I know, I know, “oh great another iphone APP post“. True, but this one begged to be mentioned for a few reasons: 1. its a way to get video on your iphone/ipod/ipad without having to reformat to apple’s limited standard format. 2. its just so damned simple to use. 3. its free. The latest [...]
Archive for October, 2010
VLC for iPhone, iPad, iPod. Well some of them anyway.
Posted: 26th October 2010 by tcg in apps, iPad, iphone, iPod, Mac OSX, softwareTags: apps, free, iPad, iPod, Mac OSX, media player, software, VLC
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Tinfoil hats for everyone! WiFi being banned in Ontario School.
Posted: 20th October 2010 by tcg in hardware, technologyTags: hardware, technology, tinfoil hat, WiFi, wireless hotspots
Banning WiFi in school? This one made me shake my head. In case you haven’t heard about this, take a look at this article in the Ottawa Sun here. I can understand parents wanting to protect their kids, its a healthy thing, something we share with the entire animal kingdom. Being overprotective though is another [...]
200 posts later…
Posted: 19th October 2010 by tcg in bloggingTags: 200 posts, blog posts, blogging, microblogging
May 2006 was my first official “blog post” and although i’d had a website for quite some time before that, it was mostly static with infrequent updates. So officially my first “blog” entry was 200 posts ago. Looking back I had big ideas and ideals which I think overall I have kept to. I promised [...]
Making your laptop last longer & Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.
Posted: 8th October 2010 by tcg in hardware, technologyTags: batteries, hardware, laptops, Mac OSX, maintenance, recycling, Windows
Something that always bothers me is the amount of technology that ends up in the dumpster. Sometimes it’s because it is old and outdated, but more often than not it is broken and instead of fixing it, it ends up being trashed. Also, in our throw-away society, often the cost to fix is close to [...]