So I recently went hunting for a way to get gmail notifications through Growl. For those of you that don’t know what Growl is, it’s an awesome OSX only way to get notifications that aren’t obtrusive. Many of my OSX applications use the Growl Notification system which is really handy. Anyway, I came across Gmail   …Continue Reading

Did you upgrade to v10 of Flash Player and now your browser runs really slow especially when trying to play any sort of flash video? If so then maybe you should downgrade to v9. I run an older G4 Powerbook and was running into this issue until a friend of mine emailed me a few   …Continue Reading

I like most other users LOVE Google Voice and have found some useful apps that I would like to share with other Google Voice users. 1) Firefox Google Voice Add on This is a nice little app that makes it possible to make phone calls, and text messages from your Google Voice account with out   …Continue Reading

When my wife and I decided that we were going to be living over seas for a year or more, I knew I had to find a way to call home for almost nothing. I also wanted a way for them to call us without having to use a calling card. This led me to   …Continue Reading

On doing a tune up on our Chevrolet S10, I found that the #3 Sparkplug was going to be a pain in the ass to get to due to the steering shaft. I was a little hesitant at first but this is how I did it after doing some research. Don’t be afraid of the   …Continue Reading

Apple has offered developers a way to beta test iPhone applications with up to 100 iPhones. Some developers have already started using this to their advantage by giving their software out as free public betas. But, you must supply a developer with your iPhone’s UDID (unique device identifier) in order to install these “Ad-hoc” applications   …Continue Reading