Category Archives: tech

Quick Tip on the GMail Two-Step

Yesterday I posted a link on my flood page to a story in the Atlantic called Hacked!. There’s a part in there where the author recommends using Google’s two-step verification system. I wound up turning it on recently and liked … Continue reading

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Sphero video demo

Bryan sent me this- it looks like a fun toy: Fun With Sphero from GoSphero on Vimeo.

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My Amazon Kindle: Your Highlights (don’t really exist Kenny)

Ah, I should have seen this coming. I was playing on my kindle with highlights and twitter integration in hopes of sending out massive amounts of updates about the books I read (you know, to make me look smart). But … Continue reading

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Kickstart Something New or Modify An Existing Product?

I’m still not sure what I think about Kickstarter. I think in general most of the projects are cool and I like the idea of the site. But almost every single time someone posts or sends me some “cool project” … Continue reading

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That Other Application I Mentioned- Calibre

In that post about instapaper, ebooks and kindles I mentioned Calibre. So here’s the follow-up. In a nutshell I use Calibre to move ebooks, pdfs and newspapers to my Kindle. It’s like a non-fancy version of iTunes you tell it … Continue reading

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