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Tweeting with TweetDeck and HootSuite?

23. January 2010

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I’ve recently gotten more active with tweeting, and I’m trying out twitter clients such as TweetDeck and HootSuite. I think they’re great ideas, and what they’re doing currently is great. What I found was that the two applications were pretty similar. TweetDeck is a Rich Internet Application built on Adobe AIR, which allows it to run [...]

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Firefox for the Mac (Snow Leopard) is horribly SLOW

4. October 2009

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I’ve been a huge Firefox fan, and used it almost exclusively, but recently, it’s been more of a resource hog than anything. It’s gotten so bad that my entire Mac’s slowed down because of Firefox. Sometimes, CPU usage will shoot up to over 90%, and my whole system slows to a crawl. I’d realise the [...]

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Cool New Innovative iPhone App – Robotvision Augmented Reality

27. September 2009

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So this is a pretty cool demo of an iPhone app that mixes up everything to get you a very integrated location-based application. It’s really incredible. It uses the accelerometer and your current location to pull up some very cool, specific data. Check it out:

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Star Wars Science Force Trainer – Cool Invention That Tracks Brainwaves

17. September 2009

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This is a great idea! The Star Wars Science The Force Trainer was just released, and it’s pretty innovative. This toy comes in 2 parts – an air chamber with a ball, which acts as the receiver, and a separate headset which senses your alpha and beta brainwaves and transmits this information to the [...]

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Why Change to a Mac From Windows?

13. September 2009

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I spend a lot of time on my computer, so I want it to be as fast as possible. To improve productivity, I meddle a lot with the OS, oftentimes tweaking it to make it run the way I want. Macs are built pretty solid, have a gorgeous screen, and have a pretty solid OS, [...]

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Why a 20-year User of Windows Made The Great Move to a Macbook Pro

8. September 2009

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I have a Lenovo Thinkpad X60s, which had been a great machine, but it was getting old and slow. My Thinkpad served me well for the past 3 years, and went through pretty much everything. I used it daily, carried it to school, work, home, everywhere. It’s size and heft made it a very portable [...]

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New Creative EP-630i With In-Line Microphone For iPhone!

16. July 2008

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Creative Technology Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, today announced the Creative EP-630i In-Ear Stereo Headset exclusively designed for the iPhone and iPod. The difference between the Creative EP-630i and the Creative EP-630 is that the Creative EP-630i comes with an in-line microphone! So if you have been searching for a pair of great [...]

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