Posted in techie on May 23rd, 2006 2 Comments »
I recently got an email requesting a post on those flashes new USB U3 drives, so here it goes. If you haven’t heard those great little USB flash drives that we all carry around in our pockets now can do much more than just store data. If you buy a U3 compliant USB drive then [...]
Posted in funny on May 22nd, 2006 1 Comment »
One of the best videos you’ll ever watch. I need not say anymore:
Evolution of Dance
Posted in scrubs on May 19th, 2006 No Comments »
I picked my copy up earlier this week, great timing too with all my shows coming to an end. This third season has one of my favorite, if not #1 favorite, show in Scrubs history- “My Screw Up”. That show was one of the best 30 minutes I’ve spent watching TV in years it is [...]
Posted in misc on May 19th, 2006 No Comments »
Julian Beever apparently (and for good reason) is a well known sidewalk chalk artist. What makes him unique is his ability to create the illusion of three dimensional drawings when viewed from the correct location. His work speaks for itself, it’s worth a few minutes of your time to check out. They are all so [...]
Posted in best-of-web, google on May 18th, 2006 1 Comment »
At the risk of turning this into a google-blog, I must point out yet another slick product that Google just released called: Google Notebook
You have to use Firefox to utilize this tool (of course I know you all do already) as it is installed as a Firefox extension. It allows you to take notes from [...]
Posted in best-of-web, google on May 16th, 2006 No Comments »
Google Labs has released another new tool and while this one may not be as functional as say GMail or GCalendar- it can be fun to waste some time on. Google Trends gives you trending info on what is being searched for across the globe- broken down by timeline and locale. You can also use [...]
Posted in best-of-web, google on May 15th, 2006 No Comments »
I have to post about Google Calendar again as I’m loving it more and more. Here are some reasons to use Google Calendar if you don’t:
Ability to create your own calendar and then share it with others
Ability to add calendars that others create and publicly share, for example sports team calendars with game dates, holidays, [...]
Posted in software on May 13th, 2006 No Comments »
I’ve been asked a lot lately about what I use for a backup solution so I figured I’d make a post about it. I use a great product called Acronis True Image 9.0 Home.
Acronis provides both a standard file-based backup option or a full complete imaging solution. For those who are unaware, imaging basically means [...]