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Google Docs – New & Improved

Minter Dial — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 09:36:43 +0000

Just over a week ago, Google Docs released a new version, or should I say they added some necessary improvements? Some of the highlight new features (taken in part from Google’s only laundry list here): The ability to upload, store, and share any file in Google Docs. Your files will be stored in their original [...]

Of Standards, Convergence & Collaboration – Winning back consumer confidence

Minter Dial — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:04:00 +0000

Modern life is, at best, complex and, at worst, horribly wasteful and confusing. I am galled by the number of chargers that I must pack with me when I travel with my various electronics. On any given holidays, I will leave with the iPod, the blackberry, the Bluetooth earpiece, the laptop, electric razor, and the [...]

Review of the Macally Ecofan bamboo laptop tablette

Minter Dial — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 04:27:00 +0000

I was intrigued the other day to come across a laptop “ventilator” tablette (2300 revs / minute and 23.5 decibels) which is designed to evacuate the heat coming from your portable computer. What grabbed my attention initially, I must admit, was the transparent computer (trick photography of course to show the tablette). Produced by Macally, [...]

Looking for an Older Version of your Software ?

Minter Dial — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:21:00 +0000

Having spent the better part of the evening trying to download an older version of Internet Explorer in order to play an old DVD for my daughter’s homework, I finally landed upon the best solution: OldVersion.com OldVersion so rightly says in its tagline: “because newer isn’t always better…” But in my case, it was because [...]

ATM or Computer Screen Readability in the Sunlight

Minter Dial — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:54:00 +0000

Here’s a business opportunity for an enterprising individual: create a screen that can be read despite the sunshine. I was in Naples last week and, braving the 40C degree heat, I attempted to draw some money from an ATM (pictured below). With the direct sunlight, the instructions on the screen were absolutely impossible to make [...]

Brain Game – How old are you?

Minter Dial — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:44:00 +0000

Or how old is your brain? Here’s a little game that will drive you nuts, especially if you have a competitive streak in you. The site instructions are in Japanese, so before clicking on this link, read below! Touch ‘start’ Wait for 3, 2, 1. Memorize the number’s position on the screen, and then click [...]

Apple Stores – Sheer Genius

Minter Dial — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:10:00 +0000

Listening to Apple‘s videocast of the opening speech at this year’s MacWorld 2009, I heard that Apple stores around the world receive 3.4 million visitors per week. Via a separate source, I see that Apple had 251 stores as of the end of calendar year 2008 (as reported here on CNET) and is planning to [...]

Worldmapper – The world through different filters

Minter Dial — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 08:23:00 +0000

Here is a great site for people with a global mindset: Worldmapper — a wonderful way to review the the worldwide situation… The site features maps of the world distorted according to the criteria. In their own words, “Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, using equal area cartograms where territories are re-sized on each [...]

No Search Function on the Apple Iphone and Itouch?

Minter Dial — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:46:00 +0000

Itouch/Iphone – In Search of The Great Ripoff? I have been converted from the evil PC world to the wonders of the MAC. Despite having a wife who worked for Apple for five years and owning the very first ipods, I still maintained my PC world at home. Then, in 2006, I was finally swayed [...]

Geek Test

Minter Dial — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:54:00 +0000

Ayant passé le Geek Test en entier (English version of the test innergeek v3.1) pour savoir à quel niveau de Geek suis-je, je découvre à ma grosse déception qu’avec 1811 points, je ne suis juste qu’un « REASONABLE GEEK». Autrement dit, je suis un geek raisonnable comparé aux 71,644 autres internautes qui ont pris le [...]