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Looking for a portable battery charger for all those USB devices that need juice? Aaron Dunlap has created quite a hack using an Altoids Tin. I actually use Altoids tins to store a number of things in my gear bag, but never thought of this.
Check it out here. Also scroll through the comments for some other intriguing photos of other solutions.
Some Sunday morning reading, viewing, and listening to share.
Free speech. Great concept. Lousy in practice. Most don’t get the concept no matter how much they pretend to. George Will has a great column on the issue sparked by the David Irving saga.
Have blogs reached their peak in numbers? Does it matter? (The fact that this article in the Washington Post comes more than a week after the discussion in the blogosphere says more than the article itself.)
And speaking of blogs, why all the concern over counting? Everything mankind has ever developed has been eventually made worse or irrelevant by applying metrics and statistics to try and maximize the money. Look at Ann Coulter. Wait, bad example. Tough to make irrelevant more irrelevant.
William F. Buckley, Jr. the grandfather of conservatives says simply “It Didn’t Work.” Pseudo-conservatives and irrelevant and erstwhile comedians (see above) will now say he is irrelevant.
Who says librarians don’t have a sense of humor. Since we haven’t had an Emu sighting here at The Wicked Stage in quite a bit, my good buddy and brilliant music director Steve Przybylski (I think he might start blogging soon!) pointed me to The Laughing Librarian. Lamas and librarians. Who’d a thunk it. Also check out the original Llama Song. Very funny stuff if you need a laugh, or a llama.
So, this is old news, but I just came across it. Apparently there is now a Church of SpongeBob. I’m just wondering what happens if someone comes up with negative editorial cartoons about the icon of this church?
If you haven’t yet made it to GottaBeMobile, Rob Bushway and Dennis Rice’s new community site, head on over for no other reason than to watch the video demos of TEO 3.0 and OneNote 2007. Great stuff.
A classic example of running too fast and not paying attention to the scenery. Eric Mack and Tracy Hooten's respective Paperless Challenges have been well chronicled. The two teamed up for a four part Paperless Challenge Podcast that is a true resource that every Tablet PC owner should not only listen to but archive as a great resource.
When I first listened to the final installment, wherein Eric and Tracy answered readers questions, I was quite amused that they planted an Easter Egg of sorts in the podcast when responding to a question as to whether or not they had ever broken down and printed something out at any point in their adventures. Both admitted they did and I made a mental note to post about the supposed breakdown in the ground rules with some gentle ribbing. They were expecting those of us who follow their exploits to blog about it and no one took the bait. Until now.
Alas, I'm the one who went mental and forgot all about it. I recently re-cued up the entire podcast to listen to while doing some work at my desk and heard it again. So to Eric and Tracy, I'm shocked, shocked, shocked, I say, that you both broke down and printed hardcopy during your Paperless Challenges. For shame, for shame.
Now that is out of the way, Eric and Tracy, kudos on a wonderful job and stringing it all together in the podcast series. On behalf of myself, other Tableteers, and Walter
, you've done us all a great service.
Here are links to the series. Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, Episode 4.
Saturday was a day for loss in the entertainment industry. First Don Knotts and then Darrin McGavin. I'm not sure what I'll remember him for most, Kolchak or The Old Man in A Christmas Story. Great, underrated actor in my opinion. R.I.P.
They’ve been teasing for a few weeks now, and now the grand unveiling is here. Rob Bushway and Dennis Rice, Tablet PC MVPs both, have launched a new site aimed at the Mobile Lifestyle, GottaBeMobile.com. They gave me, and others, a sneak peek over the last week or so, and I have to say these two Tableteers have created an impressive site for news, reviews, demos, and much more in the Mobile and Tablet PC scene.
For the debut they already have some great content up on the site, including InkShows, demos of Tablet PC apps in action, featuring a great demo of TEO 3.0, OneNote 2007, and GoBinder 2006. I’ve written enough, follow the link and check out GottaBeMobile. I’m sure you’re going to be visiting there quite a bit.
Congrats, Rob and Dennis!
Don Knotts died today. They don’t come any better. R.I.P.
Speculation on The Origami Project is still running rampant and Kevin Tofel seems to have been hot on the clue sniffing trail. (I said clue sniffing.) He dug up this link to Digital Kitchen that has a short video labeled guess what? Microsoft Origami. Interesting. Enter the main site, click enter again, then Work, then Brand Theatre and take a peek.
Now here's a Paperless Challenge. Lora Heiny pointed me to this interesting case study. Final Draft is scriptwriting software used primarily for writing screen plays. Each year they sponsor a contest and receive over 3000 submissions. The company worked with Microsoft to develop a Tablet PC solution to automate the management of scripts and saved over $120,000 in printing costs.
Having managed several script submission events, I can tell you the paper and copying costs can be extreme (never did anything on that level) so this looks like a Tablet PC win.
Also intriguing, I recently downloaded a trial version of the software. Haven't had an opportunity to try it out yet, but I'm looking forward to it. Here's hoping they develop an ink-enabled version of the software soon. And if they need someone to give it a workout let me know. (hint, hint)
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