Entries from October 2007

The Leopard Upgrade

Date October 27, 2007

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Apple, Inc unleashed their newest operating system, dubbed, Mac OS X (pronounced “Oh Es Ten”) Leopard, or just “Leopard”. You haven’t heard? I’m sorry. Well this update to the popular operating system, “Tiger”, has been on the hearts and minds of Apple geeks for almost two years. If [...]

Google IMAP Email Changes Everything

Date October 24, 2007

Google Mail, which includes Gmail and Google Mail for your Domain, now includes free IMAP usage. What is IMAP? IMAP, or Internet Message Access Protocol, is the alternate mail protocol to POP (Post Office Protocol). It allows you to manage email on the server. I used to teach [...]

Halo 3 Giveaway Winner #2

Date October 21, 2007

The Halo 3 giveaway didn’t go as planned on Friday. I’m not sure if that’s a bad thing. Chris Pirillo helped me get the word out at the last minute and the number of entries swelled from the 50s to the 200s. It was a madhouse in the chat room, but [...]

Vimeo is the Web’s HD Solution?

Date October 21, 2007

As a high definition video enthusiast, I’m looking for an online solution for HD video. So far I haven’t found many practical solutions. I stumbled upon Vimeo a couple weeks ago after they made some improvements to their site and it impressed me. The video quality is amazing (I mean really amazing) [...]

My iPhone v1.1.1 Hacked

Date October 13, 2007

So earlier this week, I went ahead and updated my iPhone to v1.1.1. Since there were lots and lots and lots of warnings from Apple to consumers that this update would disable previous hacks and possibly damage unlocked phones, I held off like a good little lad. I wish some of those people [...]

Blabberize is Fun

Date October 3, 2007

I’ll just cut to the chase. Blabberize allows you to create hilarious clips by combining a picture, your imagination, and flash. Here’s how it works:
1. You upload a picture
2. You mark on the picture the “mouth area” that you wish to talk
3. Start blabbering
4. Save and chuckle with friends.
I’m [...]

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