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How do you like them gears?

techtotally — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 21:31:21 +0000

Turned interesting colors in the woods, as the sun was heading into late afternoon.

Tips for WordPress- 1.

techtotally — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:33:38 +0000

Write out your blog in a text file before you sign in to WordPress, then just copy and paste it into the right area.

This way you will have a backup copy of your blog entry, and can easily use it in other projects.

Rodeo—Exciting new developer software

techtotally — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 06:42:54 +0000

There’s an interesting new software being born, today, this week, right now, name of Rodeo. It is the brand new way you to can create web apps for the iPad.

It’s quite unlike anything else out there. It lets you develop X-code client apps that can be used on the iPhone and iPad, or in Safari or Chrome. These hybrid apps and browser items can be much more powerful that old-fashioned html pages, because they feature HTML5, the new standard.

But because Rodeo software uses a powerful coding language, they are much easier to write than raw HTML5.

In addition, because Rodeo was developed by people comfortable with the hypertalk family of software, Rodeo, written in Objective C, plays well with RunRev, Metacard, and even Hypercard scripts.

Created by the experienced software team Daniels, Mara, and Reichelt, this is developing so fast that you need to go to the actual website to keep up.

This intro really can’t do it justice. You need to go see for yourself.

http://rodeoapps.com

So saddle up and join the Rodeo.

How to Bypass Flash

techtotally — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:06:37 +0000

If you get tired of all the blooming, buzzing Flash items popping up on web pages and spinning your cooling fans whenever you browse in Safari, the free donationware Clicktoflash will help you get rid of them–until you decide you want to see them.

In addition, it prevents Flash-related crashes.

Best of all, it lets you easily download Flash videos, from YouTube, for example, as high resolution Quicktime movies.

Finally, you can still see Flash whenever you want, by clicking on the page, or by whitelisting whole websites so that Flash still works where you want it to.

http://clicktoflash.com/

You need the latest version of Safari, and will probably want to fine-tune the Clicktoflash settings once you get it installed in Safari. If you ever want to remove it entirely, it’s just as easy–click to remove.

The power of Apple

techtotally — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:35:13 +0000

News flash: users wanting to get their hands on the new iPhone manage, because of their sheer numbers, to crash Apple and AT&T websites.

Who would have thought, 10 years ago, that a new phone would someday cause a virtual stampede.

Link

RIP Phoenix

techtotally — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:40:46 +0000

The little Mars lander Phoenix has done its work and died a quiet death in the darkness of Martian night.

Making on the iPad

techtotally — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 06:35:26 +0000

One of the many wonders of the iPad is the large amount of software already available.

Tens of thousands of apps already.

Of special interest is software that helps you make music and art.

David Hockney, famous artist, draws and paints on his iPad.

There are virtual keyboards for music, plus many other music playing and accessory apps.

17 inch Macbook Pro January 2009

techtotally — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:00:24 +0000

The new January 2009 17 inch MacBook Pro, 6.6 pounds, under an inch thick, features a lightweight aluminum unibody, and up to 8 amazing hours of battery life. The curved illuminated keys are fitted to your fingers, and the trackpad is also the button—entirely clickable, with pinch, scroll and swipe, and configurable by you!

320GB hard drive standard, optional solid state drive, up to 8 gigs of memory, processor up to 2.93 GHz. Glossy screen, matte optional, USB2, firewire, built-in camera, DVD read-writer, ethernet, wireless, all the standard things.

HD-video-ready, sensationally improved color gamut—60% better, hotter contrast, game and video-production level Nvidia processor, glass display, More software than you will ever use, including the updated iLIfe 09, also has the extremely cool magnetic powercord standard, and greener than ever.

Log Tech

techtotally — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:39:22 +0000

The technology has been around for centuries, and is still natural and beautiful and warm. Log cabins, log houses, log homes. Here’s a luxurious example, created by masters of the craft.

Beautiful log lodge, view from Lake Michigan

See the details for yourself, here: http://www.hilltoploglodge.com/index.html

Steampunk Computer Keyboard Mod

techtotally — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:05:16 +0000

If you’ve ever doubted the value of obsession, check out this website:

http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml

Steampunk computer keyboard mod by steampunkworkshop.com

This page features a detailed description of how to make a steampunk computer keyboard mod, with amazing results. If you care to delve deeper, there are links to steampunk guitar mods, etching, headphones, even a car and motorbike.