October 7, 2007
voltaire
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices voltaire
tokao.com
Trips
Peru
October 7, 2007
::norai.net p h o t o s
::norai.net p h o t o s What a great sites…. and gorgeous pictures…
October 8, 2007
michelangelo
the greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it michelangelo
October 8, 2007
richard maciver
some snaps by richard maciver with a canon EOS 5d and probably a 28-300 EOS lenses… a dream
October 8, 2007
dvorak blog
dvorak blog dvorak is one of the guys in the twit show. He is so cynic….
October 9, 2007
a thought…
the key issues for a successful technical assistance programme (under my point of view) are: needs assessment strategy implementation: cooperation with other agencies. if we want impact: only long term projects, in order to give the sufficient inertia for them to run independently (minimum 5 years) only projects above 1.000.000 us. have a reliable full-time […]
October 9, 2007
windows live writer
are you a blogger? you should consider downloading the windows live writer a great tool from Microsoft that helps bloggers to easily post to any kind of blog. this is my first post with it.
October 9, 2007
kurder & dorfmeister
usless, a great interpreations by kurder & dorfmeister from a depeche mode song
October 10, 2007
let u go, atb
close your eyes and listen to let u go from atb. you will be transported to a dancefloor … “i was wrong to let you go…” I’ve been to all the familiar places I’ve been running like a sentence never begun I’ve been looking for a way to let you know I’ve got nothing left […]
October 10, 2007
from the world expor development forum in montreux
I am in montreux, attending the wedf from the itc. the session now is “making tsis effective.”
October 11, 2007
7 ways to send huge files
(extracted from http://mashable.com/2007/05/23/7-ways-to-send-huge-files-25x-bigger-than-gmail/) Gmail users can now send up to 20MB of attachments to each other. But we want more! Here are 7 awesome services that let you send files of more than 500MB.
October 11, 2007
interesting discussion in montreux
interesting conversation about wiki(nomics) and how wiki could help build capacity in the developing world
October 15, 2007
Penn and Teller show us how
Penn and Teller show us how Secret Magic – More free videos are here
October 18, 2007
sinead o' connor – you made me the thief of your heart
sinead o’ connor – you made me the thief of your heart I hope you are happy now… …I could never make you so… you were a hard man… no harder in this world you made me cold & you made me hard and you made me the thief of your heart Winter is cold…oh! […]
October 19, 2007
Telepopmusik
telepopmusik. just breathe, just believe I brought you something close to me, Left for something you see though your here. You haunt my dreams Theres nothing to do but believe, Just believe. Just breathe. Another day, just believe, Another day, just breathe Another day, just believe, Another day. just breathe. Im used to it by […]
October 20, 2007
asleep from day
mazzy star with chemical brothers, asleep from day song used in airfrance commercials
October 20, 2007
izmir again
i’m in izmir again. today only in the kordon otel (yes, no h). Lovely hotel facing the see… but i have to check-out at 12 and go to the ege palas.
October 21, 2007
summit of the Mount Everest
Mount Everest is the highest mountain on Earth, as measured by the height of its summit above sea level. In May 2005, artist Xu Zhen led an ascent on Everest, and succeeded in removing the summit of the mountain, reducing its height by 186cm, Xu Zhen’s own height. The summit of the Mount Everest has […]
October 21, 2007
bales of cotton
WORKER RESTING ON BALES OF COTTON, Thonakaha, Korhogo, Côte d’Ivoire. (N 9°28′ W 5°36′).
October 26, 2007
Istanbul in autumn
Sunny day, huge breakfast with Turkish sausages, fried tomatoes and eggs, feta cheese, organic jam and real honey. We are ready to go shopping, as dani thought that we were in summer time and came with sandals, shorts and without a pullover…
October 30, 2007
tattoo in istanbul airport
waiting to check in this morning there was a lady with a tattoo in her neck: "Don’t cry, say just fuck u and smile" nice tattoo…
November 2, 2007
George Carlin
paradox The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more […]
November 5, 2007
David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto
World Citizen-I Won’t Be Disappointed/Looped Piano David Sylvian & Ryuichi Sakamoto The air is thick. I have not been thinking about the past, more the future. Rereading Ian McEwan’s Black Dogs brings me to this point. Thinking about living a full life: one to write about. It does not have to be rich in experience, […]
November 7, 2007
amsterdam airport
here I am, again I did not check my itinerary and I’m here in Amsterdam airport for more than 5 hours… and then in Seoul 5 more hours… cool. 🙁
November 8, 2007
seoul
i’m in soul’s airport. stuck. my bags where not checked in to destination (daegu) so i had to pick them and now 5 hours waiting to check in again in the departure hall… at least you have cheap internet. 3000 w for 1 hour. …by the way, my cell phone does not work in this […]
November 9, 2007
two interesting photoblogs
the pioneer women, a blog with great pictures and andrea harner, just a blog/photoblog of her life
November 9, 2007
francis bacon
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds francis bacon
November 13, 2007
gps in korea
I’m astonished by the amount of gps systems that the cars have here in korea… even the crappiest car in this town (Daegu) has a 7 inches gps with multimedia, 3d maps, video, mp3, … you name it. I went to a shop on sunday and i saw several models. They run on windows. It […]
November 15, 2007
where am i?
korea textiles & fashion polytechnic, in daegu (honestly I cannot find it in the map…)
November 23, 2007
seoul yongsan
we went to yongsan, the biggest IT mall you think of. i was looking for the nikon d300 but it comes here tomorrow only, and the price is not better. i continue to be impressed with the gps…
November 23, 2007
jazz in itaewon
we went two days ago to "all that jazz" a very nice club where we could enjoy western food (after more than 2 weeks in korea is more than welcome) and cool jazz music. itaewon is the district where americans live. now we are in insadong district. very cool one.
November 26, 2007
Barbara Morgenstern, Aus Heiterem Himmel
Barbara Morgenstern, Aus Heiterem Himmel [audio:http://www.monika-enterprise.de/sound/bm_himmel.mp3]
November 28, 2007
a fireplace in your pocket
a fireplace in your pocket why don’t you put a fireplace as a save screen or in your ipod/iphone. Cool…
November 30, 2007
The Bluetooth® Sports Helmet
This is the winter sports helmet with built-in headphones that receive Bluetooth® signals from a remote transmitter that plugs into your iPod® or other MP3 player, providing you with a personal soundtrack while skiing or snowboarding, ensuring no audio wires will impede your mobility. The upper shell is durable injection-molded ABS, while the lower shell […]
November 30, 2007
mac OS X leopard
I was invited to participate in the developer’s tech talk from the new apple mac OS X leopard in Geneva (yesterday). Very interesting… …everybody with their apples macbook pro and their iphones (how do they get them here in Switzerland?), and I was with my sony vaio T and my HTC p3300… Black sheep…
December 8, 2007
nikon d300
my next camera, that I will most likely buy in Bangkok on the 30th 😉 correction; i did not buy it in Bangkok. My brother bought it in NYC, but i had it for Thailand
December 9, 2007
Talk about a bad job, this one really sucks.
you say you have a bad job? this one really sucks…
December 10, 2007
groove salad
groove salad- somafm my favorite Internet radio station. This is what I listen 24/7… A nicely chilled plate of ambient beats and grooves.
December 29, 2007
to thailand
we are back in Geneva now. Today leaving to Bangkok. 🙂 mina is with my brother now.
January 8, 2008
chiang rai, thailand
Here we are, in chiang rai, after driving for a long way. We started from pai today. We rided an elephant in the river and then had a relaxing at a geiser and hot spring… In a couple of days we give our 4×4 back and we take a plane to phuket, then probably ko […]
January 18, 2008
home sweet home
back to the rainy and cold Geneva. Thailand was great. I took 1000 pics with my new nikon d300 🙂
January 18, 2008
new macbook air
new macbook air the thinnest laptop, but not the smallest. I still prefer the vaio tz….
January 22, 2008
ski rando – pointe de chavasse
On sunday we did an outing to “pointe de chavasse”. Gorgeous. See the photos here. Starting altitude: 965m Top altitude: 1950,4m Difference of altitude: 961m Distance done: 12.1Km
February 10, 2008
Soma Sonic – Crazy moon
Soma Sonic – Crazy moon Crazy Moon – Soma Sonic (free download from epitonic.com) I listen to them in somafm (groove salad). Great band!
February 11, 2008
ski rando – lac jovet
On Saturday we did an outing to “lac jovet”. See the photos here. Starting altitude (parking): 1210m Top altitude (for those whe did not get to the top): 2322m Difference of altitude: 1122m Starting time:8.32 End time: 15.43 Distance done: 32.9 Km
March 4, 2008
dealextreme
dealextreme is an online shop based in hong kong where you can find all the gadgets you might think of… at a price that is hard to believe… and with FREE DELIVERY anywhere in the world.
March 4, 2008
google maps
google maps for mobile is now including a very cool feature: my location… yeap! it uses your gsm network to know "more or less" where you are. In cities is better as you have more repeaters.
March 5, 2008
learn physics
learn physics. Pc only. Works with mouse too. You can go to his website at kloonigames
March 5, 2008
Posting via email
They just came to ask if I wanted to cut off the tree we have in the garden… no way!!
March 12, 2008
http://drop.io/
drop.io enables you to create simple private exchange points called “drops.” The service has no email signup and no “accounts.” Each drop is private, and only as accessible as you choose to deliberately make it. Create multiple drops, add any type of media, and share or subscribe as you want. To make a drop just […]
March 12, 2008
iPhone's sdk
Apple has released the SDK for the iPhone.Honestly, I think that it is going to be the revolution. The iPhone is a MAC OS. Same platform but handheld. Believe me, there will be a before and an after of this.
March 13, 2008
have "phun" with physics
Again, another sort of game experimenting with gravity and physics. Have “phun“ download it here
March 14, 2008
SmugMug photo sharing
SmugMug photo sharing is like flikr or picasa web, but muuuuch nicer, with unlimited photos and free. You can embedded in your website and it has a lot of nice ajax effects.
March 17, 2008
photo workflow
Since 2001, when I got my first digital camera until today, I have shot a lot of pictures. More than 30.000. Now that I have my nikon d300 there are a couple of fundamental questions that I keep asking to myself: 1.-Should I shot RAW or JPEG.2.-How do I organize my 30.000 files. 1.-Well, I […]
March 20, 2008
Jeff Dunham – Achmed the Dead Terrorist
Jeff Dunham – Achmed the Dead Terrorist
March 27, 2008
Doris Days – To Ulrike M. (original mix)
A very special song that I have been looking for a long time and that I just found today. Doris Days – To Ulrike M. (original mix)
March 28, 2008
radar in Barcelona…
Let’s see if you are able to count how many times the radar flashes… it’s incredible…
April 1, 2008
phone watch
some time ago I plugged a lint to a shop where I buy some stuff because it is incredibly and unbelievably cheap and in addition they do not charge for shipping worldwide even being based in Hong Kong. Well they have a watch which is a phone with: -Triband GSM 900/1800/1900– Bluetooth support (free bluetooth […]
April 1, 2008
CERN open doors
CERN opens its doors to the publicOn 6 April 2008, CERN will open its doors to the public, offering a unique chance to visit its newest and largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), before it goes into operation later this year. This scientific instrument, the largest and most complex in the world, is […]
April 2, 2008
B-boy Cico
B-boy Cico… incredible… I never tried myself, but I’m sure it is not that hard…. 😉
April 2, 2008
la vida misma
Anoche, mi novia y yo estábamos sentados en la sala, hablando de las muchas cosas de la vida. Estábamos hablando de la idea de vivir o morir.Le dije: ‘Nunca me dejes vivir en estado vegetativo,dependiendo de máquinas y líquidos de una botella, si me ves en ese estado,desenchufa los artefactos que me mantienen vivo, prefiero […]
April 4, 2008
homelidays
homelidays is a great service where appartment and houses owners around the world advertise their properties. So if you are traveling to Paris, Ibiza or wherever you will find great appartment and houses in the best places for less than you would pay in a hotel.
April 21, 2008
sabiduria suprema
Sabiduría suprema es tener sueños lo bastante grandes como para no perderlos de vista mientras se persiguen.
April 21, 2008
ze drem vil finali kum tru!
