Dedicated readers like Kindle or Sony Book will never become ‘big’… They are missing two key features: COLOR and versatility. Why do you need color? This was the same question asked when computer monitors only came in monochrome. This was the same question asked when printers only printed black & white. The answer is the same: HUMANS LIKE COLOR. I’ll stick with my iPhone, arguably the best gadget ever designed. I get a small, yet readable size, COLOR (dark red on parchment is EASY on the eyes), I can read in the dark (it IS very helpful such as on dimly lit subways), AND I can get books from almost anywhere such as eReader.com. Of course, the iPhone is also a phone, browser, media player, scheduling center, entertainment center, database, etc. etc. etc.
I have to laugh at all of the people who ‘camp’ in one OS or the other…they really don’t understand OSes at all!! ALL of them have problems…ALL of them have advantages… ALL of them have disadvantages… ALL ofthem have quirks. I’ve used them all… Windows from version 2 to Vista Ultimate, Unix System V, Linux (any distro you can name), Mainframe Oses, Mac, proprietary mini-computer OSes like Motorola’s Unix-like OS9 and IV Phase’s Data 4 and Vision… no one is ‘better’ or ‘more secure’ than another… If you understand OSes you can get into them easily and you can take advantage of what they have to offer…
The boot process on a PC has nothing to do with the OS: it’s a process that STARTS the OS, was defined in the early ’70s and has never changed. If your looking for total control over this process look into Bootit NG from Terabyte Unlimited… Iv’e tried all of the boot managers and this one gives the best control and invades the target OSes the least. … I’m still laughing….
I have been using Jimi Wallets for a few years now, and I can’t live without them! They are slim, efficient, and versatile… The only drawback (or advantage) to them is you can’t overload them. They hold about 4 or 5 credit/ID cards and a few bills. I find that if you fold the bills in thirds rather than quarters you can fit more in. If you do overstuff the wallet consistantly for a long period of time the plastic hinge will warp… other than that it is as near a perfect wallet as was ever created! Go get one! You will never go back.
This is a REALLY great photo sharing/storage site that is also innovative and affordable.
I have been using the service for about a month (there is a free 30 day trial) and I’m just blown-away with all of the features and the ease of use of this wonderful service.
Presentation of your photos is far beyond Flickr, Shutterfly, Kodak, and YouTube (yes Phanfare handles videos also… seamlessly). There is monthly, yearly, and a lifetime cost: very affordable.
Store and present your photos and videos with style and class: Phanfare now!
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Elegant Online Photo and Video Albums
With Phanfare, your photos and videos are beautifully presented online for your friends and family to enjoy. You get your own web address (yourusername.phanfare.com) for ease of use and unlimited storage so all your photos and videos are preserved for years to come.
Photo and Video Slideshows with Music and Captions
Your Phanfare slideshows fill the whole screen with your photos and videos. You can add your own music and captions. The result is an amazing, professional-looking slideshow.
Share your Albums with Friends and Family
With Phanfare you get a website (yourusername.phanfare.com) to share with your friends and family. If you already own your own web domain, you can host your photos under your personal domain name. You can also set a password for your web albums. Your friends can view slideshows, order prints or download full-size originals directly from your website — and we will NEVER ask them to register at Phanfare to see your albums.
Enhanced Video Support
Upload your video clips to Phanfare and then see them on your albums and even in your slideshows with your photos. Phanfare will convert your video files into Flash for easy viewing by your friends and family.
GrandCentral doesn’t replace your phones; we just link them together and help them do more. How do we do that? We give people One Number…for LifeTM – a number that’s not tied to a phone or a location – but tied to you.
With GrandCentral, you can be reached with a single number, answer a call at any phone you want, seamlessly switch phones in the middle of a call, and even know whether a call is important before you take it.
What else can I do with GrandCentral?
We’re not your typical phone company. And these aren’t your typical features.
