I DO NOT CARE. Here’s something i do care about. Paying taxes for digital downloads, especially when I don’t live in the US but still use my US iTunes account (for the access to movies...
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Daily Tech Tip - All Blu-Ray/HD is not created...
I made the same mistake with Blu-Ray that i did with DVD’s at first. I assumed that every DVD would take advantage of the format and give me a kick ass picture. That’s obviously not true, and the number of variables and the care necessary to get a great transfer to DVD and Blu-Ray is astounding and important thing to remember now that HD content is popping up all over the place.
Case...
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Daily Tech Tips - The Joy of Image Capture
Over the years I have managed to cram a beautiful clusterfuck of tech related knowledge into my brain. Enough, I thought, to share at least one tip, trick, cheat, or suggestion per day. So let’s begin.
I’ve mentioned Image Capture before but with snow leopard it bears repeating. This is one of the most overlooked parts of the Mac Os and one of the most versatile.
First and foremost:...