#“So long Google Health. Hello Microsoft HealthVault.” I got the dire email from Google earlier in the week reminding me to download all of my Google Health data before the end of the year. I did so today whilst feeling terribly depressed about the missed opportunity. It's one of the first times I've ever fully deleted any online account for anything.But it was interesting to see Google offer export toMicrosoft HealthVault as an option. »
#“First Leaked Screenshot of Unity 2 on Ubuntu 12.04” via upload.wikimedia.org Given the direction that Ubuntu is heading in, this is the logical conclusion. »
#“Happy 10 Years XBOX” XBOX users also have access to arguably the best media center application on any platform. XBMC started because the XBOX needed a good media player, but it evolved into something so much larger. Streaming media files from the network with library organization, weather support, XBOX game trainers, a game/program launcher, and an entire build of python to run a plethora of scripts which can be created by anyone. »
#“ThinkUp - Why Gina Trapani is an absolute bloody legend.” ThinkUp is a free web application that archives and analyzes your social media life. You'll need a web server to run it on, and it's geared for people and organizations who are very active on social networks and have lots of conversations they want to track, archive, and analyze. via smarterware.org Installing it now. »
#“Atari’s Greatest Hits - Android” via market.android.com Free for Missile Command (a game I never mastered). $9.99 for the lot. Nothing else needs to be said. Oooh, just remembered, runs to plug MHL cable into phone so he can play Missile Command on 37" LCD TV. Just like the Atari 2600 I never owned with the joysticks I always hated. »
#“Our Plan to Stream Live Music in the Car Fell Flat” I connected up our Zoom Router and O2 Dongle to the cigarette lighter via an old DC inverter this morning in prep for our drive from Rosslare to Bandon. The idea was that Oisn and Oscar could connect to it using their phones and then stream their choices of songs from YouTube etc to the car stereo over A2DP Bluetooth for free. »
#“Seeing 1’s (not +1’s) of Google+ Updates about #aras11” Check it: https://plus.google.com/u/1/s/%23aras11Apart from Slugger O'Toole, it's tumbleweed.On the upside, Google+ now effectively has hashtags and decent search on them. Stick an API on that and finally Twitter would some technical competition. Not sure anyone will use it tho. »
#“Opportunity for Android Open Accessory + App Inventor to be the new Lego Mindstorms?” Our eldest daughter will be 8 shortly. She loves Lego and also found our first App Inventor session to be pretty straightforward. One idea I came up with for her birthday present was a Lego Mindstorms kit. Then I checked the price: 279! Is Lego insane? The control box alone is 162. No wonder it's been such a flop. »
#“Ois\u00edn, aged 9, may have just invented the next generation of treadmill” We were watching Modern Family last night and the subject of running/fitness came up for some reason. My wife and I are doing the Amsterdam Marathon (Half in my case) and Oisn had the genius idea that treadmills should be able to imitate any route by changing the incline as you run. Then he suggested showing a map too. »
#“My Latest Work of Sugru Genius” I'm a big fan of Lidl keyboards and mice. They are now just as reliable as anything Microsoft or Logitech does and much cheaper. However whilst their wireless receivers have been getting smaller and smaller over the years they have also been getting more and more fragile. One of them shattered completely on me recently so of course I reached for the Sugru. In my enthusiasm to create something with a bit of character, I forgot that it was supposed to sit inside the mouse when travelling. »