Archive for the ‘Applications’ Category

An Interesting Traveling Companion

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

by Brian Underdahl

If you have the money to travel you probably have your share of gadgets, too.  Today’s review tells you about a handy little application that will make at least one of those gadgets into a more useful travel too. It may even save you from an embarassing situation!

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Automate and Forget

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

by Brian Underdahl

When was the last time you backed up your files? You don’t quite remember, do you? Sure, everyone knows they should make backups on a regular basis, but almost no one ever does. In a way, backing up your files is a lot like preparing an emergency kit so you’ll be able to grab the important stuff and run when a disaster hits–it’s just too much trouble and besides, it will never happen to you, right?

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Dump Your Long Distance Bill

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

by Brian Underdahl

Some years ago we signed up for a long distance plan with our local phone company and at first we were happy with the plan. But you probably know the drill. Sure, it started out fine at $3 per month and 3 cents per minute, but the phone company wasn’t happy with that level of profit (come on, how much does it REALLY cost the phone company for the minutes?).

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This Is So Weird It’s Cool!

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

The other day someone said that I should give CrazyTalk 5 Pro a try. It’s not like I need more things to do, but my friend thought I might have a little fun with it so I said I’d have a look. What is CrazyTalk, you ask? Well, it’s called a “face puppet animation studio”, but when you see the results you’re more likely to say that it’s creepy, weird, or something similar–along with “that’s really cool!”

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