Category: Miscellaneous Gadgets

  • Remote Buddy Makes Your iPhone and iPod Touch an Ajax-Based Remote for Mac Content

    Reading Time: 2 minutes When I bought my MacBook Pro at the end of February, it was one of the first Macs shipped that didn’t include the Apple Remote. This meant that I would have to buy one for $30 at the Apple Store or less if I shopped around. Remote Buddy iPhone Interface: one…

  • Gadget Links: Web 2.0 Overload Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutes How to link Twitter to Facebook – A Twitter Tutorial on AJVayerchuck.com: A concise explanation of how to install the Twitter app within Facebook and allow it to update your Facebook status. Clutter War II: Attack of the Giant Baby on 43Folders: “…you might be able to guess where my head…

  • Gadget Links: Old Granddad Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutes For the Phinney Family, a Dream and a Challenge on NYTimes.com: This story came out last week, right before Taylor Phinney raced in the Individual Pursuits at the Track Cycling World Championships. Taylor finished eighth. His father, Davis, is a legendary U.S. cycling champ who has struggled with Parkinson’s Disease in…

  • Gadget Links: A Laptop Stand with My Name on It Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Stuff We Like: The Dave Laptop Stand on Lifehacker: “The Dave (oh Ikea, you and your names!) features adjustable height and angle, and can double as a TV tray or simple end table when you’re not computing. If you’ve been looking for a better way to surf the internet from the…

  • Gadget Links: Holy Saturday Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Holy Saturday on Wikipedia: Lots of names exist for the day before Easter. I had no idea that so much thought had been put into this day over the years. Sorry if you consider this a sacrilege. Sk*rt: “Digg for Chicks” on How to Change the World (blog.GuyKawasaki.com): “I love Sk*rt.…

  • MacBook Air Costs as Much as a Four-Door Car in India

    Reading Time: 2 minutes I made reference to an article called Reliance Digital to Open 60 iStores Across India yesterday in a Gadget Links post. One thing I noticed, but didn’t have time to mention was the cost of a MacBook Air in India: Among the products offered at iStore is MacBook Air, the world’s…

  • Check Out Alltop.com

    Reading Time: < 1 minute Guy Kawaski, Will Mayall, and the rest of the folks at Nononina have built a new topic-based RSS aggregator called Alltop. There idea is to display the latest five stories from thirty or more blogs in each topic area. You can drill down to the topic areas that you are…

  • Gadget Links: Stuff I Should Have Posted a While Ago Edition

    Reading Time: 2 minutes Topeak Mini 6 on CoolTools: “This incredibly compact, bike-oriented multi-tool has five different sizes of Allen wrench plus a Phillips screwdriver head, all of which folds up into a little pod about the size of a walnut. Sometimes I’ll carry it in my pocket or toss it in shoulder bag; mostly…

  • “iPhone Fully Loaded” is a Must Have Book for iPhone and iPod Touch Users

    Reading Time: 2 minutes The first book I bought to try to get new ideas on how I could better leverage my iPhone as a multimedia Swiss Army Knife was iPhone Fully Loaded by Andy Ihnatko. I have been really impressed by this book because it has some really excellent tips and techniques that go…