The European Commission have just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty’s Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in plan that would be known […]
April 25, 2008
remember the milk
Remember the milk is a todo list online compatible with google calendar, google apps, iPhone, blackberry… and its freehttp://rmilk.com
April 28, 2008
in the news…
China to s(t)eal $9bn DR Congo deal (by John C Dvorak at http://www.dvorak.org/blog) BBC NEWS | Programmes | Newsnight | China to seal $9bn DR Congo deal –This is one of those China-Africa deals I’ve been harping about on the weekly No Agenda podcast. If you read between the lines you can see how the […]
May 24, 2008
globat sucks
I have had ESAN.biz site at globat.com I got a call from my customer (ESAN) to tell me that the site was offline. I had already several problems with this hosting company… they were down quite often. I took a look… mmm I went to the FTP and all the site was gone!!!! GONE!!I chatted […]
May 24, 2008
globat …
Thank you for contacting Globat Chat Support. You are now chatting with Technical Specialist ‘PJ’PJ: Hi and thank you for contacting Globat Signature Support! We have received your question (s) from the pre-chat survey and will answer you momentarily. Thank you for your patience. Me: helloPJ: hi Me: http://www.esan.biz is not workingMe: I connected to […]
June 28, 2008
Scribefire
I just installed ubuntu 8.04 in a 10Gb partition of my vaio.I like it a lot. But… 1/2 battery life that I get with windows, no hibernation… and problems (now fixed) with sound.I installed also firefox 3.0 and Scribefire plugin in it. Now I’m trying it to post into the blog. Looks fine, but Windows […]
July 8, 2008
Laptops
Laptops… I have my laptop with me at all times. My old vaio vgn-t27GP. Now is getting old. I miss a camera, a mic… but I love it. Now I have ubuntu and apart from the battery life it rocks. I’m looking forward to buying a Macbook pro for home use. Nevertheless like small computers… […]
July 17, 2008
Who needs an iPhone when you can get this?
Who needs an iPhone when you can get this?
August 7, 2008
Server error
And the guy clicked on “translate” and he got “Translate Server Error”… google is never wrong!!
August 10, 2008
Incredibly Realistic 3D Animated Faces
Incredibly Realistic 3D Animated Faces
August 19, 2008
my next laptop
Two days ago HP annouced what it is going to be my next laptop 😉HP Elitebook 2730p, a 1.5kg tablet pc with a 10hours battery. This has to substitute my sony vaio t. http://www.notebooks.com/2008/08/17/hp-2730p-hp-tablet-updated-video/2730p_palmrest/
September 5, 2008
storm in versoix
This week we moved our offices to Versoix. Yesterday there was an incredible storm…This morning, where I park my car there was a tree… and two smashed cars… incredible… I feel lucky…
September 12, 2008
GPS Oregon 300
My new GPS: Garmin Oregon 300. The best website for reviews is here
September 18, 2008
Social Bookmarking in plain English
Social Bookmarking in plain English
September 18, 2008
Electing a US President in plain English
Electing a US President in plain English
September 25, 2008
alternative for groove
http://www.collaber.com/ Collaber brings a Virtual Office Environment for your team to share files, events, tasks, manage projects and get the work done as if they are all located in the same location, no matter where the members are physically located. It keeps your data safe and secure. A great free alternative for Groove
September 30, 2008
Tener un hijo
(por Andreu Buenafuente) El verano pasado mi hijo Alejandro, cumplió 4 años, y, cuando sopló las velas, mi mujer y yo le dijimos: -Cariño, pide un deseo. A ver, ¿qué has pedido? Y el niño nos mira así, todo ilusionado, y nos dice: -Una play station o un hermanito. Y mi mujer y yo nos […]
October 5, 2008
overkill!!
overkill!! http://view.break.com/578469 – Watch more free videos
October 5, 2008
i though it was cool …
i thought it was cool to have two monitors… but I am far from this guy…
October 5, 2008
The Risk of ePassports and RFID
If you ever wondered how secure those ePassports were, this is your answer. While I want to believe The King is alive and well as much as the next guy, I think it is far more likely that ePassport security sucks.
October 6, 2008
richest man
The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.
October 14, 2008
awaken -sophie & ives
awaken – sophie & ives Listen to the last part. There are other remixes but it is soooo gooood: "On a night like tonight, I cannot go there, without love"
October 16, 2008
Giorgio Morandi
My only ambition is to enjoy the peace and quiet that I require in order to work
October 17, 2008
iio – is it love
iio – is it love beautiful song from iio… beautiful. I never knew a love A love that could be sweeter No matter what my mind says Your music gives me fever The moment that we danced Your arms felt like a cradle And when you took my hand I was no longer able It […]
October 18, 2008
no estamos locos
Ketama – no estamos locos no estamos locos que sabemos lo que queremos vive la vida igual que si fuera un sueño pero que nunca termina que se pierde con el tiempo y buscaré, oye pero buscaré me desperté esta mañana y empieza de nuevo un día después de una borrachera me he “tomao” una […]
October 18, 2008
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
October 19, 2008
robin 2 – show me love
robin s – show me love One of my favourites tracks for dancing… back in 1993… Heartbreaks and promises, I’ve had more than my share I’m tired of giving my love and getting nowhere, nowhere What I need is somebody who really cares I really need a lover, a lover who wants to be there […]
November 3, 2008
peek
http://www.getpeek.com/ If the BlackBerry is too techie or pricey for you, check out the Peek. It does one thing and one thing only: e-mail. This slender little device gives you BlackBerry-like portable access to e-mail (it’s not a phone, organizer or anything else), but without the hefty fees; monthly service costs about $20 for unlimited […]
November 3, 2008
mino
http://www.theflip.com/ Like the iPod and the BlackBerry before it, the Flip Mino exploded into the mainstream, quickly becoming the most popular video camera in the country in its first year. It stores up to an hour of video clips on its internal drive, meaning you don’t have to buy videotapes or memory cards, or even […]
November 7, 2008
Peter F. Drucker
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things
November 11, 2008
tarpipe
http://www.tarpipe.com tarpipe makes it easy to share content across different social media applications. Automate your publishing Create publishing workflows that can be triggered by e-mail messages, instant messaging updates and third-party applications. Share content easily Use our share form to easily publish content on several social media destinations, including twitter, Jaiku, Pownce and FriendFeed. Keep […]
November 13, 2008
HDR photos
This a a pipe created with yahoo pipes which takes pictures from flicker with the tag HDR, high dynamic range imaging which is a set of techniques that allows a greater dynamic range of exposures (the range of values between light and dark areas) than normal digital imaging techniques. The intention of HDRI is to […]
November 13, 2008
some pictures from the gallery
As some of you know, I have some cool photos at http://norai.net/photos Here you have some from Geneva. During this weekend I am going to be testing HDR techniques and a sigma 10-20…
November 23, 2008
Zeitgeist: Addendum
Zeitgeist: Addendum The second part of the film, also more than two hours but worth is.
November 25, 2008
Alphawezen – into the stars
A very nice song from Alphawezen, into the stars I am sleeping within fragile skin Dreaming of a brighter flame to wake within Am I free to be here now That‘s everything I have Why do we lose ourselves To fires on the shelf We could feel ourselves And how we break our shells You […]
November 30, 2008
Optical Illusions
(From WebUrbanist) Seeing is believing… or is it? Aided by high-tech materials, today’s artists and architects are finding that if it can be imagined, it can also be built. This selection ofarchitectural optical illusions showcases 20 more very public ways to fool the eye, please the mind and satisfy the soul. (image via: Big Illusion) […]
November 30, 2008
Interactive Video Object Manipulation Interactive Video Object Manipulation Interactive Video Object Manipulation
Interactive Video Object Manipulation Interactive Video Object Manipulation from Dan Goldman on Vimeo. This demo illustrates our research to bring interactivity to video editing: Our system analyzes videos using computer vision techniques, enabling interactive annotation, browsing, and even drag-and-drop composition of new still images using video footage. This is a joint research project of Adobe […]
December 1, 2008
Coach Surfing
http://www.couchsurfing.com Couch Surfing is a huge community of people around 230 countries offering their couch for you to sleep for free. Yeap… if you have a couch and you want to share it, sign in!
December 2, 2008
NeatReceipts
http://neatco.com/products/neatreceipts It will make you live easy: NeatReceipts is a mobile scanner and digital filing system that helps you manage all of your paperwork on the computer. NeatReceipts includes NeatWorks software that identifies and extracts the important information from receipts, business cards and documents and automatically organizes it for you. All scanned documents can be […]
December 3, 2008
a.nnotate
a.nnotate Do you review documents and find existing methods awkward and time consuming? Do you need to gather feedback from several people? Would you like an easier way to keep track of all your documents? A.nnotate.com lets you easily give, collect and store detailed notes on documents and web pages.
December 6, 2008
flight cinema
There are really ingenious people…. Are you flighting? Do you have an iPhone with films? Then you will like this… Take an air-sickness bag and cut it down… then insert your iphone and hold it with the tray. voila.
December 7, 2008
The Private Lives of Your Favorite Toys
from WebUrbanist by msaleem (sources: doc18, revlimit) After you’ve put on your pajamas, brushed your teeth, turned out the lights and gone to bed, that’s when they get down to business. It’s a secret that has been accidentally exposed to many but never corroborated and proven beyond doubt, until today. The Indian in the Cupboard […]
December 9, 2008
Abandoned places
(WUltimate guides – Collecting the Very Best of WebUrbanist Past and Present)weburbanist
December 10, 2008
Secure your mac
Secure your mac: MacTrak (traking service for mac. Activating it via web. Costs 60USD for life and all machines. It sends pictures and locatation when you activate it. Location in not just IP but wifi hotspot location) iAlertU (free alarm that activates by movement, keyboard, unplugging, mouse. Sends email with picture of person trying to […]
December 11, 2008
Touch me
Touch me – Dj Tiesto When I close my eyes while listening to this song, I am teletransported to a dancefloor with tons of feelings. You’ll always be my baby I’m always thinkin of you baby yeaahh Touch me in the mornin and last thing at night keep my body warm baby, u know it […]
December 11, 2008
Scott Allen
A project is complete when it starts working for you, rather than you working for it
December 14, 2008
The 11 Coolest Mugs
from WebUrbanist by msaleem Whether you’re a coffee drinker or tea drinker, there’s one thing everyone can agree on: The mug you use to drink your beverage of choice is just as important as the brand you like, the amount of milk and sugar you take, and your favorite biscuits to go with your drink. […]
January 9, 2009
"new mail" sound in mac mail
If you have a new mac and you use mac mail, you will notice that “new mail” notification does not work very well. If you have growl you can then play a sound from there but it is not the cool “new mail” sound. The workaround I did is to copy the “new mail” sound […]
January 19, 2009
Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft – Try Community Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft – Try
Sidsel Endresen & Bugge Wesseltoft – Try
January 22, 2009
Royksopp – Remind me
Royksopp – Remind me (chorus) Will remind, will remind, will remind me, Will remind, will remind, will remind me, Will remind, will remind, will remind me, Will remind, will remind, will remind me. It’s only been a week, The rush of being home in rapid fading. Prevailing to recall What I was missing, all that […]
January 23, 2009
La mamma morta -Maria Callas
La mamma morta -Maria Callas The Magic Flute – Maria Callas
January 23, 2009
Por una cabeza -Tango
Por una cabeza -Tango Original: Carlos Gardel y Alfredo Le Pera Instrumental:
January 24, 2009
Unknown Author
The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.
January 27, 2009
Baltasar Gracian
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
January 29, 2009
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
February 8, 2009
Trip Around the World
We are now 4 days ahead of our trip around the world 😉 We will be starting on Thursday, going to London, for a day, then to San Francisco for 5 days, Taithi, Moorea and Bora Bora for 9 days, Auckland, then 28 days around New Zealand. Catch a flight in Christchurch to Hong Kong, […]
February 10, 2009
The Uninvisible Art of Amazing Urban Camouflage
From weburbanist.com Camouflage isn’t just for hunters and the army anymore – it’s being used to make artistic statements, beautify urban environments, make ugly cars look nicer and for shock value. These examples of unusual use of camouflage show how versatile the concept is, from making homes blend into forest environments to creating eerie optical […]
February 10, 2009
Day -2
Tuesday.Two days to go. We were trying to get an insurance. We booked everything with the one that we found in the lonely planet forums and routard: http://www.atlasdirect.net but unfortunately they never confirm via email, so I called them yesterday and they were pretty rude. They said that everything was wrong. We could not be […]
February 11, 2009
The Best Seats in the House
from http://www.weburbanist.com When asked to list essential, life-enhancing furniture around the home, there are not many people who would include their toilet. However, remove it from their home and they’d be aware of it in a very short time. The humblest seat in the house is also the most vital. For that reason, let us […]
February 11, 2009
Day -1 (Tomorrow we are leaving!)
