Monthly Archives: June 2008

It is a microblogging tool similar to Twitter. If Twitter had a headless elephant. Example usage: http://www.plurk.com/user/leolaporte

Phoenix is stealing the rovers’ thunder, but they are still chugging along. I like the visible tracks and strangely semi-organized pile of rocks in this photo. I’m still in awe of this scientific achievement!

This product is making the Apple TV more interesting. Gets you out of iTunes prison, supports more video formats, and makes that cheap little Apple TV accessible via ssh/ftp. And, you can order pizza with it!

You scan UPC codes of books, CDs, DVDs, etc, with your webcam / iSight camera, and the software pulls all of the item’s info into its database. Perfect for provoking your obsessive compulsive tendencies.

Especially useful if you are reading stuff from different computers at different times. You get a browser button; when you click it, the link gets saved on InstaPaper. All your links appear on your InstaPaper page, and go away when you open them.

Iris and I are very excited about this movie!