Technology

Twitter Tip: A Better @replies List in TweetDeck

Both Twitter and TweetDeck (as well as most other Twitter Clients) give you an easy way to get a list of responses people sent you. On Twitter itself, this is the @Replies tab off of your home page. TweetDeck gives you a Replies column by default, and if you delete it, you can get it back by...

Mar 06, 2009 3 minute read.

Technology

Keeping in Step 2: iPhone, Mac, and Google Calendar Syncing, now Better, and cheaper.

Back in August, I posted a how-to on keeping your iPhone (or iPhone 3G) and Mac in sync with Google Calendar all the time over the air, it basically required using both Mobile Me and Spanning Sync with an Always On Mac to make sure your iPhone was kept in constant sync with both your Mac and...

Feb 26, 2009 3 minute read.

News

Google Chrome Extensions Coming Out by May!

That’s right, I said it, and so far I’m the only one who has. Google has announced that extensions are coming to Google Chrome but have been mum on when. However I saw something today, that indicates the timetable may be short. Google officially opened up registration for Google I/O 2009, their...

Feb 04, 2009 2 minute read.

Movie Reviews

Is the book better than the movie?

It is no secret that I’m a fan of the Chronicles of Narnia series of books and movies, and as a loyal fan, I follow news related to Narnia, and one of my favorite news sources for Narnia-related news is NarniaFans.com . I don’t normally bother to post Narnia-related news here, because I feel that...

Jan 15, 2009 3 minute read.

Health

Upgrades and hard work

I recently migrated nick.pro and other sites from Regulus over to a new server named Atlas, it’s much more powerful, but there were some hiccups in the transfer that I’m slowly having to iron out. I also just upgraded WordPress to the new 2.7, and I must say, I’m not a big fan of the all-grey...

Dec 11, 2008 2 minute read.

Event Review

Mashup Camp 7 Wrapup

As I posted about last week , I attended Mashup Camp at the Computer History Museum this week. It has been a packed couple of days. I mentioned before I was not really considering entering the Speedgeeking Contest that occurs at each Mashup Camp. Last Spring’s Mashup Camp I was a bit depressed to...

Nov 19, 2008 3 minute read.

Event Review

Mashup Camp, Next Week

Next Week, I will be attending parts of Mashup Camp at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA (across the street from Justia Headquarters ). Last spring, I went to Mashup Camp with my coworker Dan , and competed in their SpeedGeeking Best Mashup Contest . Dan did rather well, scoring...

Nov 11, 2008 1 minute read.

Health

Lupus Awareness Month - October

Throughout the year there are a number of “Awareness Months” for various diseases and disorders, and while I sympathize with people with these disorders, and have a tendency to donate to their various goals, most awareness months have little personal effect on me. October however is different, in...

Oct 03, 2008 2 minute read.

Technology

iPhone 2.1 Software: So far so good

So I upgraded to the 2.1 software this morning on my iPhone. There aren’t any new features, but the array of fixes that Apple promises with the new update are much needed, if it turns out to work. Increased Call Stability Better Battery Life Faster Backups Faster interface I’m reserving overall...

Sep 12, 2008 2 minute read.