If you are anything like me, you like Firefox and you like browsing in multiple tabs. You also are probably a big fan of the trackpad on Apple’s MacBook Pro. The multitouch functionality really brings ease of use to another level once you have gotten used to it. There is just one important function missing from the trackpad…
…Middle Click.
Middle clicking may not seem like a big deal if you have never really gotten used to it. My personal biggest use for it is when using an internet browser. I am a huge fan of opening things in a new tab, and of course middle clicking will do just that immediately (much easier than right clicking and then clicking on open in new tab.) The good news is (as well as the reason for this post) that there is an app for OS X (Yes to Snow Leopard) that will allow you to tap with 3 fingers to simulate a middle click.
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10. When someone mentions a movie they want to see, they grin and give you a wink.
9. You think people who want money for their hard work are jerks.
8. MPAA and RIAA are additions to your 4 letter word vernacular.
7. You have AutoCAD and do not even know what cad is.
6. You are willing to leave your network unsecured in case you need it for reasonable doubt.
5. You watch all of the great TV shows and do not have cable or satellite.
4. You call all of a bands albums a discography instead of a box set.
3. People hear the word oink and think of pigs. You shed a tear.
2. You use photoshop instead of gimp (in a non working environment.)
1. You are actually afraid of going over your bandwidth limit with Comcast.
GDGT Homepage
GDGT.com is a social tech/gadget website. GDGT is a site that allows a user to create a profile and set up gadgets that they have, had, or want. You search for the product that you want to add in finder and once you have found it you will find that there is a lot of information about the product. The database of products that you can search and find is growing everyday as users add products, and there are some companies doing so as well. Create your list and participate in discussions about your gadgets. You can review products or look at reviews when thinking about a purchase.
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The Geek in 60 Seconds Podcast.
Eggy in a Basket
Remember remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder treason and plot.
I can see no reason why gunpowder, treason
Should ever be forgot.
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Flickchart.com
Keeping up with the chart theme, I thought I would go with flickchart.com. Flickchart is a great way to kill some time, especially if you are a fan of cinema. The basic premise is, flickchart will present you with 2 options for movies (displayed by their respective posters) in a heads up battle. You have to pick the winner. As you pick you winners, flickchart stores and processes these choices to your username for analytical information about your viewing habits. It is up to you to determine how to pick a winner. The only reason I say this is because sometimes deciding can be tough. In the basic mode there is no telling what you will have come up, and you might have to pick between your favorite action movie or comedy. They both may be number one in their respective genre in your opinion, but one must win, and this decision could change based on your mood. I have used different methods of voting and I think that my best method is, if I could only watc one of these 2 movies for the rest of my life, which would it be. This can make things easier.
The fun part of flickchart is not just picking the movies, but the detail at which information is collected and made available. The people who designed this site have really done a bang up job on creating the best in interactivity and options.
Details: When you first get the opportunity to select there are a few options. On the bottom of the page there is a box that you can discuss the match up that has been presented. You can change that box to statistics and see yours and global statistics on each movie. You can also click details and it will show you imdb like information. Additionally, you can say you have not seen one of the movies or both and it will replace them with another option. Above the 2 images there is a filter. I put this last because you will not want to use it at first. This filter can be used to limit the movies offered for you to pick between. This filter can make the movies only movies you have already ranked, or by genre or date.
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It is 2009 and we are inching ever so slightly toward digital media. Newspapers are dying as they are being supplanted by the internet. Television has moved online. Digital Music is the fore runner of digital media, and games and movies are increasing their distribution online digitally. Comic Books are following as well.
First let’s say this about digital comics. Right now we are in the Wild West of this distribution method. There are players who are getting in to the game and are hoping to get a heads up on the competition and itunes their way into dominance. Marvel had their own proprietary distro and it looks like they are planning to really ramp up this business. There are comics being released as standalone apps in Apple’s App Store, and you have companies like iVerse who are trying to be a 3rd party distributor. In this posting I will deal with Windows machines and the best way to go about reading.
Digital comics come in two common formats, .cbr and .cbz. These are essentially .rar and .zip archives with images inside that are numbered, and they have been renamed. This should be able to run on pretty much any system as the format is so simple.
Hardware: There is not much to say her other than, get a high res wide screen monitor, preferably one that is able to rotate 90 degrees. With the right monitor you will get an outstanding, easy to read picture, and you will not have to do any scrolling. I use an HP w2207, 22 inch monitor. It has a rotating screen and displays in 1680×1050.
My Desk Normally
When I am Reading
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Never Heard of it.
Twitter, Twitter, Twitter. Twitter is the darling of social media these days and with its popularity has seen a huge influx of applications and tools. I thought that I would take this moment to throw out my apps of choice.
Tweetie Screen Shot
Mac- I have a mac book and a clear cut choice for a twitter app on it, Tweetie. Why Tweetie? It is very simple, great layout, all the feature you could want and it stays out of the way. I like that it is on the top bar in OS X and that I can click that icon and open the program without closing what I am doing or dealing with the dock. The dock icon can show a badge for when tweets and dms have come in. With Tweetie you can leave it running and pretty much forget that it is even open, that is until you get an update. I have tried out Tweeteck and I know it is popular because of its Facebook integration, lists and layout, but I am not a fan of Air apps and it just feels in the way as opposed to working in the background. The best feature in Tweetie is its implementation with growl. Tweetie pretty much handles all of the features that you could want from a twitter app, and I expect them to continue to add in the new features that twitter adds. It is an ad supported app, but the ads are far from obtrusive and at times it will ask you to upgrade to a professional version.
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Not so fast my friend!
A few days ago, I threw up a post about the fact that Hulu was going to a pay model in 2010. Now Entertainment Weekly is reporting that that is not really the case. According to a source for Entertainment Weekly that is close to Hulu, the site remains steadfastly committed to free content, explaining that any possible subscription or pay-per-view service has no set timeline and would only build upon what Hulu offers, not replace it.
I figure that this is all in response to the petition that I started and got a whopping 57 signatures (if you can’t detect the sarcasm here, you should probably not come back to this blog.)
What does all of this mean? Well, apparently the talk of paying for content was just a misunderstanding and whenever Hulu does introduce something to generate revenue it will complement the existing service. This is great news for those of us who do not want change and for those who want more. Some possibilities (note this is speculation) on what they would actually charge for are higher resolution streaming, new content (think HBO), or maybe for access away from the website (maybe XBMC, Xbox, etc.)
Either way, this is great news but we should all be vigilant and ready to make sure that we let Hulu know what they are doing right and what they are doing wrong. Now maybe we can see the rumored Xbox plugin in the near future.
The geekchart homepage
What is there to say about geekchart that can’t be said by looking at the website? Not a whole lot.
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