Wednesday already…..Tomorrow we are starting our journey!! Yesterday we took Mina (our cat) to ours neighbours’ place, where she will have pretty in very good hands. I’m sure. We are nearly ready. We just have to pack. I have a list of things that I should not forget in the iPhone (things software) and we will follow […]
February 12, 2009
Day 1 – Geneva London
Thursday, day 1 It is 5:40am and we are enjoying a muffin a cheese cake, coffee and tea at Geneva airport. We woke up at 4:20 and hurried to ITC where we left the car and walked to the station.
February 12, 2009
Snow storm in Geneva
We are in the easyjet flight to Gatwick. It should have taken off 35 min ago but… snow storm…so we are in the process of icing crock. I have already disconnected the phone so I will probably publish it from London. After nearly one hour we took off. It was curious to take off with […]
February 12, 2009
Beth
Beth took the day off to fight her highs-phobia in St paul’s cathedral followed by a great burger with south African wine. Then a bit of history on Elizabethean, Georgian architecture during a short walk to Tatem Modern. Another walk under the rain and back to our hotel which ended up being quite good quality, […]
February 13, 2009
Heathrow… and fly
And again today we got up at 4.20 am with not many hours of sleep and with a break at 12.00pm when someone entered in our room!! That was a shock! Apparently two Torres had booked on the same night, what a coincidence. No raining nor snowing, so the 10 minutes walk to Paddinton train […]
February 13, 2009
Flying
Writing with the iPhone again. We are in the plane. It’s a jumbo 400, and the flight will be more than 10 hours. Now I just finished lunch and the movie I was watching: burn after reading. I must recognize that virgin atlantic is prety good. Good service and hi-tech on demand multimedia systems. Nevertheless […]
February 14, 2009
San Francisco
Well well…. after more than ten hours we finally made it. Here I am in the USA hostel San Francisco (with free wifi), 6.45pm local time and Nuria just fell KO…. and give me a couple of minutes and I will follow. It is been more than 24h without sleeping. San Francisco? Great. It was […]
February 14, 2009
Goood morning San Francico
After more than 12 hours we woke up on this St. Valentine day and went downstairs for breakfast. At the USA hostel San Francisco we have free pancakes in the mornings (you have to cook them yourself though). See the monster pancakes we cooked… I was ashamed of not being able to finish them… Later […]
February 15, 2009
Crab crab
We are at Fisherman’s wharf, and even if we have not yet digested the pancakes, we could not miss having seefood lunch. Now the weather is not that good. It rains 10 min per hour. The way here was nice. We saw where the cable cart turns using a rotating platform, we tried the Ghirarselli […]
February 15, 2009
After lunch…
We are now back to the hostel. I have noticed that the date of the posts is the date of the server, not our time here, so take into account that for us, now is 8 hours less, so all today’s posts that appear published as the 15 are actually the 14th. Well, after crab […]
February 16, 2009
Cable Car museum, China Town and SFMOMA
We started the day again after 12 hours sleep. Today was our second day with pancakes, the result was much better. See the photo. We managed to cook nice pancakes. Once we finished our macro pancakes, all day walking under the rain. Yes, it has been raining all day non-stop. We should be paid by […]
February 16, 2009
Alcatraz
This morning, after the pancakes (we are now experts) we went out under the rain towards powell street and then to market street to catch the classical F tram. I took a photo from the inside. It was raining a lot. It was one with everything in Italian. From Milan. We stopped at pier 33 […]
February 17, 2009
Golden Gate Bridge
After having lunch at Hard Rock cafe in pier 39 we walked west. We were looking for the stop of the bus number 28. It is the only one taking you to the bridge. Here the bus ride costs $1.5 and you can use the ticket for 90 min. Not bad. Anyway, we got there, […]
February 18, 2009
Scenic drive with Dylan
Today we had booked a tour with Dylan. He came at ten and took 10 of us in his van for a great 4.5 hours. We visited most of San Francisco, the golden gate, and the highlights: muir woods, with the amazing redwood trees with 120 m high and some more than 1000 years! One […]
February 19, 2009
Bye bye San Francisco
Today is our last day here in SF. Guess what. Sunnnnnny. Yes. Every day raining like hell and today that we leave, sunny… Anyway. This morning we woke up later than usual. We went downstairs and we realized it was rush hour for pancakes. We got our spot and we cooked the worst pancakes of […]
February 20, 2009
Hello paradise!
We still cannot believe that yesterday we were in San Francisco having a nice bacon burger at Luci’s diner and today we are in a wood bungalow facing the sea in Huahine in the French Polynesia. Before I must say that we do not have Internet access. I continue to take photos with the iphone […]
February 20, 2009
Huahine
Our first night in paradise. We really believed that we were going to wake up at least in Australia… and the reason is that there was such a tropical storm during the night that being lost in the middle of the Pacific ocean you have the feeling that the strong winds and rain was going […]
February 22, 2009
Tropical storm
Well yes, it seems like the rain follows us from Geneva. If the first night we thought that we were going to wake up in Australia, tonight I though that we were in the middle of the thunder itself. I woke up several times with the lighting, very nice, I thought, the storm is going […]
February 22, 2009
Pora Pora
Rejane gave us a lift to the airport and there we waited with the Polynesian ladies who were in the same flight when we arrived wearing immaculate flower hats. As we wanted to go diving we thought it would be probably better to assure us a place for the following day. So we phoned and […]
February 23, 2009
Swimming with the Sharks
Sunday 22nd of February. Bora Bora. After our great evening at the Intercontinental hotel with lobster a go-go and tipical Bora Bora dancing show, we went to bed, latter than usual, and the day after, Sunday, was going to be our first day in the pearl of the ocean. At 7.30am we had the Bora […]
February 24, 2009
more sharks, rays and other wonders
This morning sunny! wow!! We booked here at chez Nono a one day trip around the island to experience the most beautiful sites of this piece of paradise. We woke up, walked to the supermarket to buy breakfast. We had breakfast in our table 3 meters from the sea and I went to the hotel […]
February 24, 2009
Who needs roads in Paradise? Our way to Moorea
Our last morning in Bora Bora and our first day in Moorea. Another piece of paradise lost in the pacific ocean. I started the post today with who needs roads in Paradise because in our way to the airport, with the boat, we crossed a truck! a truck in a boat and it reminded […]
February 25, 2009
Around Moorea
Wednesday, we woke up at our great bungalow seeing the lagoon. I wish we could wake up with the sound of the sea more often 😉 We had our succulent breakfast on the terrace watching the waves breaking far away. We had bought loads of different things in the supermarket, so actually the 90 minutes […]
February 26, 2009
Tahiti again
Thursday and today is our last day in Moorea. At 10am we have to leave Motu Iti bungalow and before 9 we have to give back the car. We asked the lady of the house if she could arrange transport to the airport and she did. 1.35pm and flight is leaving at 2.20pm. So we […]
February 27, 2009
Tour around Tahiti and fly again!
We woke up early. The sun was getting into our hobbit bungalow. In front of the bed we had a huge glass with incredible views. The roof of the bungalow was like a boat upside down, with the peculiarity of having plants and grass on the roof. Nothing was symmetric. We had breakfast. We […]
March 2, 2009
Auckland and on the road
We wake up at our little room in the Aspen Lodge in Auckland. Early as usual. We went for breakfast and I updated the blog by buying some Internet wifi time. We have lost one day in our trip from Tahiti to New Zealand. I was even hesitating on the fact that I have booked […]
March 3, 2009
Cape Reinga
After a chilly night at Tutukaka holiday park, we woke up for a shower. Me, hating getting up early in the morning, could not see the machine to enter the 50 cents coin to have the 7 minutes hot shower, so I had a quick cold shower. We went to the diving center to check […]
March 4, 2009
Bay of Islands
So after our fantastic nice in Whangaroa, we drove back to Paihia so we could do the full day trip around the many islands in this beautiful bay. This time we had booked, so we had two places for Ms. Piez, close. We started the tour following the dolphins, so some people could swim with […]
March 5, 2009
Poor Knight Islands? another time…
We went to bed quite late after our dinner and conversation with Dominique ( the Swiss) Adam and Jo the British on a tour for a year. We spent another hour trying to find the key of the cozy room we were given, and could not find it anywhere… The night was terribly windy and […]
March 5, 2009
hot beach?
We got up in Thames prepared to go around the Coromandel Peninsula with more than enough time to arrive in Rotorua by mid afternoon. Well, we miscalculated the time and did not consider the roads. The day was very grey, not a single spot of sky was to be seen in the whole day, what […]
March 6, 2009
Rotorua, geysers, Taupo and Tongariro
We woke up in the western environment of the cactus backpackers. Our little room was in a patio and the whole hostel was old but cool. We meet some people while having dinner. An Australian guy with an incredible accent and some other. The weather was crap. It has been crap all day. Raining non-stop. […]
March 7, 2009
Tongariro Alpine Crossing Tururu!!
Mordor of the Lord of the Rings, the three volcanoes together, the emerald lake and amazing scenery. The lonely planet recommended to do this tramping in one day, exhausting, but we were well prepared with our latest acquisition in Taupo: our Keen sandals, similar to Teva but with a weirder look. This trekking was the […]
March 8, 2009
South Island with the right foot
The backpackers place we stayed in Wellington was cool, but a bit noisy. They were partying all night and our room was close to the party 😉 Wellington was a bit like San Francisco, with hills and little Victorian houses. It is far nicer than Auckland. Anyway, early in the morning we woke up, had […]
March 9, 2009
abel tasman trekking
Glorious Sunday ended nicely in Nelson and we went to bed late for again another early morning. We had one hour and 15 minutes drive up to Kaiteriteri the starting point to our Abel Tasman trekking with kayaking. At 8.30 am we were there in the kayak booth queuing to get instructions on the adventure. […]
March 10, 2009
17Km of unsynchronized kayaking
Tuesday at 7 we where up, but I did not want to get out of my sleeping bag, as it was freezing cold outside. In the end I had to go to the toilet, so I decided to get everything packed and prepared for the next experience. At 9.30 our guide, Cam, arrived with the […]
March 11, 2009
whales? nope… pancakes instead
We overslept, ummmmmm that was nice, warm and with a shower at night and in the morning, so different to the cold hut!! At 9.30 we were driving direction to Kaikourua when I decided to phone just to check if we could advance our booked tour a few hours. Surprise surprise, all day tours had […]
March 12, 2009
Franz Josef glacier
We woke up this morning with an outstanding breakfast: eggs, bacon and sausages, all this with orange juice coffee and tea. We felt like marquises. After such a breakfast we had 10 minutes to check out. Normally here check out time is 10am. So we packed everything in our little daihatsu sirion (now we know […]
March 13, 2009
Fox Glacier. Sunny experience!
