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My dream’s come (true)

Some shocking news about wireless electricity
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers said Thursday they have developed a wireless energy transfer technology that could ensure wireless devices are always charged up and ready to go.
The team at MIT, one of the top US academic “laboratories” for new inventions, has roadtested the fledgling technology and shown that [...]

Mac Recipe: Make Acutal Phone Calls via Quicksilver!

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Call your friends via Quicksilver!, originally uploaded by Straußer.

I don’t know what brough me to this impromptu exploration of Quicksilver. I am pretty sure many people out there would know about this trick, but I have never read it anywhere [...]

Play OGM nicely on Mac

I have got tons of Friends episode in .ogm files which unfortunately Quicktime player never supports it. As a result, I never get to watch them often because I hate using my PC since it always freezes itself.
Until I have found NicePlayer!
NicePlayer is an open source media player which can play many files that [...]

2006 Apps round-up

Glenn Wolsey’s post on Apps that he’s bought this year has “inspired” me to write one of mine:
In the year 2006, I have bought the following applications:

David Wantanabe’s NewsFire: I of course was comparing it to NetNewsWire when I made the decision as they pretty much do the same job and are both great rss [...]

Best Shortcut in Safari

I just* discovered a great use of shortcut in Safari which is best accompanied by the use of del.icio.us bookmarking applications such as Cocoalicious or Pukka. (Or any variation or del.icio.us and its peripheral applications)
Follow these steps and you can bookmark easily with just your keyboard:
Step 1: Get a del.icio.us account if you [...]

Facelifting lil’ janicelo.com

If you visit here frequently enough, you should recognize some changes since last week…
First, to glorify the renaissance of this lil’ blog, I have changed the theme from Kyle Neath’s Hemingway to Unsleepable from openswitch. (Not that Hemingway is not a superb theme, it is just I got sick of things too quickly… [...]

Unveiling JaniceLo.com

Thanks Tim - can’t wait to set up this new baby!
So the rumors are true, due to countless complaints to the length domain (stupidcomplexities.com) - I decide to choose a sweet and short one. It is a hope that no one will complain about this domain in any future and that I could keep [...]

Slim down your PPC-based Mac for free!

I swear I am NOT bluffing.
But I was just wondering what MacAppADay is going to offer us today (as in starting from 8/12/2006 19:00 AEST for the first 5000 downloaders), and the thought of Xslimmer just popped out from no where. and BHAM - they are really offering it today!!!
Go get yourself [...]

Make your mac TALK

This is the coolest trick ever! - if you type say in the Terminal, then your mac will say the words you type after it…. Those sentences are not correlating to each other. I clearly am stupid - I can think of nothing to make my mac say it. Just a thought [...]

Celebrating VOX public launch!

VOX is officially PUBLIC now! Go get your account!

Image by Scott Beale.
Do you remember your first flight? Where did you go? Why?
Submitted by Laurel.
I was four years old and of course I cannot remember a thing! (Imimi will know I am lying if I say I can remember it) But I do know [...]