You Can Be A Beta Tester Too

So what do you think of Microsoft Office 2007? Wait, what? You haven’t tried it yet you say? But why? Well here you go. Download it now and give it a shot or take a test drive of the features online without even installing it. There ya’ go. So whatcha think? Note: Microsoft Office 2007…

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It’s Your Music, Take It Back!

Alright so you’ve let you’ve shared music at work or maybe you’ve reinstalled iTunes or upgraded, either way you’ve authorized too many people and you can’t listen on your home PC from your old G4 laptop you purchase all your music with. Whatcha gonna do? Deauthorize of course! No, you don’t need to call all…

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Apple iTunes Limits You to Burning 7 CD’s

As I’ve previously talked about I’ve been having problems burning cd’s from my Mac. So this morning I decided to do a little digging around and came up with something very startling, iTunes won’t allow you to burn more than 7 copies of the same songs to cd. iTunes Help and Support: If your playlist…

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Getting Into Web Design in 10 Steps

There’s a very awesome article over at webdesignsfromscratch.com that has some great hints if you’re thinking about getting into this business. I’ll list out the 10 things he suggests but you’re definitely going to want to read the whole article. It’s worth the time. Web Design from Scratch: 1. Know your Strengths and Weaknesses 2….

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Craigslist Advertisers Robbed At Gunpoint

Ok, so what’s the old rule? “Never meet someone in real life that you met on the internet.” Here’s a great example why. Mercury News: An advertisement on the Craiglist.org Web site led to an armed robbery in a Walnut Creek Target store parking lot Sunday night, Lt. Mark Covington of the Walnut Creek Police…

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Voicing About Vox

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you know that for a long time I’ve been a big fan of Ben and Mena Trott and the awesome products they, and the team at SixApart, create. That’s why when the beta testing for Vox, their latest project, was announced I signed up immediately. Last…

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Elisa Brings Media Center to Linux and Packs a Surprise

It seems everyone is getting on the “media center pc” bandwagon these days and it’s not unreasonable to assume that someone would come out with one for Linux and that’s exactly what Elisa is. Fluendo.com: “Elisa is a project to create an open source cross platform media center solution. While our primary development and deployment…

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Math Done Easy With Quickmath

Being a creative person my worst subject in school was math. But hey, that’s what makes sites like QuickMath so awesome. Quickmath.com: Think of it as an online calculator that solves equations and does all sorts of algebra and calculus problems – instantly and automatically! When you submit a question to QuickMath, it is processed…

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Making A Podcast? Podcast Maker Makes It Easy

Alright so you’ve got the bee under your bonnet, you opened Garage Band and you’ve laid down some audio tracks for your first podcast. Now what do you do? If it were me I’d head on over to the Potion Factory website and grab Podcast Maker ()$29.95, 30 day free trial). Podcast Maker is a…

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