Category: Web/Tech

Download of the Day: Meetro beta

Link: Download of the Day: Meetro beta – Lifehacker.I do the Instant message client thing from time to time. I actually have all of them installed right now so that I can figure out which one is best. Unfortunately, that is really hard sometimes because most people I know either use AIM or Yahoo messenger.…

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How to use backpack for school

Link: How to use backpack for school – Lifehacker. Yes, another Lifehacker story. So I have been using Backpackit for a few things here and there just to get the feel of it, and it is pretty neat, but I never really thought about using it for school. They have a good read on how…

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Microsoft’s doing an Xbox 360 controller for the PC, too

Link: Microsoft’s doing an Xbox 360 controller for the PC, too – Engadget – www.engadget.com. Shocking, Microsoft doing something that doesn’t make much sense. Imagine that.

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Podcasts going mainstream

Well, it looks like the big boys are getting in on the podcasting arena. NPR has a listing of 130 podcasts that they have up, and CBS is about to start podcasting the audio from entire shows. I would love it if they would podcast Letterman. How fun would that be to listen to? So…

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QOOP

Strange name right? Well, I know it is, but it is extremely useful. Here is the deal. It is a site that integrates with Flickr, Buzznet, and Blogprinting. So, if you have photos up on any of those, then they can use those photos to put together a book or poster so you can give…

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US Air Force’s teleportation study

Link: Boing Boing: US Air Force’s teleportation study. Yes, you read that right. Our tax dollars at work. A neat read though for the technology and science buffs.

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Google’s Grand Ambitions

Link: Google’s Grand Ambitions. Google is acquiring businesses, but nobody is really sure why. BusinessWeek online has a nice article about possibilities that could come to fruition and how Google is looking to compete with every large company associated with computers and the internet.

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iPod Video… Details?��

Link: smash’s world: iPod Video… Details?�_�the offical homepage of Ben Guild (smash). This is a little bit of detail about the iPod video and a nice photoshop image of what it might look like. I would be okay with that. I just hope you can change the orientation for when you put it upright.

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Google Taking over your computer

So I posted the other day about Google taking over. Well, one step at a time I guess. Google has released their sidebar that integrates the desktop search, weather, photos, email, and a bunch of other web stuff. Pretty neat. Also, there is talk of them releasing an Instant Messaging client on Wednesday. So, we…

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Magazine Cover

Link: Magazine Cover. I found this really neat site. You can search Flickr for a neat picture that you like, then simply put in whatever text you want to appear on it, hit the finished button and presto, you have your very own magazine cover. It is really neat.

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