Tools

I’ve decided the Moleskine is the perfect notebook. Someone said, ‘if you don’t write it down, it never happened’. That’s my life. But my life is also photocopying years’ old piles of napkins and post-its at staples, so I can scan them in, or pulling out less portable but dirt cheap notebooks, like the bound composition... [Read more of this review]

How many nights have you gone to bed and left the computer running. Not because you were downloading some file – how long does that take anymore, in an era of broadband? But because you had a number of things open and needed to pick up where you left off? Image via Wikipedia Actually, the original way that most of us tech types did it was... [Read more of this review]

If you live on the web, or work on the web, or both, you know you need bookmarking. Yes, I know that google is the ultimate reason why you wouldn’t. After all, why bookmark if it’s all already stored in google. But even google results aren’t quite *that* personal. And bookmarking is a productivity device. I need fast, efficient bookmarking... [Read more of this review]

As we talked about in an earlier post, you can’t afford technology slow-downs (let alone melt-downs) with the equipment you use for work. There are three tools that are superb for keeping it lean, mean, and screaming faster than the day you bought it. What all of these do is clean your registry which, if you’re a Windows user, was full of... [Read more of this review]

Image via CrunchBase I’ve tried nearly all of them, and settled on Backblaze. Jungle Drive: I found it impossible to set up. Too many separate logins and setting up the connection between the software and the storage servers, albeit rock solid amazon servers, threw several hurdles at me. After a couple of hours, including forum entries, I gave... [Read more of this review]

I’ve reviewed this phone before, and now it’s available cheaper than ever (information courtesy of edealinfo.com): Motorola F3 Slim Unlocked GSM Basic Phone » only $23.99 One Day Only J&R is carrying this Unlocked Cell Phone for $23.99 This item receives Free Shipping Final Price: $23.99 + Free Shipping // Twitter This Usuario:... [Read more of this review]

The contrast is startling. Average of 5mb/sec internet connections in the US – average of 60mb/sec  in Japan [source] for about $25/month. South Korea, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Portugal… basically most countries that might deserve the term “wired” have faster, better internet.The US, birthplace of the personal computer... [Read more of this review]

Have you ever owned a piece of equipment for which you had strong emotional feelings? It might have been that 65 Chevrolet, or your first mitre saw, or an early lugabout PC. For me, most recently, it’s the ScanSnap S300 scanner. Before I explain why, allow me to explain how this scanner differs from all others: Image by yoppy via Flickr By default,... [Read more of this review]