July 2010
20 posts
“During normal operation or in Safe mode, your computer may play “Fur...”
– Microsoft on Windows 2000 computers randomly playing music
“An entrepreneur tends to bite off a little more than he can chew hoping...”
– Roy Ash, co-founder of Litton Industries on entrepreneurship
OpenWith →
A directory of file extensions and free tools to open them.
Browser Cover →
Generates a custom browser snapshot showing an image you have uploaded.
NameChecklist →
Check if your brandname is still available on the web and its communities.
URList →
Collect and sort links in a list. If it should contain plain text only, try Listiki.
“There are some people with lots of time and no interest in spending money and...”
– Marten Mickos on how to make money with open source
10 signs you're an early adopter →
“The Techno Viking is a tall, muscular, charismatic, intimidating, German man...”
– Urban Dictionary on the famous Techno Viking
“Ive is widely tipped to become Apple’s next CEO.”
– BBC News on Jonathan Ive
“Rechenzentrum? Das ist eine elektrifizierte Rumpelkammer.”
– A collegue on a customer’s data center
“The elevator in our hotel is the first I’ve ever seen which allows you to...”
– Nat Friedman on Korean elevators
Simple Desktops →
A nice collection of clean and simple wallpapers.
“Monopolies are like children in an airplane, you complain about them until you...”
– Martin Varsavsky’s Tweetphorisms
June 2010
15 posts
There was a time when Freemium was called Shareware.
Tempalias →
Generate an e-mail alias (f.e. for one-time registration purposes) that will temporarily forward to your own address while following either a message or time limit. Might be an option if you do not feel comfortable with public services like 10 Minute Mail or Mailinator.
Froyo has just arrived over the air. My Nexus One is getting ready for Android 2.2. Excited!
Google translation bots for Google Talk →
“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly...”
– Nassim Nicholas Taleb
“From your 237 subscriptions, over the last 30 days you read 8,477 items, starred...”
– My Google Reader today
Heathrow.
Google's trading floor →
That’s where people could probably start worrying — not when Street View cars are taking pictures of the neighbourhood while some are walking their dog.
Finished with work for today. Calming down with Mumford & Sons. Awesome tunes.
May 2010
9 posts
Entrepreneur in residence →
“An iPad runs all iPhone software, an Android 2.2 runs all of the apps in the...”
– Volker Weber on What is the perfect iPad companion?
Google Font Directory →
Easily set up embeddable webfonts from Google for free (both commercial and non-commercial projects). It’s getting tough for Typekit.
Anonymous asked: What is this all about?
Spotify →
Spotify is just amazing: A huge library with quicker streaming than iTunes can preview songs, and a blazing fast application with a highly responsive GUI that just looks and feels awesome (at least on my Mac). I’m totally impressed.
April 2010
10 posts
“Please don’t ask me to save a tree by not printing your email. It...”
– Seth Godin on 8 things he wishes everyone knew about e-mail
I've gone Google!
Finally got my very first smartphone. And it’s a Nexus One.
How-to remove broken or dead tracks from your... →
Make sure to scroll down and read the article’s latest updates — and instantly get rid of all those lame exclamation mark icons leading tracks that iTunes is just too stupid to find itself.