Archive for the ‘ Cool Stuff ’ Category

Trash Bin Fun

The Trash Bin in Mac OS X is a thing of beauty. Like most computer trash bins, you can place, restore, and permanently remove files from your system. But did you know there a few time-saving shortcuts for the Trash Bin in OS X? If you want to move a file to the Trash, simply select [ READ MORE ]

The Wikipedia Revolution: An Awesome Book

The other week I decided to order “The Wikipedia Revolution” by Andrew Lih after I heard Leo Laporte talking about it in his speech on journalism in today’s world. After reading the book, I would have to agree that this book is an awesome resource for anyone looking to get more information on Wikipedia. [ READ MORE ]

Aviary Gives You Creativity In The Cloud

Ever wanted to quickly edit an image, capture your screen, or edit audio? Well you can do that and more absolutely free and in your web browser with Aviary. Their newest feature, the Audio Editor, allows multi-track audio editing right from your web browser. With the new audio editor, you can trim, loop, stretch and [ READ MORE ]

Sploder Lets You Create Your Own Games

We’ve all dreamed of creating our own video games. From that stunning platformer to that great FPS we could probably all come up with a fairly decent game, but implementing such a game might be difficult for some. That’s where Sploder.com comes in. With a simple web interface, this site allows anyone with a video [ READ MORE ]

Facebook Lite Launched

If you ever experienced a slower than usual loading time on your Facebook page when all you wanted to do was post an update status, you’re not alone. We’ve all experienced this problem, and now there’s a fix. Today Facebook launched their much requested “Lite” version of the social netowrking site, that strips away unnecessary items [ READ MORE ]

iPhone OS 3.0 releases to developers

At the Apple iPhone event today, Apple demoed the next version of their iPhone operating system, version 3.0. Apple includes over 100 new features, some of which includes: - Push notifications will be standard in iPhone 3.0. Apple claims that there was a scaling issue when they first announced this feature last year, with thousands of [ READ MORE ]

Creating iPhone-specific sites with RSS feeds and Dashcode

Last week I told you about my iPhone site that I create using Dashcode. These sites are extremely easy to create using Apple’s widget creation software that comes packaged with the Xcode download. In this post, I’m going to walk you through turning any RSS feed into an iPhone site that is updated automatically when [ READ MORE ]

Zune/iPod gets mention on Family Guy…

On last night’s Family Guy episode entitled “Ocean’s Three and a Half,” the Zune got an impromptu mention. As Lois’ father Carter Pewterschmidt is holding a party with some famous people, he walks up to Bill Gates and asks if he could have some help “programming his Zune.” Carter then remembers that he has an [ READ MORE ]

Magazines getting too expensive? Give Tabbloid a try.

With the hard economic times, you’ve no doubt been cutting back. But are you suddenly missing your magazine subscriptions? Well, if you are, a new HP project called Tabbloid should make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside (OK… maybe not fuzzy … or warm). Tabbloid turns you favorite RSS feeds into a “magazine” that’s [ READ MORE ]

Pixlr, an online image editor

Many creative professionals consider Adobe Photoshop the “go-to” application for professional image manipulation. However, it’s expensive, and not everyone can afford it. Here comes a free alternative (and it’s not The Gimp), it’s Pixlr — and it’s online! Best part? You don’t even need to create an account. Just click the “Jump In” button and [ READ MORE ]

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Hi, my name is Cory Bohon. I am a tech blogger at Mac|Life, Mac/iPhone developer, lover of all things technology, and photographer. This is my personal blog, where you can find what I am currently ranting about.

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