We woke up at 7.00 am for a quick shower and the luxurious full English breakfast without the beans. We literally run to the Fox Guides Company to pay for the half day trot in the glacier and got our numbers to change the boats. Our mountain shoes are not high enough for the experience, […]
March 14, 2009
Wanaka
Waking up to a surprisingly sunny and cold morning, we turned inland direction Wanaka alongside the Haast river, climbing up to Haast Pass and the Mount Aspiring National park. We missed the stunning Blue Pools as they were closed, but we could admired the views from the no so distant inaugurated road (opened in […]
March 15, 2009
Embrace the Fear
“I must no fear, fear is killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be […]
March 16, 2009
Glenorchy in the way to Paradise (literally)
Today we left Queenstown and we headed to Glenorchy, not very far (around 45 Km) were we are now in a camping site, in a little bungalow. The scenery from Queenstown to Glenorchy is just amazing. Again we had perfect weather. Latter in the afternoon the clouds started to come but the rest of the […]
March 17, 2009
Te Anau and the "gusiluz"
After a succulent English breakfast with scrambled eggs, bacon and fantastic beef-tomatoes-something else sausages we started driving back to Queenstown and then to Te anau. I started the routine of phoning 2-3 guesthouses, BBH backpackers to find a place to sleep. Te Anau seemed to be fully booked, so I continued phoning from my list […]
March 18, 2009
Piopiotahi (Milford Sound)
Fiordland is sliced by numerous deeply recessed sounds, technically fiords and since 1986 it is one of the 300 World Heritage Areas because of its uniqueness that must be preserved. The famous Milford Track has been described as one of the finest in the world, pity that was fully booked. So we decided that as […]
March 19, 2009
Slope Point (4800 km from South Pole)
We overslept today, at 8.15 when the alarm went off, I did not want to get out of bed. I could heard the rain furiously hitting the roof of our nice place. Dani got up complaining about the many bites he had all over his body, saying that he woke up twice cause of the […]
March 20, 2009
Catlins and the Sea Lions
We woke up in the house with great views over the ocean (hilltop backpackers) that we had for ourselves. We had breakfast and we took the road in the opposite direction to go to a couple of places that we missed in our way here: two waterfalls (McLean falls and Purakaunui falls) a lake and […]
March 21, 2009
No blue, yellow-eyed, black-crested penguins
Saturday morning, raining like hell, good thing we went yesterday to the lovely Otago peninsula. It stopped for 2 minutes just to give us the time to load the car, and continue the road trip. Direction the Mackenzie country, NZ’s treasured highland. On our way, the weather started clearing up and timid sun shone. We […]
March 22, 2009
Aoroki (Mount Cook)
After a cold night at Omahau Downs (but with heating in our room 😉 ) in Twitzel we had breakfast and left direction to Mount Cook, around 50 Km of where we where. The earlier evening in the living room we had to light fire. It can get pretty cold here in this area, even […]
March 22, 2009
From Tekapu to Akaroa
We woke up in the “Tailor Made Tekapu Backpackers”, had breakfast and put our backpacks in the car, that this time was completely frosted in ice. Tekapo is at 760m of high and is probably the coldest place in NZ. The idea was to go up Mount John where on top there is an observatory […]
March 24, 2009
Banks peninsula
After a long sleep for the driver (near 11 hours) in the Queen bedroom we went straight to the kitchen to fry our beef sausages for breakfast. We escaped a fine, as in NZ you have to park your vehicle in the sense of the traffic, and we always have parked where we saw a […]
March 25, 2009
Christchurch
We woke up this morning in our cell in the jail guesthouse and after having breakfast we decided to spend the day in Christchurch, so the car would rest for a day 😉 The original plans were to drive to Hanmer Springs, a thermal village where nuria wanted to go to soak in hot […]
March 26, 2009
Last day in New Zealand
Here we are, in Christchurch airport waiting to board. I am now on the iPhone. Looks like we get 15 min of free wifi here. We woke up again in the jail backpackers and this time we had proper breakfast: the sausages that we still had and the beans 😉 We finished the bread and […]
March 27, 2009
Hong Kong Phooey
Here we are, in the rainy and foggy Hong Kong. We got here this morning, one hour ahead schedule, so at 5am local time more or less. After 11 hours of flight, 2 films and a failed attempt to sleeping in the economy class air new Zealand, we were fresh as a daisy. We took […]
April 2, 2009
10 Intense Public Guerrilla Marketing Posters
From weburbanist.com Guerrilla marketing has perfected the technique of catching people’s eyes and grabbing their attention, targeting consumers in unexpected ways and unconventional places. That, of course, is the point of this once-fringe form of advertising, which has now been taken up even by large corporations like Adidas and Microsoft. These 10 posters show just […]
April 8, 2009
become a DJ
Great idea. Like facebook but you are a DJ. You follow the DJ you like. You can put your own music. Great http://blip.fm/
April 9, 2009
laconica or twitter or micro-blogging
Laconica is a Free and Open Source microblogging platform. It helps people in a community, company or group to exchange short (140 character) messages over the Web. Users can choose which people to “follow” and receive only their friends’ or colleagues’ status messages. It provides a similar service to sites like Twitter, Jaiku, and Plurk.
April 10, 2009
61 Exceptionally Creative Wine Label Designs
from: weburbanist.com Much of the enjoyment of wine is in the selection. Whether you are a casual drinker or a wine connoisseur, the process of picking a bottle of wine is made more exciting by the packaging. Wine labels that catch our attention are the ones with beautiful artwork, sleek and elegant designs or the […]
April 12, 2009
Photos
A selection of the most artistic shots of the TDM (tour du monde) trip is already online at http://norai.net/photos Specific links: San Francisco French Polynesia New Zealand Hong Kong The selection is not representative of the trip itself. It is an artistic selection.
April 14, 2009
qik roam
http://qikroam.com QiK Roam is a solution to set you free from expensive roaming charges when using your mobile device while traveling. Instead of coming home to a nasty shock in the form of a gigantic bill from your cellular service provider, you can take advantage of Qik Roam’s hugely discounted voice and data rates in […]
April 17, 2009
gubb
Remember I posted a link to a web based “to do” list called “Remember the Milk“? Remeber the Milk was very good web tool to manage your to do lists. It even has offline mode using google gears. Now we have a new comer in the market: gubb gubb is a free web-based application with […]
April 17, 2009
Search Trash folder in a Mac 10.5.6
I was wondering how to search something that was in the trash folder in my macbook…. not easy. This is the way to do it: Go to the Finder, select Go > Go To Folder and type in ~/.Trash to bring up a Finder window showing the contents of your Trash, but this time around, […]
April 20, 2009
Sennheiser MM50ip
I ordered my new set of earphones at internet.ch. If I buy in Switzerland I always compare prices in Switzerland with toppreise. I had the same model without the mic manufactured by creative. I was really happy as the quality sound is superbe with no distortion at all. In addition to this they isolate very well from […]
April 23, 2009
event management online
aimado sendomatic eventful ennect evite activeciti spongecell eventwax renkoo pingg ilcu cvent socializr my punch bowl minglenow confabb live events zoji eventsbot eventbrite planyp wevent gydget setdot upcoming youreventhub meeting4 going zvents My favourites are “my punch bowl” for A-Z free event organization, and “eventbrite” which is very professional and free for free events. Then […]
April 23, 2009
New look for tokao
tokao.com is washing his face. In fact I am even considering removing the toi and call it just tokao. I have been this theme that I found in internet to display number of comments, tags, and categories. Changed some colors etc… I hope you like it. Also in addition to the new look I am […]
April 23, 2009
Now you Can Change What Google Says about you
Google me? I’ll Google you! Google has become the de facto public record these days but most people remain in relative obscurity there and/or fear of what past indiscretions Google will expose to people who search for them. Today Google released a product, called Google Me, that aims to change all of that. For a […]
April 24, 2009
Google Product Search for mobile
Google just announced that Google Product Search is now tightly gone mobile. You can search product price comparisons in your iPhone or Android phone. The new interface is tailored for these devices making it easier to read customer reviews.
April 24, 2009
Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope released
“Jaunty Jackalope” is the code name for Ubuntu 9.04, which was released on 23 April 2009. See the Jaunty release schedule. See also the Ubuntu Developer Summit for Jaunty, which took place on December 8th to 12th, 2008 on Google Campus, Mountain View, California, USA. And check the technical overview for the latest update link […]
April 24, 2009
2d bar codes
Have you ever seen this 2D bar codes? Now you can to to 2d sense and create a free account. You can download a free app for your iphone and start creating links and 2d bar codes, that when you take a photo with your iphone triggers an action: going to a map, sending email, dialing […]
April 25, 2009
tokao.com is just tokao.com
When I first bought this domain, the first thing that came to my mind was to call it tokao.com, that in Spanish (slung) would be something like “I’m crazy”. After some years I realised that for the English community and friends, the fact of adding this “toi” to the beginning was just making things more […]
April 27, 2009
Brightkite
I would like to talk a bit about a very promising web application and also great iPhone application that has been out there for a while but has not been very successful in terms of people using it. It is true that we are surrounded by Social Apps. For iPhone, web, such a facebook, twitter, […]
April 27, 2009
::norai.net is gone for photos only
During this weekend I have been working on both sites, tokao.com and norai.net. I decided to focus ::norai.net on what is best: photography. ::norai.net has been up since 2000. The actual domain was bought in early 2002. It has always been a mambo/joomla CMS and a lot of energy went into it at the beginning […]
April 27, 2009
Flu
Worried about Swine Flu? Keep this links at hand: Official news on the WHO website: http://www.who.int/csr/don/en/ Online map: http://healthmap.org/en And a very nice wiki that people can update regularly (best resource): http://flu.wikia.com/wiki/Flu_Wiki And real time google maps: Google maps Swine Flu
April 27, 2009
Time to patch Google Chrome
Earlier this month, a problem was discovered in Google’s new web browser, Google Chrome, that would have allowed an attacker to launch and run scripts on a compromised machine. The issue, originally discovered by Roi Saltzman of the IBM Rational Application Security Research Group, had been given a security rating of “high.” Interestingly enough, although the attack takes […]
April 28, 2009
Adobe Extends Flash Platform to Digital Home
Silicon, OEM, Cable and Content Partners Embrace Adobe Flash Platform for Televisions, Set-Top Boxes and Blu-Ray Players So, basically, Flash available on new TV sets. Endless possibilities. Click here to see the press release.
April 28, 2009
Genius G-Shot HD520 HD cam with 720p for less than $150
Are you looking for a low end camera that records pretty good video resolution? Here you have the winner: Genius HD520. It shots 5MB stills and 720p video. It is a high definition video camera, can output on high-resolution flat-panel TVs using the HDMI cable ; it supports high efficient MPEG4/H.264 image compression format and […]
April 28, 2009
Blocked port when webcasting with Stickam or Ustream
This is an open question. I am trying to broadcast with Stickam and Ustream from a location that apparently has the port 1935 closed. This plus probably a private ip. I tried and skype video goes through, but skype is clever and can go over http if necessary. Stickam and ustream use a flash application where […]
April 28, 2009
Photoshop? nope, aviary
Always wanted to have photoshop or software to edit photos? Well, photoshop is very expensive, heavy and very difficult to use. On previous posts I have mentioned several “cloud” software. I do like the “cloud” approach. For those who are not familiar with the term, it would basically mean that you run programs on your […]
April 29, 2009
A Mobile App That Saves Lives, Literally
Written by Jolie O’Dell (www.readwriteweb.com) DataDyne‘s EpiSurveyor program, funded by the United Nations Foundation and the Vodafone Foundation, has been implementing mobile technology to track and contain disease in developing nations since 2007. In a recent and potentially devastating polio outbreak in Kenya, EpiSurveyor’s new mobile platform was used to track virus carriers and immunize affected children. The campaign targeted around 2 million […]
April 29, 2009
Awesome Trial Bikers
See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
April 29, 2009
We didn't start the flame war
Watch We Didnt Start the Flame War on CollegeHumor
April 29, 2009
3G portable router
This is the first 3G portable router. LevelOne 3G MobilSpot Portable Wireless HotSpot (WBR-3800) by CP Technologies. Putt your 3G sim card into the router’s CardBus or USB interfaces and you’ve got an instant portable network for sharing to any 802.11b/g WiFi or Ethernet device. A 10/100Mbps WAN jack lets it double as your home […]
April 30, 2009
Facebook on your desktop
Facebook has released a desktop application built with Adobe AIR. That means that it is platform independent (Mac, PC, Linux). You will have to have Adobe AIR in your computer and then install the Facebook application. Facebook also announced their Open Stream API technology. With the API now the limit is the sky and you will start seeing […]
April 30, 2009
Windows 7 free for one year
Microsoft is giving away Windows 7 free for a year with the launch of the Release Candidate. The ReleaseCandidate is now available to MSDN and TechNet subscribers, and will go on unlimited, general release on 5 May. The software will not expire until 1 June 2010, giving testers more than a year’s free access to […]
May 1, 2009
Audit your PC
There is free tool that you can install in your windows PC that will tell you from the serial numbers and model of your motherboard to the serials of your windows license and all installed software. Very handy Belarc Advisor
May 1, 2009
Google Search inside gmail
(copied from gmail blog) I used to have a problem. People would ask me questions, over chat or email, and I’d have to leave Gmail to search Google for an answer. Then I’d have to select the answer, copy it, go back to Gmail and paste the answer into the chat window or my reply. […]
May 1, 2009
iPhone app for tracking swine flu
There is an iPhone app, IntuApps, which has Swine Flu Tracker, waiting for approval from Apple before it’s released into the App Store. In it, you can see the current Threat Level for the disease, a map showing confirmed and suspected cases, a symptoms area to inform people, and an alert page for breaking news […]
May 1, 2009
Spot satellite messenger
This is a very cool gadget. Basically a gps, with the particularity that has a couple of buttons, one to check in, so it sends communicates your position, and the second one for help. Same thing but you are asking for help. The beauty is that works everywhere, not dependent of GSM or mobile networks. […]
May 2, 2009
Linux Market Share Passes 1%
Linux Market Share Passes 1% for the first time ever. Probably thanks to the success of Unbuntu. [table id=1 /]
May 4, 2009
Stack Overflow
Stack Overflow is a programming Q & A site that’s free. Free to ask questions, free to answer questions, free to read, free to index. http://stackoverflow.com/
May 4, 2009
download videos from youtube
Have you ever wondered how to download a video from youtube and then put it offline in your iPod? Here you have a website: KeepVid You add the URL of the video you want, then you select the quality and voila!
