Archives for December, 2007
Reversing Everything: Hacking the Kindle part 3: root shell and runtime system Easter Eggs in the Kindle… Google Maps My Location…. (tags: kindle howto maps) Hoosgot — Send your wishes and desires out into the ether. “Hoosgot (pronounced “Who’s Got…”) is a simple way to ask who’s got what you’re looking for. Just put “hoosgot” [...]
While experimenting with various audio sources that I can access on my iPhone, I came across an interesting site from NPR for mobile phone users. ( http://m.opb.npr.org )They have created a site optimized for viewing on a mobile phone with links to NPR radio reports that you access by dialing a phone number. Instead of [...]
8 Ideas for Better Slides (tags: slides presentations)
QIK | Streaming video right from your phone Streaming video from mobile phones… (tags: phone mobile videoweblogs video)
Google Maps with My Location for mobile devices allows you to approximate your location even if your phone does not have GPS capabilities. It utilizes information from your cell phone and proximity to cell phone towers to approximate your location. It works with most mobile phones and will allow you to search for places based [...]
Kwout is a web service that allows you to quote a portion of a web site as an image and or image map. For example I used Kwout to grab a portion of the Lewis Elementary web site. When you invoke Kwout (either from their web page, or from a bookmarklet…) a medium sized screen [...]
5 dangerous things you should let your kids do. In this pre-conference talk from TED, Gever Tulley discusses his Tinkering School camp. Allowing kids the freedom to explore, he says, will make them stronger and smarter and actually safer. This talk comes from TED University 2007, a pre-conference program where TEDsters share ideas.
FlickrBackup is a Java application from Sunken City that allows you to download the pictures you have uploaded to Flickr. It has a quite extensive set of tools that allow you to download images from your collection based on criteria such as set name, date posted, and image tags. You can choose to download specific [...]
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Amazon.com: Amazon SimpleDB, Amazon Web Services Amazon SimpleDB is a web service for running queries on structured data in real time. This service works in close conjunction with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), collectively providing the ability (tags: amazon data Database development hosting storage webservices) Official Google [...]
Warning Sign Generator Create your own warning signs with this web based tool… (tags: graphics warnings safety signs) Use a Wiimote to Make Whiteboards Out of Anything I think I’ll have some fifth graders help me with this.. (tags: howto whiteboards lowcost diy)
10 links to cool, high-rez images From Garr Reynolds comes this post about high resolution images that can be used in presentations… (tags: astronomy photography images links gallery free presentations) Free post-it Note Generator (tags: resources web2.0 utilities tools post-it)
Edit your photos! On Flickr! Picnik photo editing functionality comes to Flickr… (tags: flickr picnik photography editing) Access AIM via Gmail Gmail’s web interface now allows you to access users on AIM… (tags: IM gmail aim messenger) Google Pre-Launches New iPhone Interface An article with images about Google optimized for the iPhone… (tags: apple google [...]
Kindling Mobility Rui Carmo discusses the Kindle as a model for connectivity… (tags: kindle carmo rui)
docstoc : find and share any document docstoc is a user generated community where you can find and share professional documents. Find free legal documents and free business documents. Upload your documents for all the world to share. (tags: downloads free office pdf reference resources legal) NEC shows off fluorescent light-powered wireless camera (tags: camera [...]
