Send e-books to your Kindle using Calibre
Last night I needed to transfer an EPUB file to Eliza's Kindle from my Mac. It turns out that Kindles no likey the EPUBs. (I didn't know this, I've never really used…
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Will the next Apple TV be really inexpensive?
Horace Dediu of Asymco thinks so. Him, on Twitter: I'm starting to believe that if and when Apple TV is updated the hardware price will be surprisingly low. As you may very…
Why the Louis C.K. \”experiment\” will not work again
At least, not in the same way. Andrew Mayne wrote on Google : "Much of the sales were generated by the news sites and blogs covering the story. This works great once,…
Sharing screenshots with Dropbox and Alfred
Alex Knight proposes a pretty painless way of sharing screenshots using Apple's built-in screenshot utility, Dropbox, and an Alfred extension. I think I'd still prefer Skitch but if you don't this seems…
Using search as the location bar
Joseph Parish on The Verge: "Experian Hitwise has released its yearly search term statistics and once again, Facebook and YouTube top the list. The remainder of the top 10 includes three more…
Book covers for The Hobbit from all over the world
The Tolkien Library features covers for The Hobbit from all over the world. Most of which are fantastic. Oh, and you saw the teaser trailer, right? /via Coudal Partners.
GAget – A Google Analytics Widget for Mac OS X
The Mac OS X Dashboard is something I seem to use less and less. I think the Dashboard widget is a fantastic way to build small applications or utilities to help people…
PHP 5.4 to have a built-in web server
I'll leave the comparisons to other languages and frameworks out of this and just say that I'm happy to see that PHP 5.4 will have a built-in web server for doing things…
Skitch for iOS
Wow, I never saw this coming. Skitch, an application I've written about many times, is now available on iOS. /via CNet.
The King Arthur Flour blog is amazing
I suggest subscribing to The King Arthur Flour blog. Watch this video (embedded below) on how they use their blog to market their product. But, it doesn't sound as humdrum as that….
Tips for using Tweetbot
If you're using Tweetbot on your iPhone I suggest following @tweetbot on Twitter. They tweet a bunch of great tips like this one: Tap and hold on an Avatar to quickly Follow,…
A fair and balanced comparison of the Kindle Fire and iPad 2
Well, not really.
cdevroe.com on Google
If you use the Google you may want to add the CDEVROE.com page to your Circles. So, to recap, you can now subscribe to cdevroe.com in the following ways; RSS feed, @cdevroecom…
Fred Astaire would have been a huge hit on YouTube
I like to think that this little number by Fred Astaire, if performed today in a random living room in an unassuming midwestern city using a song from the weekly Top 40,…
The definition of ignorant
The definition of ignorant is simply"lackingknowledgeorawareness". The realword series features words that are often misused.
Whiskey stones
A friend of mine gave me whiskey stones as a gift. They're great. If you have a whiskey that you'd like to cool down without watering it down you simply toss a…
CNN for iPad
The CNN for iPad app is nicer than the CNN.com website.
Mumble
We've been experimenting at work with Mumble. It is a voice chat server that is typically used by gamers. It makes for a great audio backchannel to an otherwise text-only watercooler.
The definition of Communism
Many people born over the last half-century have the habit of misusing, abusing, or flat out being ignorant of the true definition of words. Myself included. So I thought I'd start a…
Homemade pizza recipe
As you may well know I love a good New York style pizza. But this recipe from Joanne Cronin reminds me how much better homemade pizza is. "Sometimes there's nothing quite like…
Netflix 2.0 for iOS
Just as I was saying that the best UI for Netflix was on the Apple TV comes Netflix 2.0 for iOS. While the Apple TV Netflix UI is still better this version…
An even better Spotify Alfred extension
Jeff Johns has released an update to his Spotify Alfred extension. The man's an addict. He has Alfred extensions for Skype, Bluetooth, Caffeine, and Screen Sharing.
Definition of Apple fanboy
Jim Dalrymple's definition of an Apple fanboy hits home for me. Especially this particular part of the definition: "someone that loves to get the job done instead of working on their machine"…
Isaac Newton’s notebooks
Speaking of Isaac Newton. The Cambridge Digital Library: "Cambridge University Library holds the largest and most important collection of the scientific works of Isaac Newton (1642-1727). We present here an initial selection…
The Path clock scroll thingy
Hot on the heels of the Path app's menu being reverse engineered into CSS3 and CoreAnimation is the Path app's clock face that appears when you're scrolling down through your timeline being…
Twitvid turning into a social network?
File this under "I doubt this will work." Something must have told the Twitvid team that this is a logical direction to take Twitvid but I don't see it. Broad category social…
What I use an Apple TV for
I saw this link that John Gruber posted about a recent report on the habits of Apple TV owners and, at the end of it, he mentions how some of his Twitter…
iBooks 1.5
I haven't seen this covered much. The new iBooks has some pretty great features including fullscreen mode and a new theme for reading at night. Fantastic update.
It’s happening. Twitter changed.
Remember when I said this yesterday? "What would happen if, say, tomorrow Twitter decided that all Twitter clients (third-party and official) had to show some fairly obtrusive ads or you’d need to…
The history of Twitter for iPhone
From Tweetie 1 to Twitter 4 Jeremy Stanley gives us the history of Twitter for iPhone and some screenshots. /via Shawn Blanc.