May 5, 2009
hackintosh a dell 9 mini
If you feel that Apple should have a notebook and you are tired of waiting for it, then follow this tutorial and you will have a dell 9 mini running the lates macos 😉 Do you have a different notebook? Check this table to see the limitations when installing macos
May 5, 2009
Condoleezza Rice
In a video that surfaced Thursday, Rice said, “The president instructed us that nothing we would do would be outside of our obligation, legal obligations under the convention against torture… I conveyed the authorization of the administration to the agency. And so by definition, if it was authorized by the president, it did not violate […]
May 6, 2009
versions of documents
Are you working on a document (or other file) and you did some changes that you regret? Well, Document Management systems allow you to keep versions or history of changes so you can revert to a previous state. Very handy. What you probably don’t know if that if you have Windows Vista Ultimate or Business […]
May 6, 2009
New Amazon Kindle DX
Amzon just announced the new Kindly DX with a 9.7″ screen. You can already pre-order one at $489 and will be delivered in summer, when they release it. This screen looks like a nice improvement over the 6″ that they launched recently. It will be capable of displaying not just books, but magazines and newspapers.
May 7, 2009
Update facebook without facebook
Competing services hellotxt and Ping.fm both introduced features that let Facebook administrators update Facebook Pages. The pages, which also include the new Public Profiles introduced after the latest Facebook revamp, let companies or individuals promote businesses, products, or even public personas using a page that’s similar to the standard user profiles.
May 8, 2009
12 Extremely Effective Guerrilla Marketing Stunts
(from weburbanist) Ad-agencies are finding it more and more difficult today to get through to the average consumer, and marketing saturation only grows with every year. It’s for that reason that guerrilla ad-campaigns are becoming so prevalent in the industry. Here we take a look at some of the recent, most effective and ingeniously simple […]
May 8, 2009
martin jetpack
You know, for a device as potentially bad ass as the Martin Jetpack is — the company boasts a maximum range of 31.5 miles at 63 mph, and the ability to hover at 8,000 feet above ground effect — the video we’ve seen thus far has been pretty lackluster. Of course, you can’t actually get your hands […]
May 9, 2009
Google going into social
Google company executive Eric Schmidt said Google was looking at ways to generate money from the surge of social networking activity on the Internet, as well as at ways of integrating microblogging capabilities, such as those popularized by Twitter, into its search product.
May 9, 2009
GPS photo finder mini
Now we have plenty of software that use gps location from the photos we take. You take photos with a gps phone, such as the iphone, most of the nokias then you import the photos into iphoto or picasa3 and voila, you know where the photo was shot, using google maps, for instance. Well, if […]
May 10, 2009
Camera buyer's guide
Are you looking to buy a new camera? Give a try to this camera buyer’s guide, where you can specify your requirements and will suggest you the best models. http://www.bestinclass.com
May 11, 2009
Glue works automatically as you browse popular sites about books, music, movies, wines, restaurants, gadgets, stocks, actors, tv shows and other everyday things around the web. The Glue Bar appears right on your current page to show you friends who looked at the same things and what they thought! Glue 4.2 Overview from AdaptiveBlue on Vimeo.
May 11, 2009
External battery for Macbook and iphone
Cool idea. You plug one of this and you have extra juice for your Macbook and iphone. Up to 32 hours!! Go and visit the company’s web, hyperdrive.
May 12, 2009
Sell your photos online
Sell Your Photos! Fotomoto enables photographers to sell photos on their own website without sending their customers elsewhere.
May 12, 2009
Google voice
Google Voice is coming soon. It is a service that gives you one number for all your phones, voicemail that is easy as email, and many enhanced calling features like call blocking and screening, voicemail transcripts, call conferencing, international calls, and more. Google Voice is currently available for GrandCentral users only, but will be open […]
May 12, 2009
FriendFeed
I have previously talked about several alternatives to twitter. FriendFeed is again, more than twitter, and it is hitting really hard. Personally I like brightkite with the great iphone apps, but friendfeed is growing very fast! Give it a try. You can log in with your twitter account, but you can have videos, photos, etc… […]
May 12, 2009
Japan Airlines jet engine sucks up cargo container
A Japan Airlines flight has been grounded at Los Angeles airport after a large object was sucked into one of the plane’s engines, officials say. They say the incident happened as JAL flight 62 was leaving one of the airport’s gates. Television footage showed the object – believed to be a cargo container – wedged […]
May 13, 2009
Survs – Collaborative Online Survey Tool, Web Survey Software
You might know a lot of online services to create surveys: SurveyMonkey, Zoomerang…. well, here we have a new one, still on beta, but new and looking goooood. Survs – Collaborative Online Survey Tool, Web Survey Software.
May 13, 2009
What Is Google Squared?
(by Erick Schonfeld of techcrunch.com) Google Squared is How Google Will Crush Wolfram Alpha. One of the next frontiers of search is taking all of the unstructured data spread helter-skelter across the Web and treat it like it is sitting in a nice, structured database. It is easier to get answers out of a database where […]
May 15, 2009
Letter Opener for Mac
Have you ever wondered how to open one of this attachments that are sent by a Microsoft Client that look like winmail.dat in your Mac mail app? Now you can. Use Letter Opener. Less than $20.
May 15, 2009
COOL-ER Ebook Reader
(Jason Kincaid from crunchgear.com) We’ve gotten our hands on the COOL-ER, a new Ebook reader coming out in two weeks that’s sporting a (relatively) low $250 price tag and a case that looks like an over-sized iPod Nano (it’s also coming in 8 Applesque colors). Interead, the small startup that built Cool-er, is obviously trying to bring […]
May 16, 2009
play.fm
PLAY.FM is the most comprehensive audio database for DJ and club culture on the internet. More than 12.000 DJ sets, live recordings and radio sessions can be streamed free of charge and on-demand. Upload, track list wiki, meta-shop DJs can upload and release studio mixes, radio sessions and event recordings themselves and check their audience […]
May 18, 2009
Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
Here you have a list of the most common shortcuts for your Mac.
May 18, 2009
W3C Link Checker
Are you a webmaster? Do you have a huge site to maintain? Check out the W3C Link Checker to see if all your links are OK.
May 18, 2009
Guatemalan Attorney Predicts his Own Murder on YouTube
When Rodrigo Rosenberg turned up dead on Mother’s Day in an upscale neighborhood in Guatemala City, his murder was seen as little more than another execution-style shooting in one of Latin America’s most dangerous countries. Now, after a video emerged in which Rosenberg accused Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom of orchestrating the murder, the killing has sparked civic […]
May 20, 2009
pelican cases
Are you thinking about buying a stong wateproof suitcase? Maybe this is the one…
May 20, 2009
Google translates emails
(from readwriteweb.com) Gmail Labs has done it once again. A new feature introduced today allows users to automatically translate emails into English and any other supported language. Sort of. As with any non-human inter-linguistic interpretations, the messages suffer in translation. But thanks to this new feature, you’ll be able to get the gist of the Cyrillic text in […]
May 27, 2009
Nokia app store
Nokia phone owners have access to the Ovi Store, where they can get a variety of apps. Like iphone’s apple store or android’s google one. Looks like the way to go.
May 27, 2009
BenQ GP1 pocket projector
The BenQ GP1 Pocket Projector is the first to use LED lights. It weighs 1.5 pounds with a 20,000 hour lamp life. Great little device at a price tag of around $500. Great for travel, or salesman. It uses LED technology and has great specs such as 1000:1 contrast ratio.
May 27, 2009
Car DC power splitter
Santok released a DC power splitter that includes two USB slots. Great for pluggin your ipod+gps+whatever other gadget…
May 27, 2009
15 Creatively Offbeat Canoes, Kayaks & Boats
(from WebUrbanist) Smokin’ on the water… that’s how hot these cool canoes, krazy kayaks and bodacious boats are! It’s amazing what a little tech know-how and a vivid imagination can do when whipping up wild watercraft. Here are 15 that’ll really float your boat. Pedals, Not Paddles (images via: Life In The Fast Lane) Trampofoil, Hydro-bike, HydroSlide, Hydrothopter, […]
May 28, 2009
Off the wall: The astonishing 3D murals painted on the sides of buildings by a trompe l'oeil artist
(from dailymail) At first glance, it looks as if some natural disaster has shaken away the walls of these buildings to reveal architecture hidden for thousands of years. And at second and third glance, it looks like that too. But these spectacular images are not the unexpected result of an earthquake. Treasure trove: An […]
May 29, 2009
Chrome has add ons
Finally Google Chrome has been updated to support add ons. Is that the end of firefox advantage? Google Chrome’s extension system. The long-awaited feature will finally deliver what Firefox and IE users have had for ages: a way to add more tools, services, and additional features to the browser.
May 29, 2009
Google Wave
Here’s the full video of the Google Wave demo from Google’s IO conference in San Francisco. Techcrunch review of Google Wave is here. Exclusive interview with the founders is here, and our video and notes from the press conference is here. Google Wave looks to be an integrated communications platform that brings together email, chat, […]
May 31, 2009
howcast
I just wanted to mention a very nice app for the iphone: howcast, It is basically a “How-to” video aggregator which has hit 500,000 downloads of its iPhone app and a quick spin of the service shows why – it’s fabulous. Just six months after launching, HowCast is already the second most popular free app in the Lifestyle category […]
June 2, 2009
Hulu from outside the US
Don’t you live in the US? Would you like to watch hulu, abc, and other US TV shows online? Well, every time more, more websites are IP based, so if your IP does not fall under a specific country, you cannot access the content. You could solve this by going to the preferences of your […]
June 2, 2009
bing: new search engine from microsoft
Yeap, Microsoft just launched a new search engine bing
June 3, 2009
linux days in Geneva
I will be going to the Linux Days that is taking place from today till Friday. http://2009.linuxdays.ch/content/programme
June 3, 2009
Introducing EverSave 1.0.2
Introducing EverSave 1.0.2. EverSave is a clever tool which allows you to save all of your documents – if possible – in a specific time interval or by changing the frontmost application. This means no more data loss if applications crash.
June 4, 2009
Google: more search options
(from google blog) Google’s first Searchology was two years ago, Google was excited to launch Universal Search, a feature that blended results of different types (web pages, images, videos, books, etc.) on the results page. Since then Universal Search has grown quite a bit, adding new types of results, expanding to new countries, and triggering […]
June 5, 2009
Google Releases Dev Version Of Chrome For Mac And Linux. But It Doesn’t Want You To Use It.
(published in techcrunch by Jason Kincaid) Here’s some bittersweet news for those of you eagerly awaiting Google’s Chrome browser for Mac or Linux: tonight Google is publicly releasingdeveloper versions of the Chrome browser for both operating systems, and anyone will be able to download them. Unfortunately you won’t be able to ditch Safari or Firefox just yet […]
June 6, 2009
Google Squared: is it like wolfram alpha?
Google Squared is a search tool that helps you quickly build a collection of facts from the Web for any topic you specify. Facts about your topic are organized as a table of items and attributes (we call them “Squares” for fun). Customize these Squares to see just the items and attributes you’re interested in. […]
June 8, 2009
Palm pre is out
Palm pre, which is like an iPhone (user interface I mean), was out on the US (with Sprint) last Saturday. Looks like it is looking pretty good: multitasking, elegant, great touch screen experience, great photo quality (3MPx), full keyboard…. We’ll see later today if Apple releases the new iPhone with new hardware, and hopefully adding […]
June 9, 2009
WWDC 2009 – new iPhone 3GS
Yesterday it was the Apple’s WWDC 2009 (Development Conference). They announced a new line of laptops (basically all based on the macbook pro). No more macbooks without the “pro” because they added a firewire 800 to the 13 inches model. They have also removed the slot in the left and replaced with an SD card […]
June 10, 2009
Compete: compare traffic in websites
Compete is an online tool that allows you compare in a very neat way, the trafic of several websites. Very handy.
June 10, 2009
Google Quick Search Box for Mac
Google just released the Google Quick Search Box for Mac. It is sort of spotlight but that in addition to search for applications, emails and stuff in your computer, also searches de web and can trigger actions such as opening files or sending emails. Also it allows you to use it as a Twitter status updater.
June 10, 2009
Google Apps now syncs with Exchange
Google Apps Press Event: The Riveting Real Time Notes (Use Google Apps With Outlook!) .
