I am always trying new mechanisms to help manage my extremely hectic life. There is an entire GTD world out there with application designed to help you manage task, email, and life in general. I’ve used a lot of them, from stand alone clients for Windows, Linux and Mac to web based, and maybe one day I will write about my experiences with them. Personally, as with most of the things I like working with, I gravitate to web based solutions and for the longest time I used a site called Remember the Milk but I was turned onto a new site today and I have to admit I have really taken to it. If you are looking for a good task management application I recommend you check out a site called Toodledo. Very nice tool
Here is a nice comparison chart of web-based to-do list
Check it out Toodledo.com
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Google Desktop for Mac
Looks like those guys at Google have done it again and have released Google Desktop for Mac Now I look into this a little, haven’t actually installed it, but it looks like it comes up very short to the Windows counterpart Google Desktop for Windows.
At this stage Google Desktop for Mac looks more like a Quicklsilver replacement. I am a huge Quicklsilver fan but am also a big fan of Google and everything they do for Macs and Linux so I might find myself giving this a try. If I do give it a try I will let you know how it goes.
Burning up the charts, Geek Rap
OK, this one is going to be strictly for my geek friends, I doubt anyone else will appreciate this. This is some geek rap. This guy is rapping about Unix commands.
New Things from Apple
Apple’s yearly Expo over the last couple of years has turned into a week long rock concert type of atmosphere and this year is no exception.
Macworld Expo is up and running and already in a full sprint with some great announcements. The iPhone (that’s right after much speculation and Cisco’s own release of an “iPhone” Apple opted to go with what works and kept the name) was released and AppleTV (formally iTV)
Celebrity Patients
You may recall a couple of post ago I made mention of Google’s New Patent Search, well it looks like someone took the time to compile a list of patients filed by celebrities. Check it out at Ironic Sans. It’s a pretty interesting read with patients such as Michael Jacksons “Method and means for creating anti-gravity illusion” and Eddie Van Halen’s “Musical instrument support”.
http://www.ironicsans.com/2007/01/celebrity_patents.html
One step closer to a Star Trek World.
OK this is another one for the, “THIS IS SOOO FREAKING COOL” category. This is like something you would see in Star Trek. It is looking at your veins and bones through your skin with no radiation (X-Ray). I want one of these.
Google Launches New Patent Search
What will these guys think of next? Google launched a new search engine that specializes in searching patents.
Here is an article talking about it.
http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2006/12/google_launches.html
Caught on the John by John
Since all the new Apple laptop computers come with a built in webcam, some companies have come up with some pretty cool anti-theft systems for laptops. A company call Orbicule is one such company with a kind of low-jack system for you laptop.
Well they love to publish some of their recovery stories on their site. This one is one of the odder type stories. So what happens is when a client calls and tells orbicule that their system has been stolen they activate their software. One of the things their software does is start to take pictures of whoever is using the computer.
This dumb a** thief got his picture taken while he was trying to take care of some of his own personal business in the bathroom. Now I am about as geeky as they come but I never understood why people took their laptop with then into the bathroom.
Novell gets $348 million from Microsoft
This is a little old but I thought iI would go ahead and throw something on my site. .
Novell has published additional details about its agreements with Microsoft concerning Windows and Linux interoperability and patents. It seems the company is receiving an up-front payment of $348 million from Microsoft, for SLES subscription “certificates” and for patent cross-licensing. Spread the word: digg this story In Novell’s Form 8-K submission to the SEC (Security and Exchanges Commission), Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, the company states that “Under the Business Collaboration Agreement, which expires January 1, 2012, Novell and Microsoft will market a combined offering. The combined offering will consist of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) and a subscription for SLES support along with Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Virtual Server and Microsoft Viridian that will be offered to customers desiring to deploy Linux and Windows in a virtualized setting.”
What exactly does this mean? Hard to say at this point. Is this strange? Not as strange as one might initially think. If you recall, Microsoft did something very similar with Apple a few years back.
White and Nerdy
You’ve got to thank god for Wierd Al. This cracked me up. Hope you enjoy it too
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