The other day I came across a really nice hurricane tracking site called Stormpulse. I used it to track Hurricane Hanna as she skimmed past the coast of Florida, and have been using it to keep an eye on Ike as well.
Today I saw a headline and photo about Toyota’s active noise control system. Immediately what came to mind was a TechDirt article I read about… Read More »To Sound or not to Sound
A couple of days ago, version 2.0.0 of FCE Ultra GX for the Wii/Gamecube was released (it is a port of FCE Ultra 0.98.12 for Windows/Linux). Until yesterday, I had been using a hacked version that provided Wiimote support. The official version now provides Wiimote support and it is much better than the hack I was using. There are some nice menu enhancements and game settings are now saved in an XML file on the SD memory card. There is also preliminary support for loading/saving via a network share, although I haven’t had any luck with it.
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Wow, can you believe Google is 10 years old today? Google has grown into much more than just a search engine over the past ten years.… Read More »Happy Birthday Google!
Bwana put together a nice video about Raptr, the new social network for gamers. As Bwana will tell you, Raptr is similar to other clients… Read More »New Social Network for Gamers
Whether you’re a seasoned WordPress blogger or you’re starting up a new blog from scratch (as I am here), then these plugins will make installing… Read More »Two WordPress Plugins That Will Make Your Life Easier
In an effort to simplify my life with keeping this blog up-to-date, I wanted to find a quick and easy way to write new blog posts. I figured surely there must be a nice Firefox plugin to help me, and I was right. Look no further than ScribeFire. ScribeFire allows you to quickly write up posts to your blog all within the convenience of a browser pane in the lower half of the screen. If you’re blogging about a particular web page, you can do it without even having to leave the page or having to go through the hassle of navigating multiple screens. Just pop open the ScribeFire pane, write up your post, and publish it. It took me all of about 30 seconds to realize I had found exactly what I was looking for. Read More »ScribeFire Firefox Plugin
It’s frustrating to lose your keys, particularly if it is your Product Registration Key for Windows or other software products. Karl Gechlik over at makeuseof.com… Read More »Recover Lost Windows Keys
Here’s a fun thing to do with Google Chrome. If you type about:internets in the Omnibar, you get this. I tried it while connected to… Read More »about:internets
Bwana sent me this great deal on a simple color USB camera for a mere $7 shipped free.