Seriously trivial thoughts
I was thinking about replacing my aging Nokia N95-1 this year, with the N97 being a strong candidate. However, the Palm Pre may have debuted at the top of my list. I have resisted the Apple iPhone temptation due to it’s closed architecture and lack of certain features (e.g., multitasking and cut&paste). Still, I do …
According to this post by Google, they are no longer going to actively develop Jaiku and will release the engine as an open-source project. As we mentioned last April, we are in the process of porting Jaiku over to Google App Engine. After the migration is complete, we will release the new open source Jaiku …
I’ve always had a severe memory leak issue with Firefox. FF will slowly grab more and more memory often hitting 1/2 GB with only 3-4 tabs open. I use a ton of extensions and I read a couple sites where they listed off a bunch that were known to contribute to memory leaks. For whatever …
I like opening Gmail and Google Reader in Google Chrome (GC) because it seems to manage memory much nicer. Leaving those sites open in Firefox often results in hundreds of megabytes of RAM used. The problem is I’d like to open GC links in Firefox. I’ve got too many FF extensions that make life so …
I always liked Fred, particularly his role in Die Hard 2. He made me wish I lived in Tennessee when we was elected Senator there. Here’s a video by him on the economy and our current and future government’s “strategy”. It would be SO much funnier if it weren’t true.
I you analyze the URL for the pictures I use in my blog, you’d see that they are hosted at dougworld.com. I don’t use the WordPress storage because it’s just easier to upload and backup this way. Plus I have tons of extra storage there. Anyways, I used to save the image locally and then …
Readers of my blog know that I’m on the prowl for a new speaker dock for my 2nd gen iPod Touch. The Philips DC350 iPhone and iPod Docking Entertainment System looks like it might be the one. Supposedly, it had Bluetooth and can sync your calendar with your computer. It won the 2009 CES Innovations …
Whenever I used to save bookmarks, I always had to first look at my bookmark hierarchy and figure out the best place to put the bookmark. Then, I could go ahead and save the bookmark. I stumbled onto this cool extension called Add Bookmark Here. It adds a menu item to the top of the …
I initially covered my 32GB iPod Touch with a RebelTouch. I decided to move to a flip-style case for a couple reasons. First, I wanted a much more protection for the screen when not in use. Second, I wanted something I could take off easily so I could put the Touch in a docking speaker. …
The following information should help people understand why charging the newer Apple products like the iPhone 3G, 2nd gen iPod Touch, and 4th gen iPod Nano, can be problematic and what they should look for in charging accessories. Basically, there are two problems you may encounter when trying to charge the newer Apple products. One …