Mindbat

I’ve just been reminded why I left Mac for Linux. Me (to store rep): “Can I install and play with some apps on this demo iPad so I can decide if I want to buy one?” Rep: “Nope. Use just what’s installed.” …and that’s when I left. If I can’t be allowed into the Walled [...]

I’ve been thinking about trying out Ubuntu Netbook Remix, the version of Ubuntu Linux made especially for netbooks like my HP MIni 110, for a while now. I was attracted to the idea of being able to run a real Linux distro on the netbook, as opposed to the tightly-controlled version that came on the [...]

They just released a version of the eReader software (formerly Palm eReader, then just eReader, now the Barnes and Noble eReader) for the Android platform. It’s a little bit buggy: you need to wait for an entire book’s table of contents to load before reading/scrolling, else the book will get stuck partway through. Other than [...]

I’ve been using my Nokia N810 for a few months now. Though enough time has gone by for the initial “Shiny!” love to wane, I still carry my Nokia around with me everywhere I go. Why? Because it’s fulfilled everything I wanted it to do: Replace my forest of small notebooks: Check. I’ve gotten much [...]

If you’ve ever used the post-it notes in OS X’s Dashboard app, you know how handy those little buggers can be. But (as far as I know), you can’t share those notes from computer to computer, and if you use a non-Mac OS, you can’t use them at all. Thankfully, Posti.ca has put together a [...]