Archive for July, 2005

knit your own ipod socks

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

If you are looking for a custom cover for your ipod, check out this pattern for knitting your own ipod socks.
iPod socks protect your iPod from scratches and insulates during cold weather. They’re also a fun fashion statement! They are so quick and simple to knit from small amounts of left over yarn. Knit […]

Quick Colour Picker

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

Quick Colour Picker

Quick Colour Picker allows you to grab and manage colors. You can save them, assign user friendly names, and also create gradient HTML text. In addition, you can grab any color from your desktop or image in the clipboard. The program comes with an RGB, CMY and HSV mixer, as well as […]

Toshiba Unveils 5 New Notebooks

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

Toshiba Unveils 5 New Notebooks
The computer systems division of Toshiba Singapore and provider of portable computers announced the launch of five new products to mark the 20th anniversary of the world’s first mass-market laptop computer - the Toshiba T1100.

The new notebooks introduced in partnership with HCL Infosystems, the information enabling company, include: limited edition […]

OLYMPUS DS-20 Digital Voice Recorder

Saturday, July 30th, 2005

Ideas that work posts up reflections on getting a digital voice recorder. 

OLYMPUS DS-20 Digital Voice Recorder
Very cool gadget I just bought.. basically I can’t read my writing any more and I dont always carry my laptop computer, so now I can record meetings, make notes to myself and then plug this gadget into my PC or Mac […]

who should use tablet pc’s

Friday, July 29th, 2005

Des linked up an interesting article by Michael Sampson on who would benefit from a tablet pc.

1. Business People that Spend Lots of Time in Meetings
2. Business People that use Sketches and Drawings to Communicate
3. Business People that Lead Seminars, Courses and Workshops …
4. Business People who Review and Edit Letters, Documents and Other […]

Linux command line cheat sheet

Friday, July 29th, 2005

Linux command line cheat sheet

This is a list of some handy/common things you can do on the command line in Linux.Note items marked with • are valid/safe to paste without modification into a terminal, soyou may want to keep a terminal window open while reading this so you can cut & paste.

(heads up to digg.com)

What Is FireWire

Friday, July 29th, 2005

What Is FireWire (and How Best to Use It)
In this article:

So, What Makes FireWire Really Special?

Optimizing Your Devices

Create a FireWire Network

Firewire Target Disk Mode

Recycle Older Drives

Use FireWire to Talk to Your TV

Get Familiar with Developer Tools

Final Thoughts

(Heads up to digg.com)

Another video iPod sighting

Friday, July 29th, 2005

While we are on the topic of ipod and looking at cnet news – this sighting of a video ipod will sure ramp up even more the chat about ipod’s.

Why is there so much chatter and speculation over a possible video iPod, a product that seems as inevitable as a disposable razor with four […]

Griffin’s tunecaps

Friday, July 29th, 2005

CNET news posts up a mention of a new product from Griffin which allows you to carry your ipod shuffle in various ways.

The TuneCaps package sells for $15, and has received some mixed reviews. Ilounge’s Jeremy Horwitz called it a “why bother” product and gave it a C+, noting that the caps “have been done […]

Managing Your “To Do List” with MindManager

Friday, July 29th, 2005

The mindjet blog posts up a template, as well as some thoughts on how to use mindmanager to organise your to do list.
There is no mention of synching it with outlook which I think is one of the best features of mindmanager to manage your todo’s. For GTD addicts you would obviously set up the […]