June 11, 2009
itpints beta – home
itpints is the new itpints is a real-time search engine. It’s not like Google, nope, with itpints you wont be able to know the aswer to any question. Instead, with itpints you can know what is people publishing on internet about anything of your interest, at the same time you’re searching for it. The relevancy of any […]
June 11, 2009
Jan Garbarek & Anouar Brahem – Bahia
Give yourself a present and listen to this superb guitar.
June 11, 2009
WHO raised the Pandemic alert level from Phase 5 to 6
WHO has just raised the alert to the maxim level of pandemia. Here the official communication: The new Influenza A (H1N1) virus has continued to spread to many more counties and with increasing numbers of people affected. There is verified community spread in multiple locations. The phase change is not a signal that the virus […]
June 12, 2009
bChamp: iPhone app to beatbox
bChamp, drums controlled by voice bChamp offers an exciting new way to drum. bChamp is a voice controlled drum kit for your iPhone. Easily make groovy beats by beatboxing into the iPhone microphone. bChamp instantly translates your beatboxing into impressive drum sounds. Making and practicing beats was never so easy or fun. No talent required. […]
June 14, 2009
Wackiest Beds Around The World
(from www.duvetandpillowwarehouse.co.uk) They say that your bedroom says a lot about you as it is the place where all your belongings are kept, where you can shut yourself away from the rest of the world and be your true self…whatever that may be! We have done some scouting and found you the wackiest beds in […]
June 15, 2009
Home
We are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have 10 years to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of the Earth’s climate. The stakes are high for us and our children. Everyone should take part in the effort, and HOME has been conceived […]
June 15, 2009
New words
TESTICULATING – Waving your arms around and talking b*llocks. BLAMESTORMING – Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible SEAGULL MANAGER – A manager who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves. ASSMOSIS – The process by which […]
June 17, 2009
iPhone 3.0 coming out today… already cracked!
Skip the first two minutes, but devteam has managed to unlock iphone 3.0. Wow! They will release this for the public on Friday! I can’t wait!
June 17, 2009
Mouse wheel work wherever the mouse pointer is
WizMouse is a mouse enhancement utility that makes your mouse wheel work on the window currently under the mouse pointer, instead of the currently focused window. This means you no longer have to click on a window before being able to scroll it with the mouse wheel. This is a far more comfortable and practical […]
June 17, 2009
Amazon Kindle source code to the world
Amazon is releasing the source code of the kindle devices to the world. It’s fairly basic Linux underneath (kernel 2.6.22 on the latest 2.1 software). What’s unclear without compiling one of these and booting it up (to our untrained eyes, anyway) is whether Amazon stripped out its various DRM and licensed codec support — MP3 […]
June 18, 2009
Choosing a font?
Sometimes you want to choose the right font and the preview that the computer gives you is not very good because you have to scroll and do it one by one. The solution is flippling typical, as website that will allow you to type your text and see how it looks like with different fonts.
June 18, 2009
The Web 2.0 Bullshit Generator™
This is one of the most valuable resources of keywords that you have to mention in an interview or any conversation 😉 The Web 2.0 Bullshit Generator™ Just click on the button and you will get wise sentences such as: integrate authentic synergies streamline open-source networks engage data-driven wikis
June 18, 2009
Opera Unite
Opera Unite is extending what you are able to do online. Opera Unite harnesses the power of today’s fast connections and hardware, allowing all of us to help define the future landscape of the Web, one computer at a time. Read about how Opera Unite is going to change the way we interact on the Web…. […]
June 19, 2009
Augmented Reality: Layar browser
Layar is a sort of browser derived from location based services and works on mobile phones that include a camera, GPS and a compass. Layar is first avaliable for handsets with the Android. It works as follows: Starting up the Layar application automatically activates the camera. The embedded GPS automatically knows the location of the […]
June 19, 2009
Linux native multitouch support
You can add multitouch support to linux: You need: Linux kernel 2.6.30; a computer with a Broadcom 5974, Stantum, NTrig or DiamondTouch surface (the HP TouchSmart tx2 has a Ntrig surface, but you need to get the appropriate firmware from the NTrig site); our NTrig, Stantum, or DiamondTouch driver, or the Broadcom 5974 driver from Henrik Rydberg; their demo […]
June 19, 2009
Firefox find feature
Do you use the CTRL+F to find stuff in the page that you are browsing? If you do, this could help you a lot. Findlist is a add-on for firefox that will add a drop down list in your find bar with the latest searches. It could be very handy.
June 19, 2009
Another Bullshit Generator
Writing your internet business plan, but suffering from writers block? Use this handy tool to break the deadlock and write like a pro! http://www.erikandanna.com/Humor/bullshit_generator.htm
June 20, 2009
Steve Jobs was not just sick but had a liber transplant
(from techcrunch) There really isn’t much to say here beyond what are being reported as the facts. Apparently, Apple CEO Steve Jobs had a liver transplant two months ago, the Wall Street Journal reports tonight. When you read that, it’s pretty shocking — but not that surprising. After Apple initially tried to pass off Jobs’ gaunt […]
June 20, 2009
Finally Google Maps tells you "what's here?"
Finally what many people was waiting, to be on a google map, right click and have a “what’s here?” option. When a user clicks on “What’s here?” Google will return as specific a result as possible, be that an address, a “natural entity,” or a place name. When combined with the “At this address” feature, […]
June 21, 2009
Free Tool for Gov't Agencies to Communicate Public Safety Alerts Online or Via SMS
(from readwriteweb) A new SMS and email notification service is helping local government agencies reach citizens when and where it will do the most good: As soon as possible, and wherever that citizen happens to be. Depending on whether agencies in a selected location are participating (currently, nearly 1,000 agencies have signed on since the […]
June 22, 2009
Iran election on twitter
It has been a very controversial subject. Iran elections and media coverage has proved to the world the power of citizen journalism using twitter. Would you like to see realtime images of people using their phone cameras and uploading them to twitter? This link to twicsy speaks for itself.
June 23, 2009
Twitter How tos
Are you new to twitter? Then this is a very good resource for you: Twitter Lists. And more video tutorials here.
June 23, 2009
Ping.fm
Ping.fm is a simple and free service that makes updating your social networks a snap, with over 40 social networking sites and adding more all the time. Between ping.fm straight forward posting methods and advanced custom triggers, we make it easy for you to post your messages exactly where you want them to go. Give it a try!
June 23, 2009
UK iplug air
UK plugs are bulky. We all know that. For security reason they should have a fuse so when traveling with a macbook air for instance, the adaptor takes more space than the computer. Watch this video because it is a great solution!
June 23, 2009
pixelpipe: the best tool for social networking
Pixelpipe is a content distribution gateway that allows users to publish text, photo, video and audio files once through Pixelpipe and have the content distributed across over 75 social networks, photo/video sites and blogs, and online storage. They provide a number of mobile & desktop applications for users, liberating their content and sharing their life. […]
June 24, 2009
iWannaSleep
Have you ever wanted to go to bed and get sleep while listening to iTunes? iWannaSleep will stop iTunes when you program to do so, so music does not keep playing all night long. A little freeware program for your mac that will let you programe when to pause iTunes.
June 25, 2009
BookFresh Is OpenTable For Everything Else
(from techcrunch) In the online reservation space, you probably know about OpenTable. The restaurant reservation service’s IPO in a time of drought for IPOs, made big headlines. Now imagine OpenTable for just about everything besides restaurants. That’s BookFresh. Who might need such a service? A lot more services and individuals than you may realize. While most services have some […]
June 25, 2009
Google city tours
Google has released another product from the labs: Google city tours The new site can build itineraries for brief trips to locations around the globe in a matter of seconds. At this point details on the new product are fairly sparse — it looks like Google hasn’t written its customary blog post yet, but given […]
June 25, 2009
Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake Fears – NYTimes.com
Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake Fears – NYTimes.com.
June 25, 2009
Shared Notebooks with Evernote. Finally
Popular web, desktop, and mobile note taking app Evernote has finally added the one feature that power users have wanted for ages: shared notebooks. The update allows you to share your notebooks with the world or select individuals, and grant write/edit access to your notes and notebooks. It’s not a revolutionary update, but the new […]
June 26, 2009
Bye bye Michael
Michael Jackson has died of a heart attack at the age of 50. He was unique, a legend. We will miss him.
June 27, 2009
Augmented Reality
We have talked about augmented reality in the past. It is the fact of adding layers of information into a real image. The most immediate application would be with new phones. Using the camera, gps, compass and Internet to add a layer to what you see with information or actionable interactions. Here you have some […]
June 28, 2009
Compact flash adapter
The new CompactFlash adapter from Photofast can hold four 16GB microSD cards running in RAID. This makes the slower microSD format as fast as CompactFlash by striping data across all four microSD cards at once. For those that don’t need 64GB of storage, the CR-7100 will hold one 16GB microSD, while the CR-7000 holds one […]
June 28, 2009
Downgrade to a previous software release?
Sometimes you have installed the latest version of any program and you noticed that dammed, the old one was better, had no ads, was simpler, more stable, etc… and then you go to the program website and the only version you can download is the current one? Well there is a website called oldversion that […]
June 29, 2009
Google’s Africa Strategy: Search And Trade Via SMS
Not only does Google want to organize all the world’s information, it also wants to make all that information available to everyone in the world. For the majority of the world’s population, that means making it available on a cell phone, and not a fancy iPhone or Android with a Web browser either. I’m talking […]
June 30, 2009
Fauxtoshop: 15 More Real Photos that Look Faked
A man walking on water, a bunny the size of a dog and a fetus floating in a starry sky – none of these things can actually be real, right? In an age when almost anyone can effectively manipulate images in Photoshop, it’s easy to scoff at every incredible photograph that you see on the […]
June 30, 2009
The Pirate Bay Sold For $7.8 Million
Today, Swedish software company Global Gaming Factory X AB has announced it has acquired The Pirate Bay website for 60 million SEK, which is roughly the equivalent of 7.8 million dollars. This was almost immediately confirmed by The Pirate Bay. Although the title of their post is entitled “TPB might change owner,” from the text of the […]
June 30, 2009
NASA releases the most complete map of the earth
NASA and Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and industry (METI) released the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM) to the worldwide public on June 29, 2009. It covers 99% of the earth’s surface and it is available for downloads. The GDEM was created by processing and stereo-correlating the […]
July 1, 2009
Google apps sync for Microsoft Outlook
Now businesses can run Microsoft Outlook on Google Apps instead of Microsoft Exchange, so they can achieve the cost savings, security and reliability of Google Apps while employees use the interface they prefer for email, contacts and calendar. Not Quite Gears “Although we use the same protocol as gears, we don’t use gears per se,” […]
July 1, 2009
Box.net vs SharePoint
Plenty of enterprise 2.0 companies have set their sights on replacing SharePoint. Based on the premise that “sharing should be simple” and implying that SharePoint is anything but, Box.net‘s campaign is more than a marketing ploy. It’s a bold sign of the growing conflict between hungry young startups and Microsoft over who will dominate business […]
July 1, 2009
Pogoplug
The Pogoplug connects your external hard drive to the Internet so you can easily share and access your files from anywhere. So forget about expensive NAS systems, configuring your firewall and router… buy this box, plug your USB Hard Disk and access to it via web from anywere! You have even an iPhone app 😉
July 1, 2009
Gmail drag and drop labels
Gmail is constantly adding features to help people become more organized. Today, Google has tweaked its Labels feature to add more functionality to the labels toolkit, helping users implement labels in a more organized way. Your labels will now be located in a new area on your Gmail interface, above your chat list and grouped together […]
July 1, 2009
pingdom: free website monitoring
Over the last few years, Pingdom has established itself as a well-regarded uptime monitoring service, but until now, its services were only available to paying customers. Today, however, Pingdom launched a free version of its service. The free service offers all the features of Pingdom’s paid accounts, though users are limited to monitoring just one website or server. […]
July 2, 2009
Improvements to Google apps contacts
For starters, they have launched a new API that, when combined with the existing shared contacts API, gives administrators the ability to maintain an updated and detailed global address list in Google Apps. Google has also updated the Contacts interface throughout the Google Apps suite – particularly in Gmail – making it easier for employees […]
July 2, 2009
Glims for Safari
Glims is a little add on for your Safari that will allow you to control your search bar and use it with many other engines (amazon, ebay, facebook, etc…) and you get a preview of the most relevant sites while you type.
