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Using an old PowerBook 667 for distraction free writing.

  • 29 Sep, 2012

I’ve decided that my iMac is just to distracting for writing. I’ve got Twitter, Facebook and email notifications just to name a few. And then there is my desk. It’s nice but it’s quite a mess usually. Plus I can see the TV and it’s just all a little distracting. So I’ve decided to pull […]

Common cell phone myths that kids these days just don’t understand.

  • 23 Jul, 2012
Smart Phone

It seems that everyone has a cell phone these days. It also seems that may believe things that just aren’t true about their phones. Here are a few things I’d like to clarify. Myth: You can only take profile pictures with your cell phone and a mirror in the bathroom. Not true at all. You can […]

Using AdWords to get 16 gigs of Dropbox space for free works perfectly!

  • 9 May, 2012
Free Space Everywhere

If you’ve got Drobox, then you know that you can get 500 MB of free space by referring friends; up to 16 GB. The problem is that all your friends probably already know about Dropbox. So what can you do? Reach out to strangers via Google AdWords. Using AdWords to get free Dropbox space has been […]

Seven Reasons why iTunes Match is worth the $25.

  • 16 Mar, 2012

I’ve been using iTunes Mach for about a week now and it is well worth the $25 dollars. Here’s why. iCloud Storage All your music gets added to iCloud. Unlike other services, you don’t have to upload it all. iTunes only uploads what it can’t find a match for on their servers. This significantly cut […]

Missing the magic in the Magic Trackpad

  • 14 Mar, 2012

I’m all for the latest Apple gadget and I’ve been eyeing up the Magic Trackpad for some time now. I finally got one earlier this year and have been testing it out for a while now. Sadly, I’m not overjoyed with it; yet. The first day was the worse. The cursor was extremely jumpy and the […]

Google Music’s uploader app finally adds playlist support.

  • 16 Nov, 2011
Google Music

I’ve been using Google Music for a while now, but my biggies issues is that the app uploads everything in iTunes. This means that it uploaded Christmas & children’s music whether I wanted it or not. Plus there is no way to create smart playlists so I could listen to everything but those genres. Turns out that […]

New iPad multitasking gestures are not so hot with a toddler.

  • 15 Nov, 2011
Multitasking Gestures

When iOS 5.0.1 came out my original iPad got new multitasking gestures. I was excited because now I could use four or five-finger gestures to swipe up and reveal the multitasking bar, pinch to return to the Home screen, and swipe left or right to switch between apps. As I was testing them out I was finding it a […]

To the CloudApp with that screenshot and return me a link.

  • 3 Nov, 2011
To The CloudApp

If you’re on a Mac, Cloud is a great free app. To use it, you just drag a document onto the application icon in the menu bar and it gets uploaded to the internet. It then copies the link to the file so you can just paste it into an email or use it wherever. […]