Check your messages by phone, email, or online
Keep all your messages online for eternity
Record and store your phone calls (just like voicemail)
Quickly (and secretly) block an annoying caller
Click-to-dial from your address book
Surprise your callers with a custom voicemail greeting
Turn your Mp3s into the ring tones your callers hear
Here is a little trick to enhance the use of eBay’s really nice seller’s widget: append your seller ID on the items description line! Now when you create the Widget for use on your Web site choose the ’search’ mode and then search on your seller ID. eBay plans to add the search on seller’s ID in the future, but this workaround will bring that functionality to you now! Here are my latest items for sale on eBay:
I’ve always embraced open-source applications. I find that they are almost always more innovative and versatile than commercial-grown versions. Just look at FireFox and Thunderbird! Anyway, ROCKbox is a great example of open-source at it’s best.
Basically, ROCKbox installs another OS (they call it firmware, but it’s really an OS for the player in much the same way Linux is an OS for a PC.) onto your iPod. The OS completely replaces your original iPod OS in functionality. It would take hours to completely describe to you all of the functions and configurations available in the ROCKbox OS, so I’ll just sum it up: WOW. This OS is named right, it ROCKS.
Completely skin-able via themes, fonts, and icons… it is a whole different and very welcomed change to the old iPod OS. But the real power is in it’s configurability. Every aspect of playing music and operating the device is highly configurable down to the smallest detail. Wouldn’t it be nice to have the Hold switch turn off the backlight? Wouldn’t that be GREAT?!?!? Well, you can in ROCKbox along with setting the backlight to Off, ON, and pretty much any timed setting from 1 to 90 seconds. Want to play OGG files? You can and almost any other non-DRM file type.
You say you still want to play your purchased DRM protected iTunes music? ROCKbox also allows dual-booting into your old iPod OS where nothing was changed!
OK… I have a lot of software license keys. I generally keep them with the software as a text file so that if I need to reinstall the software, I will have the key handy. There are many down-sides to that method including the ability for someone to copy the key along with the software and, of course, if I ever lost the media the software is stored on…
KeyFiler is an on-line solution to storing and retrieving your software keys. An account for up to 10 keys is free and if you need to store more, a modest cost is levied. Your keys are stored along with other information about the software they unlock using industrial-strength encryption on the server side and 128 bit SSL transferring the key between your browser. On the server side, the encryption is generated by either a global key (Standard security), where your password can be reset if you forget it, or the encryption can be generated by your logon password (high security) in which case you will lose access to your keys if you forget your logon password (since KeyFiler administrator has no ability to reset your password for high security). Your logon password, unlike a lot of sites, can be a really STRONG one. I’m using 4 words separated by 3 special characters for a total of 26 characters. It would take all the computers ever built millions of years to hack that one. I am using my own logon password as the encryption key (high security) so I feel VERY confident that my data is secure.
Store those keys in KeyFiler and never forget them again!
Recently Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir discovered that a gallery Only-Dreemin was ripping her off. They’d sold thousands of dollars worth of her images. So she did what anyone with a following on the internet might do and she posted about her frustration and plight on her flickrstream. What’s yahoo do? Deletes the image & threatens to terminate account.
How many passwords do you have? Access to banks, Web services, credit card numbers, etc. There is so much security to remember these days! Do you keep it all in your head? Do you write it down (NOT a good idea!) If I had to pick THE most useful utility EVER, it would be Roboform.
This utility stores (encrypted) all of your Web site logons, passwords, financial information and then accesses that info to automatically logon to web sites, Banks, and fill out Web forms. It does this automatically and seamlessly. If you shop on-line this utility will fill out all of those shopping forms (billing address, shipping address, credit card info) quickly and accurately with just one click.
There is a free version, fully functional, but limited in the amount of logins and data you are able to store. The pro version is inexpensive( $30) and stores unlimited amount of data.
There are several versions including PC Desktop, portable (thumb drive), U3 thumb drives, Palm, Windows Mobile, and Symbian.
I use this utility EVERY day and would be lost without it!
If you already own your own web domain, you can host your photos under your personal domain name. You can also set a password for your web albums. Your friends can view slideshows, order prints or download full-size originals directly from your website — and we will NEVER ask them to register at Phanfare to see your albums.
