Category: Fun

Cool Inventions. But will they make it?

16 Jul, 2005

Talk about cool. I ran across a few products that I’d love to have, but I don’t even know if they are available; or affordable. The first is an Optimus Keyboard where the keys are little displays. You then program what you want each key to do. So, say your in Photoshop, you can have […]

Skype Me! Free Internet Phone

17 Jun, 2005

So I just discovered Skype. I’ve known about it for a while, I just never tired it before. Yesterday, fueled by the anger towards Qwest, my co-worker and I checked it out. Skype is a phone service that is free for you to call other Skype users over your computer. You use your built in […]

Dark Side Switch Ad

2 Jun, 2005

Anakin Skywalker (from Star Wars) has made his very first Switch commercial. It describes why he switched to the Dark Site. This is a funny parody of the Apple Switch ads that ran a while back.

Way to go Carrie Underwood!

25 May, 2005

I have to say that I’m happy with the way America voted on American Idol! Carrie Underwood is our 2005 idol and I expect her to be awesome. Course, I’m a country fan too so that helps! 😀

Pudding Pops are Back!

23 May, 2005

We were at Target on Saturday and my wife found Pudding Pops! Do you remember them? When I was a wee little kid I remember eating them and they are so good. For years they have been absent from store shelves, but requested quite a bit. Well now Kemps have brought them back to store […]

Muppets on TV

22 May, 2005

I got to watch most of the Muppets Wizard of OZ on Friday night and it was a good Muppet movie. A very modernized version which I liked very much. My favorite character was Rizzo and this was an excellent, new, Muppet movie.

Find Cheap Gas with Google Maps

18 May, 2005

Who doesn’t like cheap gas? Well now there is an easier way to find it. Check out this Cheap Gas site that has been integrated with Google Maps and GasBuddy. It’s a really cool service because it doesn’t say that there is cheap gas at the Holiday station on HWY 41, it points them out […]

Apple’s Views on Bloggers

17 May, 2005

Interestingly enough, someone over at Apple has a sence of humor. In the new 10.4 Apple added a dictionary application that is pretty slick. However, if you search for ‘blog’ you get a rather interesting answer. 🙂 blog |bläg| noun a weblog : blogs run by twenty-something Americans with at least an unhealthy interest in […]

iTunes Video Store

10 May, 2005

With iTunes 4.8 we are one step closer to the iTunes Video Store. From MacRumors.com One blog points out that Apple’s iTunes Music store now appears to offer the ability to sell videos as well as songs. This takes advantage of iTunes 4.8 new features allowing it to manage and play video files. Several readers […]

Yahoo & MSN in iChat

9 May, 2005

I’ve found two tutorials on how to add Yahoo and MSN buddies to your iChat application. It works with iChat 3 found in Mac OS 10.4. Apple added Jabber to iChat which opens doors to adding in Yahoo and MSN abilities. Granted, it’s only chat. I don’t believe that any file transfers, mail notifications or […]