August 2008
11 posts
MobileMe: Another free extension →
While I thankfully haven’t had too many problems with MobileMe, I have had a few sync and other issues crop up here and there. Apple has again taken the unusual (for them, anyway) step of acknowledging the rather serious problems that have occurred since the service launch and are extending everyone’s paid subscription by another 60 days - even if you already got the 30 day extension....
GTD in 90 seconds →
If you’ve ever been interested in the Getting Things Done methodology, 43folders has one of the best 90 second descriptions of how it works.
Kindle Time Tip
I’ve wondered why the Kindle doesn’t show you the time at the top or the bottom of the screen while you are reading. I just discovered today an easy workaround to get the current time from any screen on Kindle: Press search, and type in @time, then press enter. A popup with the current time will appear over whatever you are reading; you can then close the window and resume whatever it...
GrandDialer →
GrandDialer is a new app for dialing phone calls from your iPhone and make the caller ID appear to come from your GrandCentral telephone number.
playing with https://www.ididwork.com/ Kinda cool for keeping track of where my time goes
'Clear' registration halted after laptop theft →
I had been thinking about joining “Clear” for a while since I find myself in Orlando a few times a year, but I think I’ll hold off after hearing about this…
One-time and SMS passwords →
Fastmail, my email provider of choice, recently added a new security feature that adds additional security to your account. You can now use a master password to login, or alternatively use a one-time password from a pre-printed list, or login and request a verification PIN via SMS. There are also various options for limiting access to your settings when logging in via an alternative means; this...
reminding you that Miley and Muhna Muhna *don’t* mix
Trying to get netshare and eeepc talking to each other
Nullriver Introduces 3G/EDGE Tethering App for... →
Looks like tethering was available for a short while via a cool 3rd party application for the iPhone. Too bad it was pulled; tethering over WiFi without the need for another device would be very useful.
Update: its back - for now. Link: http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fphobos.apple.com%2FWebObjects%2FMZStore.woa%2Fwa%2FviewSoftware%3Fid%3D286541579%26mt%3D8&t=1217618102