For a while, I’d been using an offline reader, then Google did some upgrades, so I swapped. I’ve been using Google Reader since late 2006, diligently serving my news to me, in its simple, and easy to use interface.
Recently I decided to tinker with a new offline reader, RSSOwl. Simple interface, easy to use, customizable searches, article flagging, and sharing features. Well worth a peek…
Courtesy of the::unwired, news of YouTube’s new mobile client for Windows Mobile, and Symbian clients. I must say, I’m rather impressed. Blazing fast searches, nifty scrolling, and pretty damn good video quality too. Have it deployed on my Motorola Q9h, works nicely. Only issue I’ve uncovered is the search box, but I believe this is an issue with my phone, as the backspace key acts as the “back” button for general navigation too.
You can get it too at http://m.youtube.com.
I’ve been using BirdieSync to synchronize my Windows Mobile device with my Google accounts. It’s not a straight through process, in fact involves a couple of steps. First you need Thunderbird, then Sunbird/Lightning, and various plugins to sync to google.
iCal is a specification used to define the format of a calendar. It’s an RFC standard. I started tinkering with it a few years back with SquirrelMail, but my curiosity about it was again peeked when I decided to try figuring a way to sync my new toy with Google Calendar
The cool thing about the eTrex Summit, is that it also records altitudes. This was quite handy for the bike ride this weekend on the triathlon I attended. It allowed me to profile the track, and see exactly what kind of elevations I was dealing with. Originally, I’d been given the impression it wasn’t too bad, but it seemed a little steeper than I was lead to believe. After profiling it, the killer bits were all in the wrong places, like right after corners. Here is a Google Earth file showing the track.
Technorati Tags: Triathlon, Stonebridge, GPS, Google
A few months ago, I signed up for an account with Zooomr, just to play. Whilst uploading a batch of images from the Dallas Arboretum, I noticed a “Geo” feature (I believe Flickr have a similar feature). Having a quick play around, I noticed I was able to append longitude, and latitude to the pictures, and then search by those coordinates to find other pictures from the same location. This started a little seed in the back of my head, regarding GPS tagging images…
