Archive for the 'Technology' Category

Technology: NetNewsWire Desktop RSS Reader

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

A few months ago something caused my Google Reader to load improperly in my Firefox browser. I tried re-installing Firefox, playing around with the styles of the Reader, but to no avail. I had to turn to Safari in order to get my news. But no more! Enter NetNewsWire, an application […]

Technology: Electronic Dictionary

Friday, January 18th, 2008

Even though I have spent a great deal of my life bopping back and forth between America and Japan, I had never gone past paperback dictionaries to help me in tough conversations. Little did I know that electronic dictionaries existed! Until I discovered their existence at the beginning of fall semester, I was […]

Shout-Out: Get the Most Out of Gmail

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

An avid Gmail user, I have converted many a friend and family member to this free, magical online service with integrated chat function so my dad can badger me about nothing in particular whenever he sees my name light up.
One of my favorite mags, Wired, has a little how-to on how to get the most […]

Shout-Out: Stream Shows to Your Computer Legally

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

I am excited because Macworld has an article on some streaming television resources you can find online. I imagine the sources are PC-friendly as well since a lot of the programs are playable in Media Player. I haven’t tested it out yet–probably will give it a go this weekend when I have free […]

Beautify Your Computer

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

If you use your computer a lot, you should treat it as you would a home: clean it, organize it, give it a good pat on the back some days.
If you use your computer without regular cleanings, scans, and getting rid of files you don’t use, your computer is going to be sad and build […]

Science: 20% Chance We Live in the Matrix

Friday, August 17th, 2007

According to this article from the New York Times, there is a chance that we are merely living in someone else’s simulated fantasy:
Dr. Bostrom assumes that technological advances could produce a computer with more processing power than all the brains in the world, and that advanced humans, or “posthumans,” could run “ancestor simulations” of their […]

How-To: Get Mp3s Off Your iPod (Macs)

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

A while back I made a post on how to get mp3s off of your iPod for Windows.  Wired’s How To Wiki offers a tutorial on getting them for your Mac too!  It involves a little elbow grease, but it’s worth it to protect your sanity and mp3s.  Check out the instructions (which also include […]

How-To: Fix an iPod by Means of Force and Other Such Fun Things

Sunday, July 15th, 2007

Once in a while, my iPod will decide to play a joke on me.  It will work perfectly fine, only to freeze on occasion.  Holding down the menu button and the select button simultaneously will fix this.  However, yesterday my iPod decided it wanted to up the extremity by giving me a little picture, of […]

Technology: Fingerjig Typing Game

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

A lot of jobs these days require you to know your WPM–the average amount of words you can type per minute. This nerdy but cool-looking flash game turns this into a game in which you can compete to see where you fall among the other players. See my score right–I think I averaged […]

How-To: Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

Working with computers for so long, sometimes I forget that not everybody knows about shortcuts that would make using computers easier. Here is a list of my most commonly used shortcuts! (For Mac, replace ctrl with the apple key next to the space bar)
General (these shortcuts will work in most programs, including graphic editing […]