#“My favourite new WebApp - IFTTT - If This Then That” I saw a bunch of mentions of IFTTT a few months back but didn’t get a chance to try it out. It came up recently during a lovely lunch with @johnpeavoy in the ever-impressive Poacher’s Inn in Bandon. I suddenly realised it could do something I’d wanted for a year. The idea of IFTTT is simple but brilliant. »
#“App Inventor Source Code Now Available” Thrilled to see that thecode is now available for anyone to grab and modify. Once MIT is up and running well, they’ll start accepting contributions. My challenge to all the developers out there - port all of AppInventor to iOS. This would be far far more important and valuable for a child’s education than some overpriced e-Books on a single vendor platform. »
#“And like that, poof, he’s gone. RIP Jaiku 2006-2012” A few minutes ago, Google shut down Jaiku, just after I posted a #goodbye. My last proper post there was 3 years and 5 months ago. For a short period in 2007, many thought it would overtake Twitter during the relentless fail-whale era, but it never got the traction. I always said everything could have been different if Google had made it the Social Address Book in Android back in 2008. »
#“UK and Ireland Businesses to Lose 4 Billion Work Hours Due To Olympics” I figured I’d get the nonsense headline in before anyone else :-) How many of these non-stories about the London Olympics are we going to see between now and the end of the year? »
#“My Technology.ie podcast with Conn - All about Home Media & Netflix” I had a great auld natter with Conn Muneachin last week all about the launch of Netflix in Ireland and the cobbled together home media setup we have in the house. It’s amazing what you can build with some old gear, Cat-5e cable and Open Source software. Hope you enjoy. Technology.ie Podcast. (Oh and if you aren’t already subbed to both the Technology. »
#“DeLorean DMC-12 EV at CES. Wipes drool off keyboard.” DeLorean DMC-12 EV eyes-on at CES -- Engadget. You will be mine. One day. »
#“Apple to unveil revolutionary upgrade to multi-touch on iPad 3” In response to many complaints from users of the iPad 2 that the 8finger-2thumb gesture to switch between Apps was too simplistic, we can exclusively reveal that Apple will shortly announce their Multi-Toe Interface. Recent research has shown that 82% of iPad usage is on the sofa in front of the TV. Apple further discovered that over 73% of people watch TV with their shoes off. »
#“Changing over to a Bluetooth car stereo to work with your phone” I blogged about this before ages ago but had some recent questions on it so I thought I’d do a quick update. If, like me, you drive an old car, your car stereo probably doesn’t have an audio jack and almost definitely doesn’t have bluetooth. If you have a Ford from 1999 onwards then you have the added problem of a double height stereo whose CD player is probably knackered at this stage. »
#“How could I forget the coolest Christmas Hoodie ever?” I keep forgetting to blog this despite the fact that I wear it every day. My mother-in-law got me a fantastic Christmas present in Wild Side Sports in Bandon. It’s a Rusty Hoodie with, wait for it, built-in machine-washable headphones! There is a separate pocket for your phone/MP3-player and a headphone plug in there. It runs up to the in-ear headphones which are actually the toggles at the end of the hood draw-string. »
#“Cyanogenmod - The Community Android Firmware - Now 1 million users!” As a longtime Cyanogenmod user even I’m a bit shocked by this number. We at CyanogenMod are thrilled to have reached 1 million unique and active users.Thank you. — Keyan (@kmobs) January 12, 2012 In case you aren’t aware of it, Cyanogenmod is a community built version of Android AOSP (Android Open Source Project). Every time Google releases a new version of Android, they release the source code shortly afterwards so that anyone can build a phone or phone software using it. »