Category: Play
Online tools for an offline read
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Tweet As someone who doesn’t really enjoy reading on a computer or laptop screen, I’ve always thought that the Kindle and/or iPad would fill that gap. Over the last year or so I’ve tried different methods of getting the stuff that I find and want to read over on to the Kindle and iPad. This may not be the perfect [...]

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BloodRunner
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Tweet Despite the iPhone being great for gaming, I’ve never really gotten all that in to it. The only game that really caught my attention was Jimmy Pataya – thanks to Rich Mulholland for getting me hooked there. However, over the last couple of weeks I’ve been fortunate enough to watch the coming together of a new little game – [...]

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iTunes Ping – no thanks
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Tweet When I read the write up on Ping I was excited to try it out. I already use last.fm as a way of exploring new music based on recommendations of friends. iTunes is my main music player, so it made sense to have that sort of functionality built in to the tools I’m already using. My first issue is [...]

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Subliminal cigarette advertising
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Don your tin-foil hat and indulge in a fanciful conspiracy theory. Have cigarette companies found a new way of marketing to us?

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Wishlist: mail
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Auto-suggesting folders for filing mail with a nice shortcut to move the mail to the suggested folder would massively streamline my mail workflow.

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Stop and think
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Tweet Last weekend while driving through Scarborough we saw that the Stop signs had been modified somewhat. This was the first one that we saw: Naturally we then had to stop and check out all the others. Not all had and some were just bizarre – “Stop for snails”. We need more of these around.

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Online organization
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The latest reinvention and consolidation of my online stuff.

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PS3 Visualization
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While the PS3 Gaia visualization may be eye-catching, it quickly loses interest and misses a few tricks that could make it really useful and engaging.

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Kindle Usability
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After using my Kindle for a month, it’s become my primary medium for reading. I’ve written about some of the things that make it such a comfortable experience, as well as some the reasons I still miss a proper book.

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Shuuuuuun the unbeliever
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Charlie the Unicorn. At times annoying, at times hysterical. Always bizarre. Now as ring tone.

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