Very cool ringtone generator – FREE!
This is pretty cool… I’ve already created and downloaded several. Nice quality too. WolframTones: An Experiment in a New Kind of Music
Science vs. Gore
Scientists are responding to Al Gore’s alarmist movie “An Inconvenient Truth.” Scientists respond to Gore’s warnings of climate catastrophe “The man is an embarrassment to US science and its many fine practitioners, a lot of whom know (but feel unable to state publicly) that his propaganda crusade is mostly based on junk science.” And checkout [...]
Google Maps Plugin for Address Book
Well-done plugin, I especially like the directions function. Google Maps Plugin for Address Book
Apple’s New Ads
Apple has several new ads running on network and cable TV. They are part of a new “Get a Mac” campaign. They’re available for viewing on the Apple Web site: http://www.apple.com/getamac/ I like ‘em… hip, cool, and to the point.
Cool Mac OS X Widget – xCuts
This looks useful… I’m always forgetting keyboard shortcuts that would save me time. xCuts: As amazing as it may seem, until now the Dashboard has been missing a key utility that will be especially welcome by recent Windows or Linux switchers as well as other newcomers to Mac OS X. xCuts finally puts a full [...]
Long-term Apple secret project revealed
Chuq Von Rospach spills the beans on a top-secret Apple project.
Nanotech coolness
From National Geographic: An entry in a German science-photo competition, this image shows a fly sporting a set of “designer” lenses crafted and set in place with a cutting-edge laser technique. The glasses fit snuggly on the fly’s 0.08-inch-wide (2-millimeter-wide) head. Manufacturing firm Micreon GmbH submitted the insect’s picture for the Bilder der Forschung (Photos [...]
Tired of the commute?
Here’s an interesting solution.
Chax 1.4 is released – now with Tabs!
Chax, the very cool plugin for iChat, has been updated to version 1.4. Several new features, most notable is support for Tabbed windows when you have multiple chat sessions in progress. I’ve been running the beta version for the past few weeks with no problems. Check it out, and if you use it, be sure [...]
Chax 1.4 public beta now available
Chax is a plugin for iChat that provides some very cool features. I’ve written about it previously here, here and here. I’ve been beta testing Chax 1.4 the past few days. Lots of nice improvements, but the biggest is probably a new tabbed interface — this really helps when you’ve got multiple chats in progress. [...]
isolatr beta
The latest in social network Web sites: isolatr beta
Music Industry vs. Apple?
John forwarded an article to me today from the Economist, about the fight between Apple Computer and the music industry. The article is prompted by the recently announced inquiry by the Department of Justice into possible industry collusion on prices. Not much of note here until the last paragraph (emphasis added): Mr Jobs says that [...]
More on the Ultramobile Personal Computer
Today’s Joy of Tech rifs on the Origami thingy from Microsoft (I wrote about this yesterday). I just did some quick googling, and can’t find anybody excited about this… thing. This article by Om Malik is typical: With details swathed in secrecy and buzz created by a mysterious website, Microsoft’s Origami handheld debuted Thursday at [...]
Good news from Sony about Blu-ray and copy protection
Sony had news a few days ago about their upcoming Blu-ray plans. One important tidbit is about copy protection. Sound And Vision Magazine: Blu-ray to Debut May 23: In an important aside, Don Eklund, SPHE’s senior vice president for advanced technologies, said that Sony’s initial Blu-ray discs — and all of its Blu-ray titles for [...]
Yeah, that’s hip…
Project ‘Origami’ comes to life as ‘Ultramobile PC’: Microsoft showed off its ultra-compact computer Wednesday, which the software giant was scheduled to officially unveil Thursday at the CeBIT technology trade show in Hanover, Germany. The product, heretofore code-named Origami, has been christened the Ultramobile PC, Mika Krammer, a company spokesman told the Associated Press. Uh [...]