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Google TV Is Here

Chris Jones — Thu, 20 May 2010 20:36:19 +0000

Google officially unveiled Google TV today before a live audience at its Google I/O Conference. Suffice it to say, it’s as cool as you you’d think it would be. Maybe even cooler.

Take a look:

Documentary: MacHeads

Chris Jones — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:12:55 +0000

As a very recent convert to Mac I find this documentary particularly amusing. It’s the passion (however irrational it sometimes is) of Mac users that really pushed me to finally buy one. And I have to admit I really do love my Mac — just not in a funny hat wearing aging hippie way.

5 Firefox Extensions You Should Have

Chris Jones — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:29:57 +0000

Here are my 5 top Firefox extensions. If you haven’t used these you should give them a try:

Copy and Go – Copy marked text, paste it and Go to the URL on a new tab immediately.
Image Zoom- Adds zoom and rotation functionality for images.
Bulk Image Downloader- Download full sized images from almost any thumbnailed web gallery.
Read It Later- Read It Later allows you to save pages of interest to read later.
FEBE – allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions and bookmarks.

Video: Little Girl Types 119 wpm, Causes Jealousy Across Blogosphere

Chris Jones — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:41:24 +0000

I’ve been in front of a computer since the days of dial-up BBS’s and AOL 1.0. As a result, I can type pretty damn fast…or so I thought.

I covet her powers — 119 wpm with only 3 errors. God like I tell you. At 200 wpm she will probably levitate.

(hat tip Mashable)

Firefox Mobile Set To Launch

Chris Jones — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:55:17 +0000

The first release candidate of Firefox mobile browser is set to launch next week! Take a look at this video highlighting the sweet features we can expect.

Top 10 Torrent Search Engines

Chris Jones — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:07:33 +0000

You hear a lot of whining these days about BitTorrent and the “illegal” downloading of music, movies, and software. I’m not hear to pass judgment or act sanctimonious about downloading allegedly copyrighted material. I don’t care about any of that, I just want to show you the best ways to find torrents.

These are the top 10 torrent search engines according to me. When using this combination of search engines there’s scarcely a torrent I cannot find. Whether it’s music, movies, software, or “other” materials you seek — these search tools will find it.

1. Torrentz

2. Speckly

3. h33t

4. FlixFlux

5. GPirate

6. Fenopy

7. TorrentPump

8. ScrapeTorrent

9. NowTorrents

10. RARBG.com

First Look At Google Chrome OS

Chris Jones — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:42:37 +0000

The much talked about and much anticipated Google Chrome operating system is almost upon us. Lifehacker has a blow by blow of all the particulars, but you can check out the promo video from Google below.

It really does sound like a great idea in theory, but I’m going to have to use it before I’m sold. That said, if it works as advertised I can see it becoming the industry standard on netbooks at least. This is something Microsoft is no doubt concerned about.

YouTube Begins Streaming 1080p HD Next Week

Chris Jones — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:49:19 +0000

YouTube is set to roll out 1080p HD videos next week. The video sharing site will begin streaming very high resolution 1080p in large, wide-screen, TV friendly format.

Awesome Social Media Buttons

Chris Jones — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:30:50 +0000

Justin Parks has an absolutely amazing collection of social network buttons, icons, and badges you can add to your website. If you can’t find here — you should just stop looking.

Amazon Basics DVD+R Discs Work Great

Chris Jones — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:27:12 +0000

I took a leap of faith last week and ordered some Amazon.com brand DVD+R discs instead of a usual brand name. To my surprise, they work really well. So good in fact — I even made a dumb video about it.