July 2, 2009
gdgt
gdgt (like “gadget” — or g-d-g-t) is a new kind of technology site — a social gadget platform that enables you to connect with the community through your gadgets, and connect with your gadgets through the community. It’s a place for you to engage with your devices and hang out with people who are as […]
July 2, 2009
the man wall
Are you a man who likes watching sports, drinking beer and smoking cigars? Then this is the piece of furniture that you NEED! The Man Wall Features include: 52″ Vizio Flat Panel LCD HDTV 2 – 26″ Vizio Flat Panel LCD HDTVs 1200 watt Panasonic 5.1 Home Theater System DVD player with 5-CD changer iPod […]
July 3, 2009
More augmented reality
Here’s more info on augmented reality, including a program which collects environmental data from many sources (including networked furniture?!?) and presents it to you.
July 4, 2009
Expono
You can’t swing a stick on the Web these days without hitting a photo or media sharing service. Some of the most popular ones like Flickr and Photobuckethave become an indispensable part of our online lives. Among the most recent services to enter the game isExpono, a photo sharing, organizing and protecting service with added features like GPS […]
July 4, 2009
Expono: Flickr, Picassa and the Kitchen Sink
You can’t swing a stick on the Web these days without hitting a photo or media sharing service. Some of the most popular ones like Flickr andPhotobucket have become an indispensable part of our online lives. Among the most recent services to enter the game is Expono, a photo sharing, organizing and protecting service with added features […]
July 7, 2009
14 iPhone Apps With Push Notification for Productivity
With iPhone 3.0 OS upon us, we’ve finally seen the delivery of much-needed push notifications from Apple. Applications that take advantage of this new feature continue to trickle in, and though the selection is slim right now, there are a handful of apps (some on their way) that should allow you to become more productive […]
July 7, 2009
Recommend your favorite apps with appsfire
AppsFire allows you to share with your friends your lists of favorite iPhone Apps. All you have to do is download and install AppsFire app on your Mac (PC coming soon), let is scan your Apps on iTunes. Then it will point you to your private AppsFire page where you can decide which app you […]
July 8, 2009
Google Chrome OS
Remember all those whispers about a Google desktop operating system that never seem to go away. You thought they might with the launch of Android, it’s mobile OS, but they persisted. And for good reason, because it’s real. In the second half of 2010, Google plans to launch the Google Chrome OS, an operating system […]
July 8, 2009
Facebook Makes Spontaneous Event Planning Easier
Facebook has updated its publisher tool to allow users to create events directly through the Publisher. After clicking on the “Events” icon, you can enter information about what the event is and where and when you want to meet. You can invite friends published event that’s created either on your profile or your news feed by […]
July 9, 2009
Forvo: the pronunciation guide. All the words in the world pronounced by native speakers
Forvo: the pronunciation guide. All the words in the world pronounced by native speakers.
July 10, 2009
Location Now Built into Google Maps using Chrome and Firefox
With many of us using smartphones with GPS now, we’re starting to take for granted applications like Google Maps being able to pinpoint us. But using computer is a different story. Sure, there have been plugins, and things like Google Toolbar, but those are things that most people aren’t going to bother to install. But starting […]
July 10, 2009
Update Google calendar with twitter
You can connect your Twitter account and your Google Calendar to add events to your calendar by Direct Message. It’s like having a personal assistant! Step 1: Follow the instructions at Twittercal.com to get set up Step 2: Send a Direct Message to gcal to enter a new calendar appointment. Example: “D gcal meeting with […]
July 13, 2009
Powerpoint? Keynote? nope, Prezi
Prezi allows anyone who can sketch an idea on a napkin to create and perform stunning non-linear presentations with relations, zooming into details, and adjusting to the time left without the need to skip slides. The ideology of Prezi is based our natural knowledge on how to coordinate ourselves in space; traditionally all information we […]
July 14, 2009
The Four Essential Apps for Distributed Teams
Distributed teams. Virtual work. Placeless offices. Whatever you want to call them, groups who work from geographically separate locations are more common than ever. Despite how widespread this mode of coordinating work has become, there are those still wondering just what tools are absolutely crucial to making a distributed team work. Here’s a list of […]
July 14, 2009
Mathematical logic
What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%? We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%? What makes up 100% in life? Here’s a little mathematical formula […]
July 14, 2009
1900 MIT courses online for free
Would you like to start studing something? Well we are now in the collaborative era. Wikipedia, Linux, blogger, etc… Education should be free. This is MIT contribution: ocw.mit.edu
July 15, 2009
Google Calendar Adds Labs and Opens Up An API
Google Calendar now has its own Labs. Long one of the most popular features of Gmail, at least among the early adopter crowd, Labs is the tab in Settings where users can find and turn on experimental new features. Google Calendar Labs is launching with six features: Background Image (now you can change it) Attach a […]
July 15, 2009
Drupal Mavens Unveil Open Atrium: An Intranet in a Box
Proprietary intranet vendors, be scared. Be very scared. Today,Development Seed, the open source shop behind DrupalCon in DC and other endeavors, has released the public beta of Open Atrium. Open Atrium is a free and open source intranet built as a Drupal distribution, with some impressive functionality available out of the box. Not only is this a […]
July 16, 2009
Google Brings Location To The Mobile Web On The iPhone
Google’s updates surrounding location are now coming fast and furious. Just a few days ago it added location to Google Maps for the Chrome and Firefox browsers. Today, it brings location to the mobile web on the iPhone. If you have the new iPhone 3.0 software and go to Google’s homepage in Safari, you’ll notice a new […]
July 17, 2009
Yammer: an Intranet solution
Yammer is a tool for making companies and organizations more productive through the exchange of short frequent answers to one simple question: ‘What are you working on?’ As employees answer that question, a feed is created in one central location enabling co-workers to discuss ideas, post news, ask questions, and share links and other information. […]
July 20, 2009
Going Up? 15 Amazing Elevator Artworks & Ads
You’re crammed into a tiny space with several other people, spending an average of thirty seconds staring at either the floor or the wall. That’s what makes elevator advertisements and art so brilliant – people have little choice but to look. Marketers and artists have taken advantage of this very captive audience in some brilliant […]
July 21, 2009
pixlr: free online alternative to photoshop
Pixl brings you advanced online image and photo editing tools, just choose your flavor, jump in and start creating! Jump in n’ get started! Pixlr is the creator of online cloud-based image tools. Today they have two applications in their suite, one they call Pixlr Editor and the other is Pixlr Express. They are built in Flash […]
July 22, 2009
7 e-learning and teaching resources
While the down economy continues to hurt funding to our schools, more and more teachers are looking to web-based services to help educate their students. Whether it’s through open resource projects like CK-12, virtual classrooms like those in Second Life, or through therepurposing of tools like Twitter, millions of teachers are finding innovative resources to engage their […]
July 23, 2009
Google Wave is Coming: 100,000 Invites Go Out on September 30th
Less than two months ago, Google dropped a spectacular surprise upon the world: Google Wave. The communication tool aspires to redefine not only email, but the entire web. Well, in the last two months, Google and third-party developers have been hard at work testing out the system, fixing the kinks, and building some amazing extensions […]
July 23, 2009
Going to Kenya and Liberia
Well, here I am at gate B37 Terminal 5 in London Heathrow airport. This time on my first trip/mission with the ITC, that I joined 2 weeks ago. I am now using my iPhone and we are ready to board. I will be arriving to Nairobi late at night and tomorrow I will be meeting […]
July 25, 2009
Nairobi
Nairobi. I am posting this from Monrovia in Liberia because I had no internet in Nairobi. I arrived on Thursday, pretty late at night. There was a guy waiting for me. I had no problems to get into the country without visa with the Laisser-Passer. The hotel was a bit crappy but OK. On Friday […]
July 25, 2009
Liberia, day one
Here I am, in Monrovia, in the Corina Hotel. A 5 stars hotel… I’m joking. There are no 5 stars hotels here. This in fact a place with clean sheets, and free wifi. That is good enough. The flight was long. Flying economy within Africa and in a 5 or 6 hours trip, with stop […]
July 27, 2009
Monrovia National Holiday
Sunday. We had the day free after a meeting with our local guy here. We did plan the week and then Francis took us with his crappy car to have a tour around the city. What can I say about it. It is a post conflict zone. The few big buildings that are still standing […]
July 28, 2009
Monrovia – Meeting the Minister of Trade
Today we had a productive day. We met the Minister of Trade and her Chiefs. Here you have some photos: the toilet in the floor of the Minister (they have no water and no electricity, only own generators), the Ministry of Trade Building and stairs, the bullet hole in the glass in the Minister’s meeting […]
August 2, 2009
Great Plug for Globetrotters
Are you a globetrotter with a penchant for vivid colors? Mili’s got your back with its compact and surprisingly practical Universal Charger. Capable of plugging into US, UK, EU or Australian-style sockets, this unit covers quite a bit of ground and can power a pair of devices at once via USB. Technically then, you’re unloading the chargers […]
August 6, 2009
Twitter is down. 2 hours now. Dos attack.
Yeap… and other social media sites are experiencing similar attacks.
August 6, 2009
Semi Pros: 15 Examples Of Awesome Truck Mod Art
Trucks… cars on steroids or society’s workhorses? Trucks are cool fresh off the assembly line but such huge, mobile canvasses just naturally invite artists to add to their awesomeness. Here are 15 examples of awesome art made for, with and upon trucks. Burning Man’s Big Rig Jig (images via: Laughing Squid and American Steel) One of the visual […]
August 7, 2009
iphone 3gs turn by turn software
As you might know with the iPhone 3GS it was announced to have TomTom. Well we have to competitors in the market already offering Europe maps and turn by turn software for 79 and 89 euros. The first is Sygic the Second is iGo my way. There is a third player in the market too: […]
August 7, 2009
How to fix a Corrupted Time Machine Backup
The other day time machine decided to stop working for me and kept giving me errors about mounting the backup image. After firing up Console.app I found that the sparsebundle which time machine stores the backup data in was corrupted. This is a bad thing since if I couldn’t find a way to fix the […]
August 9, 2009
iPhone TV: Top iPhone Apps for Live Streaming Television
iPhone TV: Top iPhone Apps for Live Streaming Television.
August 9, 2009
16 Apps That Make Sharing Large Files A Snap
File sharing services are not as popular today as they were four years ago. It’s not that people are sharing any less. Rather, they just found easier ways to do it. Would you upload a funny video from a friend’s email to any of those services or would you search for it on Youtube and […]
August 11, 2009
The Cost Of FriendFeed: Roughly $50 Million In Cash And Stock
Everyone is obviously talking about theFacebook/FriendFeed deal, but everyone wants to know one key detail: How much did Facebook pay? Now we know: Facebook paid nearly $50 million when you add the $15 million it paid in cash with roughly $32.5 million (based on current valuations) in stock, according to the Wall Street Journal. The stock […]
August 11, 2009
Review: Vibram Five Fingers Classic
These are the vibram shoes: http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/ and a review: Vibram Five Fingers Classic .
August 11, 2009
6 free remote desktop sharing and screen sharing solutions
This is a pretty nice review of free remote desktop sharing screen solutions. I would add the new Skype version. Now you can share your desktop or a window. Pretty cool. 6 free remote desktop sharing and screen sharing solutions.
August 12, 2009
Sigma 10-20 for Nikon
I got my new lens for the Nikon d300, the Sigma 10-20! I’m so looking forward for the weekend!
August 12, 2009
shoot it app for iPhone
Shoot it! is a very cool app for the iPhone that will enable you to send a real, photo postcard from anywhere to anyone in the world directly from your iPhone. Your personalized postcard will be delivered in just days…not weeks. Easy. Just take a photo (or choose one from yor library) write the text, […]
August 13, 2009
yuuguu
Instant screen sharing and real time collaboration. Yuuguu offers cross network instant messaging, instant screen sharing, real time collaboration, web conferencing and remote support. Fast, secure screen sharing Yuuguu uses an instant messenger style interface so you can instantly start a screen sharing session in just one click. And there are no downloads or installs required for […]
August 13, 2009
Tell Me Where iPhone app
The other day we went out for dinner with some friends. Seb finally fell for an iPhone and he showed me a pretty nice app: Tell me Where Actually the English site is empty so you have to go to the French one if you want more details: Dis Moi Ou It is a little […]
August 14, 2009
Mikogo
Yesterday I posted a link to yuuguu, a sort of adium or multimessenger that would allow you to share your desktop. Well, in the comments I got Andrew from mikogo who was recommending me to try his product. I did and I love it. I got a couple of friends to install it. I tested […]
August 14, 2009
fatsecret will help you on your diet for free
Looking for a free internet site that will help you achieve your objectives towards your ideal weight and lifestyle? FatSecret is a new online diet, nutrition and weight loss community that harnesses the collective contributions of the members to generate practical and motivating information so that you can make better decisions to achieve your goals. Fatsecret […]
August 17, 2009
Layar and brightkite
Augmented reality coming soon on the iPhone: Brightkite Augmented Reality from Brightkite on Vimeo.
