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Kevin Rose announces iPhone Copy + Paste

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Warning: Strong Language!
Kevin Rose annouced that Copy + Paste functionality will be available in iPhone OS 3.0 – to be released on March 17th, 2009.
iPhone Software 3.0 will also have all the features that the Palm Pre has that made it more attractive than the iPhone.
This was announced on Diggnation #194 recorded LIVE at Stubbs [...]

Gadgets in the bathroom

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Two girls (let’s call them Delila and Jemima) I know take their laptop computers (MacBooks — yes, these two girls are Mac users) in the bathroom.
It freaks me out.
Delila takes it in there and will continue to do work and IM friends while sitting on the toilet. I don’t know what Jemima does with her [...]

Best encoding settings for Viddler and others

Saturday, February 7th, 2009

Best encoding settings for Viddler(/YouTube/Vimeo)
Every year video quality on the web gets better, new cameras with better chip resolution are released, and everyone asks “why doesn’t my video look good” (or something to that effect).
As of January 2009, these are the settings I would use if you want your video to look great online.
HD VIDEO
If [...]

Social TV

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Derek Steen thinks the ability to watch a live chat while watching your favourite television show would be absolutely awesome! It’s something that was used online during the 2009 Presidential Inauguration.

Why MacWorld Sucked for me

Monday, January 12th, 2009

This is somewhat my fault, but I’ll explain a little more.
I didn’t factor in going to MacWorld until December, 2008, when lots of people started getting excited about it.
I registered online about a month prior to the event because it was cheaper that way. Even if I didn’t go, it would be better than paying [...]

GoDaddy makes Wordpress upgrades simple!

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

I’ve been using self-hosted WordPress for over a year now. I believe I’ve finally figured it all out.
Heck, it took me six months to customise my theme they way I wanted it due to my O.C.D. Thanks to Adam Strawson for coding a lot of it for me.
I use GoDaddy for hosting and domains. I [...]

Uncut at NME 2008

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Back in August I went to the New Media Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was a blast and I finally got to meet all the amazing friends I’d made over the past few years.
Here’s some excitement from the expo floor when Rachel surprised Justine just by showing up.

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