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Clean Cable layout

ken — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 12:19:54 +0000

I was really inspired by this article on Unclutterer about one way to manage the natural byproduct of a complex computer setup. I don’t know about you, but regardless of what I try to do to keep it neat I always end up with a rat’s nest. This might end up being an upcoming weekend project.

my favorite under-the-radar iOS features

ken — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:14:52 +0000

So I’ve been on iOS for several weeks now and with a plethora of new features there are a few subtle ones that I’ve really enjoyed. In no particular order;

- You can turn off individual calendars. – Emails are threaded (like gmail conversations)
- And if someone references a date in email (ie “next Thursday”) you can click and make it an appointment that goes right into the calendar application. Truly inspired.
- SMS has a character count
- you can lock the auto rotation, making it 1000% easier to read a document lying down

What about you, what (other than the obvious) is your favorite subtle iOS feature?

Hipstamatic app

ken — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:00:54 +0000

This is just way too fun.

Korg iElectribe

ken — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 11:00:41 +0000

Great, another reason I’m going to want an iPad.

iPhone stylesheet

ken — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:30:59 +0000

Just for some extra sizzle I created an iPhone stylesheet for commonly used text styles. For all of the lovely new advances on this phone there’s no simple way to even bold text or make it red. Enter my stylesheet.

I created a google doc with the text styles I commonly use (say, for making red notes on an email forward). Then I open the google doc, copy it, and paste it into an email. From there you can select a bit of text, and edit the type. Now you’ve applied text formatting to an iPhone-generated email.

NOVA for iPhone…

ken — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:00:18 +0000

Watching the demo of NOVA, an upcoming shooter for iPhone, makes me think “could this be our new mobile HALO?” Wow.

Convert youtube videos online

ken — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:02:54 +0000

Well that’s downright handy. It takes YouTube clips, extracts them for you, and converts to your preferred file format. Head over to Vixy.net/ to give it a try.

Outdoor projections

ken — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:56:00 +0000

I really dug the outdoor projections at Dirt provided by Visual Worshiper. Take a look here.

Lego remote loader

ken — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:00:46 +0000

As Gardner’s getting older he’s starting to really get into Legos. I’m stoked because, next to GI Joe, this was my favorite of all activities as a young fella. The difference with today’s creative model builders is that they’re much, much more advanced than what we used to build. But somehow I think G can handle it. Here’s an example of a recent creation someone built that’s just downright impressive.

Roland TB-303 Style Synth

ken — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:35:49 +0000

Here’s a nice free Roland TB-303 Style Synth plugin. Sorry, this is only for you Windows users out there. (too bad for me).

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iPhone alarm clock app

ken — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:32:05 +0000

I know the iPhone already includes a very robost alarm feature… I’m reminded of that every morning… but this alarm clock app by DreamSurface is a tempting thing of beauty. It’s clean, integrated, pulls in web radio and the weather, and is just beautiful.

Now, I’ll say with my stock alarm plugins, but it does provide a tempting alternative.

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Air Board Personal Hovercraft

ken — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:26:36 +0000

I’m going to have to pass on the Segway and go for something a little more, well, practical. Like this Air Board Personal Hovercraft. Think about it, Segways would just sink to the bottom of a pool. Not this guy.

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Eee PC cabinet mod

ken — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:14:37 +0000

Something like this has always been the dream, a computer IN the kitchen cabinet. Think of it, Hulu, Google calendar, recipe databases; it would be amazing.

iPhone front screen

ken — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:42:57 +0000

Joshua twittered this the other day and I thought it would make a good blog post / discussion. What’s on your iPhone’s front screen? If you don’t have/like the iPhone I’ll take any snarky comment as a sign of jealousy.

Me? What you see here comprises 90% of my digital activity minus content creation. (and the occasional game).

Official Gmail Blog: More on today’s Gmail issue

ken — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:43:26 +0000

Some answers on Tuesday’s Gmail outage straight from the Gmail blog.