Archive for September, 2008
« Previous EntriesSimulating Election Night With 270toWin.com
Monday, September 29th, 2008
Somewhere along the political trail, red was assigned as conservative/Republican and blue was assigned as liberal/Democrat. We’ve become accustomed to maps carved into red and blue, reflecting all-or-nothing Electoral Vote values. Whether you’re red, blue or mostly purple, you may find some interest in exploring different Electoral combinations at 270toWin.com.
I discovered this web site during [...]
PanoLab Brings Panoramic Photos to the iPhone
Friday, September 26th, 2008One of the limitations of the iPhone camera is the small images it produces. Not every subject suggests a panoramic shot, but sometimes a little bigger and a little wider is a nice option.
PanoLab gives a simple (and fun) canvas for combining multiple photos to form a larger one. Source photos are added to a [...]
Android’s Open Answer to iPhone
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Yesterday saw the unveiling of the first phone built on the Google Android platform, The HTC G1 (previously referred to as the Dream). Throughout the presentation, one message got pounded home over and over: The G1, and Android, are OPEN. All along there has been anticipation that this would be the mobile phone platform to [...]
Livescribe Pulse Smartpen Brings Innovation to Note-Taking
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Note-taking has been around forever. Audio recording, while newer, is on no one’s list of hot new technologies. But when the two concepts are linked, and made to compliment each other, something new and quite impressive results.
Over the past few days I’ve been playing around with a Pulse Smartpen, made by Livescribe. The simple way [...]