Once of the best features of Amazon Kindle is the ability to sync your location between devices. I would love to have that ability in my Audible.com audiobooks. I often listen to books on my iPod in my car. I have the same book on my iPhone but it is very difficult to get back to the same spot.…
Read the rest “The @audible_com iPad app should allow synchronized bookmarks across devices like the Kindle app– now that would be cool”
I was just wondering this morning if Wired would ever come out with their iPad version and behold it is there. For $4.99 you can have access to the June issue with Buzz and Woody on the cover. $4.99 seems like a fair price for this issue when you consider what the newsstand version costs.…
Read the rest “Wired Magazine is now available for iPad for $5 per issue”
I updated to VirtualBox 3.2 but could not get my virtual computer to login without reverting to safe mode. I looked for the upgrade because my virtual window was constantly showing black areas until I moused over them to force them to re-draw.…
Read the rest “Had to downgrade back to Virtual Box 3.18 to get past the black screen and reboots”
It was as if a billion voices cried out in horror and were suddenly silenced. A company known for it bloated scare-ware buys a company known for keep SSL from being affordable.
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64I71S20100519
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http://www.airspacemag.com/multimedia/videos/Go-For-Launch.html
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We are getting some nice pea-sized hail today.
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Be sure you know your login credentials before updating from Tweetie 2 to Twitter 3. Since the company has changed the usernames and passwords have to be re-entered.
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For the last three years Apple has offered a free iPod with the purchase of a Mac. I’m hoping they repeat the trend this year.
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I’m away from home and using my iPad to keep In touch. My only WiFi access is very limited and does not allow basic services like IMAP, SMTP, or VPN — only web access is allowed. That should not be a problem because I can get my email in Safari by going to me.com…
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http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/sessions/
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Unfortunately the NasaTV web page is not designed to work on iPad. It relies on RealPlayer for some reason. Hop over to SpaceVidCast.com and click on the home page link. You can watch full screen.
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Although it’s sad that someone had to get hurt to test the campus emergency system, it’s an opportunity to commend the system. The information was easy to find and was keep updated as the situation evolved.
http://tamunews.tamu.edu/category/emergency/
KBTX has more details about the developing story.…
Read the rest “Explosion at Texas A&M. Looks like they have it under control. Good use of their Code Maroon emergency system”
I pulled out my shop vac to clean up some sand left behind from the mastic around my pool. The more I vacuumed, the faster the static charge would build up. At first I didn’t realize what was happening. I kept feeling small zaps on my feet.…
Read the rest “Vacuuming Sand with a Shop Vac results in a Van de Graaff generator — shocking” 
