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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.

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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

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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