This post is part of an ongoing series this month called The Cool 30. Keeping things in the cloud is a godsend, pure and simple. Yeah, there are sometimes a few hiccups here and there, but think about this: ten years ago, when your computer crashed, you might have been out of your email for…
There is just a crapload of good stuff in today’s Pile. Let’s dig in! The (Practical) nerdy stuff The Hassle-Free Guide to Ripping Your Blu-Ray Collection [Lifehacker] – I’m a huge fan of digitizing DVDs and storing them on a secure, backed-up hard drive. I’m actually in the process of doing this again. But I…
The world is abuzz about the pending iPad and it’s pre-orders. Everyone is talking about the Microsoft Courier. You love your iPhone/Droid/Blackberry. You constantly search around for bigger, better devices that will do almost everything in the world. In this “buy-buy-buy” haze, have you forgotten the love for your laptop? A laptop is a versatile…
Google Chrome is one of those programs that has been around for a while, but when you first tried it, you weren’t that crazy about it. It was somewhat buggy, it didn’t have any type of customization available, and you couldn’t block ads. As much as I wanted to make the switch (being the Google…
So Gmail is down again today for some of us. Let the onslaught of angry tweets begin: Gmail contacts have been down for hours now… Why am I starting to feel like Google is slowly turning into Microsoft… the deal with Gmail is: give up your life, gain awesome apps. this morning i’ve fulfilled my…
