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Build a Skype server and replace your land line
With some of my family overseas, Skype and iChat have become important tools for voice communication, second only to the cell phone and face to face protocol. It occurred to me that outside of telemarketers and the very occasional late-night pizza dial, the land line has become a relatively unused service. Unused, yet a consistent [...]
50 Tips For Power Blogging
Use Wordpress. No other platform is as flexible with all the plug-ins, in my opinion.
Post often. I usually default to one post per day, when I’m asked. I try to do at least one per day on this blog, except for weekends.
Use catchy blog post titles. Put yourself in the shoes of a person [...]
Convert Your Blog Into a Podcast on iTunes for Free
Bloggers can now add text-to-speech capabilities to their site with new tools such as Odiogo, allowing readers to actually listen to blog posts on the website, and even on iTunes (as well as iPods and iPhones) as a podcast.
While this is a cool feature for readers, it could be a very valuable tool for [...]
Linux hits the iPhone!
We knew this day would eventually come, but somehow we’re still misting up a little — Linux has been ported to the iPhone and iPod touch. Dev Team member planetbeing is the mastermind in charge of bringing everyone’s favorite open-source OS to Apple’s handhelds, and while it’s a little rough around the edges (read: no [...]
Since Twitter Won’t Sell, Who Should Facebook Buy?
The hot rumor today is that Facebook and Twitter held ‘several weeks of serious talks’ about an acquisition recently, which have since come to an end after the two were unable to reach an agreeable price for the microblogging service. Alas, there are greater tragedies.
While Twitter might be the ‘it’ startup of [...]
DIY Cardboard Laptop Stand
You know what they say - necessity is the mother of all invention, and Eric Skiff decided to use some of his spare time to carve out this laptop stand from cardboard. This green piece of low-tech computer peripheral ought to provide not only relief to your body while working, but your pocket as well. [...]
