When I first looked at that, I thought the thing was a base for one of the new MacBooks. It turns out that it’s a mouse or an iPhone casing. Here’s how Apple puts it: It began with iPhone. Then came iPod touch. Then MacBook Pro. Intuitive, smart, dynamic. Multi-Touch technology introduced a remarkably better way to interact with your …
Landing a plane in Google Flight Simulator requires practice practice and more practice. However, it can be made easy if you follow this tutorial. Let’s start off in Chicago, going 90 degrees downward at about 250 knots. We are currently about 69000 feet above sea level: In this case, I have to turn to reach the ground. This can be …
Right: An Orionid meteor photographed on Oct. 21, 2008, by amateur astronomer Rich Swanson of Sierra Vista, Arizona. I’m watching! Historically, the only meteor showers I’ve ever watched are the Perseids, around August 12, but every time, I miss them. This year, I woke up at 2AM that day, and looked up at the sky. Nothing but light pollution from …
I’m not sure why the word changed, but I love Echofon! The latest version of Twitterfox was 1.8.2, and then all of a sudden Twitterfox announced their “new” product, Echofon. Besides the name change, there are many interface changes to Echofon. One such change is the logo. Instead of the classic Twitter “t”, it is now a speech bubble outlined …
YAY!!! Ok, so now I don’t have to use Twitterfeed which takes up to 30 minutes to update. The feature on WordPress, called Publicize, allows for instant updates to Twitter. I love that! Also, you can edit the text for each tweet or choose not to tweet your posts. There is a downside though: I can’t find out a way …