Things I'm just messing around with
(Back to hardware or software that
I use enough to vouch for) |
| Last updated February 12, 2008 |
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I've been uploading pictures to Google's Picassaweb for some time but it's not the most beautiful way to display pictures online and it can get expensive if you upload much more than a couple of gigs. So I'm experimenting with a cheaper yet more visually appealing service called Zenfolio. It has a host of options for displaying web galleries and online slide shows and connects to a couple of different kinds of print providers. There's also a built-in e-commerce engine for selling photos. See my public gallery right here.
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A throw back to the old days of word processing, WriteRoom is a modern
software program that attempts to remove all distractions when you are
writing by taking up the whole screen. There are no toolbars or menus visible
and the display is green lettering on a black background. It has an unusual
way of saving and opening files but it has helped me get some big projects
done quickly.
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CANNED...
(Stuff that was being messed with that didn't make the grade and has been, well, canned.) |
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| I love Tivo dearly but getting things off the machine and onto my iPod hasn't been as easy or quick as I'd like. Tivo is on our network so I tried the free TivoDecode Manager. Sadly, it locks up frequently and takes a long, long time to transfer shows from Tivo over to my iMac. |
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| Amazon started out as a book seller but it has morphed and evolved
multiple times. These days, the Seattle-based web company is offering
an online storage service at dirt cheap prices. Called S3,
it can store whatever you want in a secure and encrypted online locker for
15 cents a month per gigabyte used and 20 cents per gigabyte transfered.
Several software utilities immediately cropped up to let Mac OS X users
easily transfer stuff to S3. I have tried Jungle
Disk and S3
browser, so
far. Unfortunately, even on on our gee-whiz fast cable modem, all of the software was slow as molasses and lacking in user-friendly backup features. |
 The Missing Sync, Palm edition |
| When I got a Treo for work, I picked up a copy of the Missing Sync which helped connect much of my existing Mac-centered data to the phone. But as time went on, the Missing Sync started missing more stuff. And instead of improving the program, publisher mark/Space wants me to shell out for a full upgrade to the new version. Pass. |
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| I'm always
on the look-out for new reading material and, at least in theory, a combination
social networking and book listing service like Shelfari might
help. But I switched to GoodReads at the prompting of a friend and haven't looked back. |