After reading Brian’s & Boris’s tech musings this morning at alwaysBeta, two amazing tech revelations happened to me.
The first was that I learned a nifty hack already included in Better Gmail, a free extension from the folks over at Lifehacker. Like Brian, I’m a big user of Gmail and Google Reader, and speed is the [...]
I’m a sucker for good timing. I believe in it heavily. After all things happen for a reason, right? So when my mom told me I could expect to start paying for my own cell phone service in July, and the iPhone’s much ballyhooed arrival occuring at the same time, I wondered: Is fate telling [...]
“My somewhat-informed understanding is that Apple is currently generating about $2 million per month from Safari’s Google integration. That’s $25 million per year. If Safari for Windows is even moderately successful, it’s easy to see how that might grow to $100 million per year or more.” – Daring Fireball via a co-worker.
Well, that makes sense. [...]
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Technology was spelled wrong this *entire* time. I just realized it. A loser am I.
I guess that shows how many attentive people visit my site. What a contretemps.
Oh, and I’m 21 now. Hooray. Thanks to the many who sent birthday wishes!
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No, this isn’t about the problems a now ex-AOL subscriber had in cancelling his account, or the ensuing mini-chaos in the media. But that incident may be helping AOL execs what most of us have long known: AOL dial-up service is a pretty ugly thing. The New York Times is reporting today (registration required, those [...]
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Engadget’s got the details on the first e-reader to go on sale in Europe this month.
…[iRex]’s threatened to come in first (and cheaper). Well, cheaper may no longer be the case, but it looks like the iRex is set to ship this month in Europe for a princely €649 ($820 US)…
As part of a business [...]
Good news from the land of Kamen (as in Dean Kamen): Two devices, one that creates power from any burnable source, and one that decontaminates water.
The electric generator is powered by an easily-obtained local fuel: cow dung. Each machine continuously outputs a kilowatt of electricity. That may not sound like much, but it is enough [...]
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In the pursuit of tweaking firefox constantly until I find the most productive and least annoying way to tab, I think I may have gotten one step closer to my goal: Tab Mix Plus
It’s definitely not for the weak of heart. This manly extension is for folks who take their tabbed browsing seriously. The default [...]
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When I read about the Delhi cow problem a few days ago, I wondered how they were going to handle repeat cow business. It turns out the government has its answer.
I’m impressed with the government’s handling of the problem. The Delhi government is providing $1.8 million to combat what is a serious traffic hazard [...]
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