System Monitor for iOS5 without jailbreak For jailbreakers, we have had access to system info for quite awhile now using SBSettings, and although this new app still does not have all the capabilities of SBSettings, at least its something; CPU, Memory and Battery Status. Before iOS4 users would not have to worry about such information. But now that more and more… Read More
How to fix low quality night photographs from the ipad2 Full disclosure, I have not tried Camera Boost at all, but after looking at the site, this looks pretty good. Those of you with ipad2’s, please give this app for fixing poor quality shots a shot and let us know what you find. And now, the email blast… iOS photography specialists Interealtime today is proud… Read More
How to avoid the Wii Zelda Skyward Sword game crash bug I normally do not write about games I have not played, but this one is on my list of games to check out. And before I even have a chance to play it, a (major?) bug has been discovered that if you hit it, will not only crash the Zelda game but will corrupt your… Read More
Nice clean iPad wall mount. Let the copies begin! We all know that the iPad’s main value is as a media consumption device. Well what about in the kitchen? Of the workshop? Would be nice to mount it on a wall right. And I know, there are a number of them out there, but I wanted to share this one. Its Clean. Something I… Read More
DO NOT install the H1Siri hack on your iphone! Ok ok, I know you are really want to get Siri on your iphone, well short of buying a new iphone4s I mean. And you figure, its only a matter of time before a hacker cracks it. Well your right, and they have, however there is an issue. Like other jailbreak apps, Steven Troughton-Smith was able… Read More
Interesting HD Video effects kit for iphone ipad iOS5 with iVigilo Video Suite Just got this in my email so I have not tried it, but if you are looking for a cool set of video effects and tools for shooting and filtering HD video from your iphone, this could be what you are looking for. The 1 thing this does that I find interesting is you can… Read More
Facebook scam warning: Messages from ‘friends’ may not be all that friendly I got this a few days back and since I do not know this person, or if I do I do not remember why. I really do not use facebook all that much. But anyway, my brother got it as well and emailed a scam warning to me, so what the heck, I’ll post it.… Read More
Siri will not give you directions to an abortion clinic; purpose programming or bad dataset? Found this story from a tweet. Seems that when you ask Siri for an abortion clinic, it will say it can not find any, or send you to a CPC clinic, (Anti-abortion clinic). This has been reproduced many times so its not a glitch based on location or timing thing. The question now is; was… Read More
The best app for exercise machines and bicycle trainers and big wheels! I’m sure you have seen them; exercise machines with TV monitors placed on them so you can watch TV while exercising. And that is fine enough, but I do not like gyms that much and watching TV disconnects me from my workout. What I really want is to play a game while doing my workout..… Read More
CloudBeat 2011 – 20% discount for this cloud computing conference Ok, this is a bit late notice since the event is in two days, but here is a 20% discount link for CloudBeat. CloudBeat 2011 takes place this Wednesday & Thursday and there are only 50 tickets left! We’ve been making a lot of noise about the event. And with good reason. Both days are… Read More
Want spy stuff? Check it out Well if you are the non trusting type, or actually do private investigations, or heck or your a spy, there is some cool stuff that dropped in my emailbox. So again. with no comment or implied recommendation, here are some cool stuff that if you are using, well, I hope you have a good reason.… Read More
How to create your own siri conversation screenshots This is pretty cool. Go to this site and type in your conversation. Hit the ‘create siri conversation’ button and bam. You have your screenshot. I’m sure a micro meme of really off conversations are going to be created over the next month. 🙂 Here is one I made really quick. Not my best work.… Read More
My First Black Friday and the power goes out at the store, group source LED phones to the rescue I have never done the ‘Black Friday’ thing of going to a store at midnight, but there was a pretty nice deal on bedding that my girlfriend wanted, and I was curious to see this for myself. So we went to Macy’s at around 11:30 expecting to see a line and there was around 100… Read More
A few black friday deals of iphone ipad I get emails all the time about iphone ipad apps going on sale; seem this season, especially black friday, I’m being crushed. So I’m going to start dumping them every now and again. For the night birds : – Universal Music DJ for iPad (iPad) : $0.99 instead of $11.99 For gastronomes travelers :… Read More
The coolest 3D gaming monitor. This is the future of gaming and TV viewing! Sony introduced their 3D gaming and TV monitor. Its 24inch with 2 HDMI inputs that supports 3D. But that’s not whats cool about this. Sony introduced a technology called “SimulView”. This technology allows two players to have full screen view at the same time! This is pretty cool and most likely not that hard to… Read More
A short guide to good tech deals for black friday..and some to avoid 1. Black Friday Deals Revealed Link to: http://www.retrevo.com/content/blog/2011/11/black-friday-2011-deals Black Friday 2011 is almost here. We’ve been analyzing the deals on electronics from HDTV sets to digital cameras and have turned up some real deals and some duds. We see some great deals like a Sharp 42-inch 1080p TV for $199 at Best Buy although we… Read More
A really sweet docking station for the macbook air There are already a few docking station for the MacBook Air, but this is the cleanest, coolest and more elegant of any docking station for the Air I have every seen. Called the Landing Zone, this does pretty much does what you expect, external video, extra USB ports, eithernet and audio. Its how it does… Read More
Using the game Doom as a sys admin tool – blast from the past Using Doom as a sys admin tool is not new, heck, been around for a few years. But as I was surfing around the net I came across this post and thought.. eh why not, I’ll repost it. So here is the basic point for you non sys admins out there. Somewhere, in the deep… Read More
Random pics and random thoughts for the SF 2011 AutoShow Walking through San Francisco on Sunday and decided at the last minuet to stop in at the car show. I wanted to have a look at the latest series of electric car offerings. The usual suspects were there, but no edge players. Shame. Heck, Tesla was not even there. But BMW was with their newest… Read More
How to convert you old taps and records to high quality digital for $25 using Apple Match I know this was never Apples intention, but with iTunes Match, you can take your analog music and convert it to high quality digital for $25. How? First, digitize your old stuff. I recommend buying an old but good quality tape player (Or record player if you have vinyl). You also need a RCA to… Read More