August 18, 2009
Chromium, Bookmarks Here, Bookmarks There, Bookmarks Everywhere
As of yesterday dev channel build, Google’s chromium is adding a brand new feature to Google Chrome: bookmark sync. Many users have several machines, one at home and one at work for example. This new feature makes it easy to keep the same set of bookmarks on all your machines, and stores them alongside your Google Docs […]
August 19, 2009
Augmented Reality is taking off
Arf (Georgia Tech) a virtual pet you take anywhere ARghhhh (Georgia Tech) first person table-top action game Sekai Camera (Tonchidot) AirTag the real world Kweekies (int13) a portal to creatures in a parallel world Layar (SPRXmobile) Browse the world with an AR browser Artoolkit for the iPhone (Artoolworks) the most popular AR kit now on […]
August 20, 2009
Kool Skool: 15 Examples Of Awesome Bus Mod Art
The words Bus and Boring share more than just their initial letter but that hasn’t stopped an assortment of visionary artists from jazzing up this most utilitarian form of transport. These 15 examples epitomize the height of slick transit glorious! C’Mon, Get Hippy! (images via: David Icke, Buses On Screen and Career Capitalist) Bubble gum on a bus? Sure […]
August 21, 2009
Great TED talks on future technologies
Building a techno-sixth sense Mind control – closer than you think Will death eventually be a thing of the past? The ultimate reboot Embracing an exponentially advancing future
August 21, 2009
kidlandia Maps
Do you have kids? If you do, this website could be a nice present for them. You create a custom map of their kingdom. Unique. http://www.kidlandia.com
August 21, 2009
iPhone 3GS: TomTom, Navigon and iGo my way
There are 3 major players of turn by turn navitiaon for the iPhone now: TomTom Navigon iGo my way Tomtom costs 99.99 euros for the European version. It has 21 countries. Everybody was expecting this app. There were rumors about the price. We saw photos of the little gadget to put it in the car… […]
August 22, 2009
Flickr and Google Map: Great Mashup
You take the best photos of flickr and you put them in a mashup in Google maps, and this is the result: http://www.earthalbum.com
August 23, 2009
13 Fantastic and Fun Image Generators
Whether you’re artistically inclined or not, sometimes you just need to whip up an illustrative or entertaining image for a blog post or presentation. The tools on this list help you generate respectable graphics in a jiffy — design talent optional! Most of the tools on this list are web-based and as easy to use […]
August 24, 2009
Snow Leopard Has Arrived, Shipping 28th of August
Snow Leopard is nearly here. You can already pre-order it. Click on the link to see what is new. http://www.apple.com/macosx/refinements/
August 26, 2009
First iPhone Augmented Reality App Appears Live in App Store
French app development shop PresseLite appears to have the first Augmented Reality (AR) supporting iPhone app live in the iTunes store, though we don’t know how they did it. It’s called Metro Paris Subway, and while the app isn’t new, it released a new version last week that added an AR overlay that displays information […]
August 26, 2009
Gruml: A Google Reader App For Your Mac Desktop
Google Reader is a very useful service for consuming your news feeds (assuming you still use RSS), but it lives in the browser, which means it doesn’t the responsiveness and polish of a desktop app. For all those Mac users out there looking for the best of both worlds, I present to you Gruml, a new desktop […]
August 27, 2009
WebOS (huevos in Spanish): Your computer in the cloud
We are all day listening to the tech news and they talk about the future, Google making this new Google OS that will be open source and will be basically in the cloud. Amazon offering cloud space and processing power. Are we going to live in the cloud in the near future? Some people have […]
August 28, 2009
sixthsense project: integrating information with the real world
‘SixthSense‘ is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information. The SixthSense prototype is comprised of a pocket projector, a mirror and a camera. The hardware components are coupled in a pendant like mobile wearable device. Both […]
August 28, 2009
Augmented Reality Navigation System
Mobilizy GmbH reveals a preview of it’s augmented reality navigation system, the first fully functional mobile AR navigation system available for the Android platform. Wikitude Drive was developed by the Mobilizy Research & Development group in Salzburg, Austria, to satisfy the curiosity of the developers to see if it was feasible to combine real-time navigation […]
August 31, 2009
7s SevenSnap entertainment shopping for your iPhone
Finally, it is online – the sneak preview explaining the idea behind SevenSnap. Take a look at the guide. SevenSnap in a nutshell: Every 60 minutes, we are offering you a product from the realms of consumer electronics, travel and leisure activities. To see the price of the product, which drops every second, you have […]
September 1, 2009
Snow Leopard upgrading
Don’t let Apple’s marketing enchant you – upgrading to Snow Leopard isn’t exactly the hassle-free affair that the Mac maker wants you to believe. You must pick the right cat for you, identify incompatible apps, plan your upgrade path, and customize the installer. Enter Geek’s guide to installing Snow Leopard, the definite resource for Mac […]
September 1, 2009
Dropbox
Would you like to make your life easier? Wouldn’t it be nice to have all your files synchronised over your Mac, PC, Linux and web? Being able to share files without sending emails and so? Well a guy like me would use webDAV for that, but there is a particular commercial tool which looks great: […]
September 1, 2009
Online Backup Unlimited for $5 per month
We all know how important it is to backup our computers, but studies consistently show that most computer users — even those that know better — don’t. As Internet connections get faster and storage becomes less expensive, online backup services like Backblaze, Mozy and Carbonite have stepped-in to help consumers back up their data. Not […]
September 3, 2009
OS market share stats
Windows 7 is not yet officially out, but it nearly has the market share of linux. [table id=2]
September 14, 2009
Bing Pops With Visual Search
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand keywords. Today at TechCrunch50, Microsoft senior vice president Yusuf Mehdi announced a new visual search feature on Bing which returns results as an interactive gallery of images. For instance, if you type in “dog breeds,” it organizes them for you in a grid of images that you can scroll […]
September 17, 2009
Home automation
There is a company called Savant who designs, develops and manufacturers deliver home control and automation, multi-room audio/video, advanced digital audio and video processing, extremely flexible and scalable audio/video switching, digital media server and jukebox capabilities, and an array of integrated applications and services. The fact that I mention this company here is because traditionally […]
September 17, 2009
Crazy Contortionist Art: Bodies in Urban Spaces
How would you react if you were walking down a crowded city street and 20 people suddenly ran past you and crammed their bodies into the tiny space between two buildings? What if you happened to look up and see someone hanging from a street light, wedged into a window frame, or squeezed into the […]
September 22, 2009
PBworks Adds Microblogging And Email Upload Features To Wikis
PBworks (formally known as PBwiki), a startup that specializes in helping businesses, non-profits, and educational institutions collaborate via wikis, today announced its Social Collaboration Update for PBworks Project Edition and Legal Edition, which integrates social media-style user profiles and microblogging to help teams work together more easily. The new user profiles in PBworks allow organizations to […]
September 22, 2009
Human Canvas: Body Painting Meets Fine Art
Emma Hack has made a name for herself as one of the most creative and visionary Australian artists to come along in years. But she doesn’t work on canvas or clay; her medium is the beautiful form of the human body. Hack began her career as a makeup artist, hairdresser and children’s face painter. But […]
September 23, 2009
WebNotes, a nice web annotation tool
Web annotation services let people add their own virtual Sticky Notes or comments to Web pages for others to see. But Web annotation is back with the launch today of Google’s Sidewiki. To be honest, I don’t have high hopes for Sidewiki. Marking up the Web has limited appeal to the average consumer. A better approach, […]
September 24, 2009
Starbucks Goes Mobile: Pay For Coffee With Your iPhone
Starbucks and the iPhone are sort of the perfect combination. You can browse the web for free on the AT&T hotspots, you can buy in-store songs from iTunes right from your phone, and now you can use two new official iPhone apps. Now available in the App Store, myStarbucks (iTunes Link) and Starbucks Card Mobile (iTunes Link) let […]
September 25, 2009
Picasa 3.5 with face recognition and google maps
Picasa 3.5, a new version of our free photo editing software for Mac or PC. Picasa 3.5 has name tags and uses the same technology that powers name tags on Picasa Web Albums. With name tags, you can organize your photos based on what matters most: the people in them. When you first launch Picasa […]
September 25, 2009
No to all in windows xp
When you drag the files from the source to the target directory, Windows XP alerts you that a file exists in the target location with the same filename as one you’re trying to copy. It also asks you whether it should replace the existing file or not, as shown. If you were working in Windows […]
September 25, 2009
iPhone 3GS voice commands in Spanish
Llamar a un contacto Diga “llamar” o “marcar” y, a continuación, el nombre de la persona. Si una persona tiene más de un número de teléfono, puede añadir “fijo” o “móvil”, por ejemplo. Marcar un número Diga “llamar” o “marcar” y, a continuación, el número. Realizar una corrección Diga “error”, “ese no” o “no”. Controlar la reproducción de música […]
September 25, 2009
Mobileme not synchronizing your contacts any longer?
I had a problem with mobileme. I could not sync my contacts. They were fine in my iphone (my main input tool) and on mobileme. My macbook pro was not synchronizing… I tried everything, from going to the settings of mobileme in my mac and reseting it, to delete everything on my mac in order to […]
September 26, 2009
Etze, buying and selling handycrafts online
Etsy is an online marketplace where you can buy and sell items that are handmade, as well as vintage goods and crafting supplies. Etzy mission is to enable people to make a living making things, and to reconnect makers with buyers. Their vision is to build a new economy and present a better choice: Buy, […]
September 27, 2009
Iris Notes
IRISnotes is a pen and mobile note taker that can capture handwritten notes and drawings, as well as edit, save and export them. Your handwritten notes can be instantly converted into editable text in a wide range of languages. Turn your handwritten notes into editable text*! Simply write your text using the provided ink pen. […]
September 29, 2009
outright offers you free online bookkeeping
Outright is out of beta. Outright is a very simple-to-use web service that helps you track income and expenses, pay estimated taxes on time, and see how your business is doing. It’s perfect for self employed people. Unfortunately only for the US, but a great product.
September 29, 2009
money management
Money management is now easy with moneystrands. If you do not want to monitor multiple bank sites and maintain painful spreadsheets anymore, then moneyStrands automatically pulls together data from your bank, credit card and investment accounts to provide an accurate, up-to-date picture of your financial life broken down by meaningful automatically identified categories along with […]
September 29, 2009
100,000 Invites: Everything You Need to Know About Tomorrow's Google Wave Preview Launch
Google just officially announced that it will send out 100,000 invitations to preview Google Wave tomorrow. These accounts will go to developers who are already in the developers preview and users who signed up for accounts at wave.google.com on a first-come, first-served basis. A select number of Google Apps users will also get access to […]
October 2, 2009
Sync your files in the cloud and amongst computers. Back up!
Few days ago I wrote backblaze and about dropbox. I am intrigued by which could be the best way to be synchronized and to backup in the cloud. Well, after reading a lot of reviews I tried dropbox and I have to say that it is the best product out there…. now…. I continued my […]
October 2, 2009
Qnap 3.0
Qnap has released the 3.0 firmware for their NAS products. Take a look at the video. I start wondering if I should forget about running a full server at home… with this I could have my blog, my photos, and all my files… and even IP cameras… plus if you buy 2 you could have […]
October 4, 2009
Pollux for iTunes
Pollux for iTunes will help you to stop worrying about organizing your music library again ✹ Completely automatic and easy to use ✹ Tags name, artist, album, album art, genre, year, and lyrics ✹ Analyzes the track’s unique fingerprint, so it can never be wrong ✹ No existing track information necessary ✹ Automatically corrects each […]
October 6, 2009
Google docs improving
Now there is an equation editor so you can easily complete problem sets online or write papers that include equations. Also a “Go to page based on answer” option in Google forms, making it easy to show participants only those questions that are relevant to them. To make outlining term papers more customizable, Google has […]
October 7, 2009
Rovio Robot. The ultimate webcam
Rovio™ is the groundbreaking new Wi-Fi enabled mobile webcam that lets you view and interact with its environment through streaming video and audio, wherever you are! With Rovio, you will always be just a click away from the people and places that are important to you.