I have to admit, I was really skeptical, but the selection’s pretty compelling! Now if that text to speech option available, I think it’s be a must have!
Category: Tech
5-Row QWERTY Keyboard for iPhone
Saweeet. I’m installing it right now.
IPhone Apps: 5-Row QWERTY Jailbreak App Fixes One of the iPhone Keyboard’s Most Annoying Flaws:
You can find this app listed under “5-Row QWERTY Keyboard” in Cydia.
Offbeat Guides
Offbeat Guides:
What makes us different?
Offbeat Guides are the first travel guides that you create online using the most current travel information available on the internet for over 30,000 travel destinations. These personalized travel guides give you all of the information that traditional travel guides include, plus more. For the first time, you can personalize your guide based on your travel dates, destination, and personal travel interests.
Psst…. over here. Yeah, you. If you’re on a Mac, click in the content frame, press the print key (<command>+p) to get the print dialog and then click the “Save As PDF” button.
You can do this for each of the sections you want.
Don’t tell.
Pass it on.
Happy 1234567890 Time :)
UNIX geeks — you know what’s up
This Friday, in addition to being Friday, is also 1234567890 Day. At 6:31 pm EST on that day, the Unix time will be 1234567890.
Unix time [is] defined as the number of seconds elapsed since midnight Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of January 1, 1970, not counting leap seconds. It is widely used not only on Unix-like operating systems but also in many other computing systems.
Keyboard shortcuts for pop-up menus :O
Whoa. I’ve created & modified keyboard shortcuts for apps, but I didn’t realize it worked like this. I know of a few places I can use this already :’)
Thanks, Brent!
inessential.com: MarsEdit tip: shortcuts for weblog menu:
MarsEdit tip: shortcuts for weblog menu
In MarsEdit there are two weblogs I post to most often, and I don’t like pulling down the menu item via my mouse to choose the weblog. So, instead, I assigned them keyboard shortcuts: ctrl-1 for ranchero and ctrl-2 for inessential.
Saves a little time, makes me happy.
How I did it
I opened System Preferences, then clicked Keyboard & Mouse. Then clicked the Keyboard Shortcuts tab.I clicked the + button, then chose MarsEdit from the list of apps. I entered ranchero for Menu Title, and gave it ctrl-1 for the Keyboard Shortcut. Then repeated that for inessential, but with ctrl-2 as the shortcut.
Third-party browsers on iPhone are official
iPodNN | Apple greenlights third-party iPhone browsers:
Apple greenlights third-party iPhone browsers
A slate of new third-party web browsers has unexpectedly appeared at the App Store, reports indicate.
Fantastic. I hope this leads to a mobile version of Firefox that supports addons.
Gmail Labs finally available to more custom domains
Woot.
Dan Benjamin discovered that the Labs tab is finally available to those domains that couldn’t get access to it. One of my domains had it, another didn’t.
Dan Benjamin – Labs Love At Last:
The Google Labs feature allows users to enable new features and fixes, including great improvements to IMAP functionality, like better folder (aka label) management, auto-expunge control, and more.
The main thing I wanted was the ability to hide the “All Mail” label in my IMAP accounts — now I can :’)
Google Reader redesign
Here’s how it used to look.
And here’s how it looks now.
The main thing I like is that you can collapse sidebars you don’t use. As with most Google updates, it’s pretty non-offensive, and welcome.
Official Google Reader Blog: Square is the new round.:
Google is all about speed, both under the hood as well as in the user experience. So, in order to make Reader act and feel more speedy and responsive, we’ve removed some visual clutter, simplified some features and given everything a bit more breathing room. Out with the old rounded corners, drop shadows and heavily saturated colors — in with a softer palette, faster components and a fresh new look.
Breda
MacDork
Hols