Reading Time: 3 minutesUltimate Hack Mashup – Belkin Wemo + Twilio + Siri A quick note: For another home automation trick and those interested in finding out about the earlier Twillio callbox+TV popup/notification hack check out STEM (https://github.com/ericblue/STEM). Certain models of Samsung TVs allow popups for incoming phone calls for Samsung phones, but this can be extended to…
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Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Saturday I stopped by the Apple store and picked up an UP device by Jawbone. The UP is a wristband and iPhone app that will track your fitness and sleep activity and help encourage you to live a more active life style. As with most of my Quantified Self gadets (Fitbit, Zeo, Withings, Neurosky, etc.) my first reaction was to “free my data”. Similar to my initial journey with the Fitbit, I was inspired to find an “unofficial” way to get access to the data.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis is a quick blog post, but a very nifty trick. At various times, I’ve used multiple monitors at work to increase productivity. I’ve usually done this using my 21″ monitor as the main screen, and my laptop display as the secondary. I’ve also used a handful of virtual desktop applications that let you create…
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Reading Time: 4 minutesThis weekend I decided to wrap up a couple cool knowledge management “hacks” and share some code on GitHub. I primarily use the Firefox Scrapbook plugin to save all web pages of interest and use it as a general “digital snippet” repository. Since I started using Scrapbook in 2006 there have been a number of…
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Reading Time: 3 minutesI’ve had a love/hate relationship with iTunes over the years and I’m happy to say that I’m finally moving on. The major pain point I’m experiencing right now is with sync times. I came to the realization that I’ve actually stopped listening to most of my music due to the simple fact that it takes…
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Reading Time: 4 minutesWhen I woke up this morning, I didn’t say to myself “Boy, I don’t have enough going on and need to add just ONE more huge hobby project to my list!”. But these things tend to happen, and when creative ideas ‘pop up’ it’s best to take action and at least start writing them down. …
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Reading Time: 2 minutesSince I bought my iPad a few weeks ago, you can’t seem to pull me away from it. I have a number of computers, and while I still use my Netbook quite a bit, I’ve found that the iPad really is a fantastic consumption device. It’s great for downloading books from Amazon (via Kindle), reading…
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis one needs to go to the top of my geek todo list!! http://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com/2010/04/ive-been-working-on-this-quietly-in.html
Reading Time: < 1 minuteICTAC MEMO iPhone Apps for Education
Reading Time: 2 minutesLearn how to sync your iPhone3g using Ubuntu Linux and VMWare.
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