Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
iPhone Safari Alternative : VanillaSurf
Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:47 No CommentsI just wanted to share this as I ran across it yesterday. I never gave much thought to an alternative browser on the iPhone. Safari’s kind of right there and it just never occurred to me how unhappy I was with it. But then a few things came to mind. Things like:
There’s no tabbed browsing
When [...]
Tabbing Through Forms in OS X
Sunday, February 21, 2010 11:30 No CommentsFor all of you switchers out there or if you’re just new to OS X environment entirely. You may have run into a pesky problem when using tab to navigate through forms as you’ll notice OS X, by default, will only tab to text fields and list boxes. This is fairly retarded as it forces [...]
iPad Specifications and Hesitations
Thursday, January 28, 2010 13:31 6 CommentsApple launched their much talked about tablet yesterday, iPad. As I’m sure most of you know, Nicole and I are big fans of Apple products and had been reading the rumors of the fabled device over the past 6 months, eagerly anticipating the launch of the next hot gadget. While I’d very much been considering [...]
Hands On With Pastebot for iPhone
Thursday, January 21, 2010 10:28 No CommentsCopy. Paste. How many times would you say you do that in any given day? If you work at all with a computer (and really, who doesn’t?), then you likely perform those actions constantly. It’s an old, old computing concept that many of us likely take for granted that really hasn’t changed much since its [...]
Official Invites Arrive for Apple’s 1/27 Presentation
Monday, January 18, 2010 15:00 No CommentsAaaaaand unfortunately, GeeksPodcast didn’t receive one. However, we do have a picture of the invite from one of those bigger, hipper, more frequented sites and it certainly looks tasty.
The invitation is for January 27th which is when hopefully we can all expect the announcement of Apple’s newest contraption. There’s already been some speculation on the [...]
My iPhoto Backup Dilemma
Sunday, January 17, 2010 16:06 No CommentsI love iPhoto. The fact that it’s included with every Mac makes me all the more happy. However, while I much enjoy a streamlined and feature-rich application to manage the wealth of photos that I’ve taken in the past year (nearly 10 thousand), I’ve reached an impasse of sorts with the software.
You see, iPhoto stores [...]
A Compelling Video for the Apple Tablet
Sunday, January 3, 2010 12:45 1 CommentWhile Apple’s always been big in the education sector, especially with its iTunes U service, the below video from Coursemart shows a whole slew of new possibilities for students that are Apple-savvy. Everything showcased in the below ‘concept’ video impressed me, from the iCal integration to on-the-fly textbook purchases which makes sense for people like [...]
Need Another Monitor for Your Mac?
Saturday, December 19, 2009 10:54 No CommentsIf so, you might wanna check out NewerTech’s USB 2.0 Display Adapter. It’s Intel Mac compatible and will allow you to add multiple monitors to your Mac via USB and has selections available for DVI, HDMI, and VGA interfaces supporting up to 2048 x 1152 resolution. Right now I’m doing dandy with just two, but [...]
Snagit Beta Now Available for Mac!
Friday, December 18, 2009 23:38 No CommentsIf you’ve ever used the Windows version of Snagit, then you know that it’s a hyper pumped-up screen capture utility with some great features. Well, for all you Macs out there you too can now enjoy that functionality as their open beta recently launched. It requries an Intel Mac and so far I really enjoy [...]
Perian – A Must for Quicktime Users
Friday, December 11, 2009 22:45 No CommentsIf you own a Mac and you’ve got a variety of video formats you need played, you could just go ahead and downlaod the most excellent VLC Media Player. It’s certainly a heavy duty player with ripping and encoding abilities to boot. However, if you’re just looking for a way to play your mountain of [...]
