October 30, 2005
Apple Front Row for Mac Mini
When Apple released the new iMac G5 with Front Row I was very surprised to not see the software also available in the Mac Mini as this machine would have been the more likely machine to connect to your TV and use this type of software. Well someone has started an online petition for trying to get the Front Row software available for the mac mini as well (see links below). However I still believe that Front Row is lacking one more thing, TV. If Front Row was available on a mac mini and worked with the various Mac Digital TV solutions out there then I would buy it in a snap as that would be the perfect home theatre solution.
Links:
Online Petiition
October 23, 2005
C/C++/Java Board Game
Finally a way to teach kids how to program at an early age. I have a few friends who have kids and I have been threatening that they should teach them how to program so that I can get them to come and work for me. This is generally in retort to them pronouncing that they have the smartest kid on the block. Well now with the C-Jump board game you can teach your kids how to program in a fun and learning environment.
Links:
C/C++/Java Board game
October 19, 2005
VisionStation
I soooo need to get one of these for work :) It is called a VisionStation from a company called elumens. It would go nicely alongside my 2x 19“, 1x 23” and 15“ laptop LCD screens. We have a much larger version called FOCAL at work that uses 6 polarised projectors on a large 4m concave screen that looks pretty good but these VisionStations look much more practical to have around the place as FOCAL requires special hardware and a whole room. Imagine using these as video conference facilities or attached to a robot on the other end, the possibilities are endless.
Links:
VisionStation Product Page
October 18, 2005
360˚Views of Swiss mountains
Do I need to say more. Click on the image. (This one is for my dad)
October 17, 2005
Monket Calendar
Ok I already know about phpiCalendar which is a great web application that quickly and easily displays calendars, but that is all it does, display. Monket Calendar does the displaying but also allows for calendars to be edited. Monket still uses the ICS (Internet Calendaring System) calendaring format for the storing calendars but provides great client side editing which includes drag and drop capabilities.
Links
Monket Webpage
RoundCube: Web-based IMAP email client
Like my previous post RoundCube is a web application project that is using the AJAX communication model to allow the browser based interface to communicate with the server without having to refresh the whole page. What this application provides ontop of Webnote is also the ability to use drag and drop like a normal desktop application. RoundCube is a web-based IMAP email client probably one of the best I have seen so far.
Links:
RoundCube Website
Webnote - Online Post-it Notes
Here is an cure little web application that allows you to place notes on a web page. The software can be run on your own website or even on you local machine for personal notes. The web-based interface allows you to drag around the notes and even resize the notes right from within the browser. As an added bonus it uses the increasingly common AJAX communication model to save changes back to the web server.
Links
Webnote Site
Ouch
One of my friends sent me a scan of his elbow just after he dislocated it playing volleyball. Apparently it was as painful as it looks.
October 08, 2005
Swarmcast
So you know Podcasts and you have been using Bittorrent, now get ready for Swarmcast. Swarmcast uses the concept bittorrent to spread the network load of viewing and downloading large content (such as video or software files) by enabling all clients to connect to each other to create adhoc download networks. Unlike Bittorrent that downloads parts of files randomly Swarmcast ensures that the files is downloaded contiguously so that video files can be streamed and watched while the download is still continuing.
Links
Swarmcast Homepage
FAQ on What Swarming is
