Saturday, June 28, 2008

MSI Wind Review (Windows XP) Review

MSI Wind Review (Windows XP) Review: "MSI Wind (Windows XP)
This 10-inch mini-notebook has good computing punch and impressive endurance."

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Synergy - share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers

Synergy lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, each with its own display, without special hardware. It's intended for users with multiple computers on their desk since each system uses its own monitor(s).

Redirecting the mouse and keyboard is as simple as moving the mouse off the edge of your screen. Synergy also merges the clipboards of all the systems into one, allowing cut-and-paste between systems. Furthermore, it synchronizes screen savers so they all start and stop together and, if screen locking is enabled, only one screen requires a password to unlock them all. Learn more about how it works.

Synergy is open source and released under the GNU Public License (GPL).

Synergy

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

ASUS | Eee PC

The Eee PC is here, bringing a whole new, highly mobile Internet experience. For starters there’s no technical manual. Buy it, take it home and the Eee PC works right out of the box! It’s so user-friendly, even a Newbie can get started right away. Mobility is another key feature of the Eee PC. It uses Solid State Disk (SSD) technology which provides for energy savings and quiet, shock proof, stable computing. The Eee PC is therefore the perfect tool for the outdoor enthusiast or any active person on-the-go. Weighing in at a mere 1kg, the Eee PC is an impressive little titan for school, work, or vacation.

ASUS | Eee PC

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

UltraVNC SC (SingleClick)

UltraVNC SC is a mini (166k) UltraVNC Server that can be customized and preconfigured for download by a Customer. UltraVNC SC does not require installation and does not make use of the registry. The customer only have to download the little executable and Click to make a connection. The connection is initiated by the server, to allow easy access thru customers firewall.

UltraVNC SC (SingleClick)

Jungle Disk - Reliable online storage powered by Amazon S3 - JungleDisk

Jungle Disk - Reliable online storage powered by Amazon S3 - JungleDisk

Thursday, June 5, 2008

GARMIN Vista and LEGEND COLOR GPS Product Review

GARMIN Vista and LEGEND COLOR GPS Product Review

How To: Boost Your Wireless Signal With a Homemade Wifi Extender

It's amazing what a few sheets of tinfoil can do for the strength of your wireless signal. As shown above, by carefully folding tinfoil into a parabola, you can boost your wireless strength tremendously. The fellas in the video saw gains from 82% to just under 100%, though I only saw boosts of around five percent, so your mileage may vary. This project should only take about three minutes and will hopefully leave you with impressive results. If you don't want to attach unsightly parabolic boosters and you're using the same basic router as the fellas in the video, you can also upgrade your firmware to DD-WRT—a free hack that will turn your $60 router into a $600 router and allow you to boost your Wi-Fi signal from your router's control panel.

How To: Boost Your Wireless Signal With a Homemade Wifi Extender

Hack Attack: Turn your $60 router into a $600 router

Of all the great DIY projects at this year's Maker Faire, the one project that really caught my eye involved converting a regular old $60 router into a powerful, highly configurable $600 router. The router has an interesting history, but all you really need to know is that the special sauce lies in embedding Linux in your router. I found this project especially attractive because: 1) It's easy, and 2) it's totally free.

Hack Attack: Turn your $60 router into a $600 router

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

YouTube Annotations

YouTube added a new feature for video creators: annotations. "Video Annotations are a new way for you to add interactive commentary to your videos. Use them to add background information about the video, create stories with multiple possibilities (viewers click to choose the next scene) or link to related YouTube videos, channels, or search results from within a video."

YouTube Annotations

Sunday, June 1, 2008

Two Quotes on Simplicity | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English

The first is by Antione de Saint Exupéry, author of The Little Prince and a pioneer in aviation:

Perfection is not when there is no more to add, but no more to take away.

The second is by William of Occam (1288-1347) You might know the name from Occam's Razor.

It is vain to do more with what can be done with less.


Two Quotes on Simplicity | Common Craft - Explanations In Plain English