Get 50 gigs of free space from Box.net on your iOS device

Wow, talk about the power and reach of iOS. Box.net is giving away 50 gigs of storage for iOS users. The promotion starts 12:01 AM PST on Friday Oct 14 and runs for 50 days. And its not limited to your iOS device wither, you can use it on your desktop as well.  I tried… Read More

How to create custom tones for email alerts on the iPhone

Did not think about this till I got the press release, but sounds like a must have.  Set custom sounds (think ringtones) for email. The use case is pretty clear.  If you get an email from an important client, you may want to have a more urgent ringtone. Friends and family something else, and set… Read More

How to make a grilled cheese sandwich using a popup toaster

I cannot believe this has not been realized before, and yes its not perfect, like my Perfect Midnight Grilled Cheese Sandwich; but this approaches brilliance. Caution, do this at your own risk.  Mess this up and you can ruin your toaster or worse.  So really, be careful. Now let it be said I have not… Read More

XKCD tribute to Steve Jobs, eternal flame beach ball.

Although some may find it a bit off, using an animated icon that represents much of what drives Mac users nuts (especially us occasional users), but somehow it kinda works for me. Something about always waiting for the next great thing that is going to come from the mind of Steve Jobs, and for us… Read More

RIP Steve Jobs. Your work was an exercise in grace.

As you all know by now, Steve Jobs passed away today after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Just as thousand of other tech writers have been doing all day, I felt the need to write something about how Steve and the work he did at Apple. Now I’m not going to gush about his… Read More

The low down on the iphone 4S iPhone 5 still in the works

So its the iphone 4S.  This is not news since its slipped out last week from an iTunes oversight.  The outside is the same, but the internals have changed.  The dual-core A5 is the big game changer… for games that is. ** Apple stock has now fallen 3.42 percent, while the NASDAQ is down only… Read More

Google Analytics upgrades to Premium and gets realtime

This just broke on the Google blogs, you can now buy Google Analytics Premium.  It mostly looks like upgrades to amount of data you can track and more variables for doing custom filters, which is great.  I think the most interesting feature is going to be realtime traffic reporting.  I have used Chartbeat and currently… Read More

Google Body Browser is shutting down.

Shame.  I really liked this little bit if HTML 5 demo code. Ellie K left a comment our original post when it first went public.  https://www.perivision.net/wordpress/2010/12/google-body-browser/ They did say in the post that the project would be open sourced somewhere else, but not details as to where and when.  Seems Google is shutting down quite… Read More

Google+ API is open! Come and code it!

We were waiting and the day has came.  Google has opened up the Google+ API. At first glance it seems pretty normal.  Typical Restful stuff. We love the way the programmable web has evolved, so we’re using existing standards and best practices wherever we can: Our API methods are RESTful HTTP requests which return JSON… Read More

Apple wins lawsuit in EU. No Samsung table for you Europe

Well this is something. Seems that a EU judge decided that Samsung’s Galaxy table is not unique enough in design to not be subject to Apples patent. Here is an excerpt from VentureBeat. The preliminary injunction was first granted last month by the German court, which found Samsung’s tablets closely resembled Apple’s designs. It initially… Read More

Google+ API to be privately release. Public should get it in a few months

This is not a surprise or big news but just another indicated that Google is plodding along with turning Google+ into the success the Google Wave never experienced.  Unfortunately, most of us have to wait around while a chosen few started testing the API set. Here’s the leaked letter Google Ventures sent to its portfolio… Read More

Its True. Steve Jobs resigned as CEO of Apple

It was only a matter of time, and I guess the time is now.  Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of APPle. So what does that mean?  In the short term, not a lot.  The stock market has not responded much in after hour trading, but we will see tomorrow.  This has been long in… Read More

Barnes & Noble cancels many orders for the $99 TouchPad

This adventure never ends and the odds of me getting a touchpad for $99 is slipping to nill.  I posted a bit ago that I was able to order a machine though Barnes & Noble.  Well I just got an email cancelling the order: Due to unexpected customer demand for this item, our inventory was… Read More

HP TouchPad for $99! I am buying it!

So we all heard about HP giving up the ghost on their webOS hardware unit.  I was expected that there would be a sale to get rid of these units.  But $99??  Wow, I’m sure that is pretty far below cost!  Right now its live in Canada, but first chance in show up in the… Read More

History of rage faces

I don’t know whats up with me but  I have been writing a lot about rage faces lately.  Perhaps because work has been more busy then normal so I have not had the energy to write like I normally. Do. Anyway, I came across the History of Rage Faces on Reddit and thought I would… Read More

Create Rage comics on your Android phone

I was only a matter a time before someone created a native Android app for creating rage comics.  WIN! I have not tried it myself since my Android is stilling in a box somewhere, (using the iphone for now), but I’ll dig it out at some point and replace the iphone screenshot.  However, if someone… Read More

Short phone number codes.. Or whatever they are called

I saw this on Reddit and thought, what the heck, I’ll share..  Also, the picture is complete unrelated.  I just browsed through my photo library and grabbed something. 0 – Operator assistance 00 – Long-distance operator assistance 011 – International Access Code. (For all destinations outside the NANP) 01 – International Access Code using operator… Read More

MobileNoter updated to allow creating oneNote pages on iPhone

Took long enough, but finally. You can create a oneNote page with mobileNoter.  I have not tried it yet, but wanted to get the word out there.  Here is the press release. Yes, it finally happened: we have released a long awaited update for the MobileNoter for iPhone, version 2.4. The most important changes in… Read More