For any Australian Google Calendar users who are nuts about the World Cup, use the link below to get the preliminary match times added to your Google Calendar!
If you do use it, let me know what you think!
Monthly Archive for May, 2006
“Was Albert Einstein A Space Alien?” is an interesting look at the life of Albert Einstein.
Sternest Meanings has been dugg and is currently down, but looks interesting none the less. Say something to the “bot” and it will use those words to make am anagram back to you.
Undiluted Platinum, the worlds first PSP modchip has just been released. Very excited, can’t wait for them to be readily available in Australia!
My Silhouette, originally uploaded by Mitch Malone on flickr.com.
My silhouette, walking to work after my lunchbreak, through the carpark. Notice the bulk of my headphones and crumpler bag, I take them both everywhere with me these days. I originally took the photo on my Nokia N70 to send to Claire, but it never got sent.
Just when Gmail couldn’t get any cooler, along comes GoogleMail Remote Command. Launch any file or application by sending an e-mail to your computer, from your phone for example. A good way to turn off your PC when you’ve forgotten, activate your Bittorrent or start up some interesting smut in the loungeroom to scare your family when no one is near the PC.
In the words of the author: “any OS that requires this level of sophistication out of a crash logger just has to have some issues.”
I’ve used Firefox for a long time now and tried out various extensions to make life easier. Some I have deleted, some I have kept, but here is the list that I have found most useful.
General/Utility Extensions
- Sage would have to be the best newsreader I have ever used, and the fact it’s inside the browser makes it doubly useful.
- Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer allows me to synchronize my bookmarks between Windows/Linux and my USB drive when I am away from my computer.
- Gmail Manager notifies me when I receive new e-mail to my Gmail account.
- VideoDownloader is an extension that allows you to save the video files viewed on Youtube, Google Videos etc.
Blogging Extensions
- JustBlogIt makes writing my A-sides a very simple task. This plugin allows me to make quick entries to my blog, automatically creating the links you see on the right of the website.
- del.icio.us allows me to add links to my del.icio.us account for viewing on the right hand side also.
- Google Notebook is what I use to collect notes when I am writing. It’s an online scrapbook of thoughts.
Development Extensions
- Web Developer allows me to live edits of CSS and view valuable information about a website when I am designing.
- Colorzilla, an eyedropper for a website, it allows me to quickly grab and change colors when I am designing.
- MeasureIt is a plugin I don’t use often, but it helps me when I want to know how wide a div/span is or a banner needs to be.
- IE Tab allows me to see what my site looks like in
the shitty browser known asIE.
The Prophetic Caricature, a caricature drawn of Claire and I, posted to flickr.
I have a severe case of writers block back. Apart from my life being rather busy and sometimes getting in the way when I’d much rather be reading or writing, I am now suffering with a lot of pain in my lower back, which prevents me from sitting in my usual chair at my usual workplace. My workplace is usually my favorite place to be, but right now the only option I have is bringing my laptop to my couch and sitting in front of the television while I work, which can be distracting.
In honor of trying to write more I have made bananas on toast my Firefox homepage. I’ve been so slack in updating the website lately that I am hoping that if I log in often enough and see my last entry was a while ago it will encourage me to write more.
The weekend saw the lame-ass Show come to town, with pathetic rides and freakish carnies along with it! Small hands, cabbage-like smells wafting through the air and annoying “throw a dart, win the lady a stuffed toy” comments from the carny-ally. It also saw Claire coming back from Sydney for the weekend, something that couldn’t have made me any happier, she is honestly so awesome.
It was an interesting weekend, hanging with friends and Claire and just having a nice time. Now I have to deal with Claire being back in Sydney and missing her like crazy, but I will see her soon enough. I’m just waiting now for the University holidays to begin when we’ll be back together for a little while.
Sounds like a spam e-mail, but this is nothing of the sort. Previously I have mentioned a Star Wars Fan Film made with a relatively low budget called Star Wars: Revelations. Just now while browsing through my normal geek sites I have found two new awesome links. Normally I would just throw these into the A-sides on the right, but I figured this deserved a bit of a mention.
Firstly, a program called Blender. From the site: “Blender is the open source software for 3D modeling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback. Available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.” I’ve just downloaded it and I’ll probably give it a look-see, but it’s interesting to note since it was used to create the movie in the second link.
Elephants Dream is a movie created entirely with free software, Blender. Right now their site is in a minimal state, providing only download links and not much else, however the idea alone has me really enthralled. Download it and have a watch, it can’t hurt.
GParted is a new bootable partition editor, similar to Partition Magic, but totally free. Everyone should love the *nix community!
Lifehacking is a pretty new term to me and if you don’t know what it is you should look it up. To boil it down into Mitch-speak, it basically means in geek terms making your life simpler, more efficient and getting the most from yourself.
Recently things have gotten a little insane with my life, so anything that will make it less hectic and help it gel a little easier is a welcome addition. I’m planning on doing a lot of reading and making some hacks to my lifestyle to make things a little easier.
My current life update includes, but is not limited to:
- Starting up a design business with Mik. More to come on that when we finally launch!
- Working my ass off on design, writing, reading, learning and general day to day work.
- Trying to get the most of of unruly sleep patterns, with me sleeping only around 4 hours a night of decent sleep but spending most of the day half-asleep.
- Eating shanks! (I’ll write an entry about that soon)
- Seeing Claire in Sydney and going to weddings.
- Trying to finish The Davinci Code
- Doing some major reading on Lifehacking, obviously.
- Checking out PDA’s, if anyone has advice tell me!
I really need to pull my laptop out of the router, take it away for a while and do some writing. That is the number one thing on my agenda for tomorrow, aside from riding my beautiful bike. As for now, I am going to eat some ice cream, watch some Star Trek and hopefully fall asleep. If you want to learn more about lifehacking, check out Lifehacker and 43 Folders, they are now permanant residents on my Sage list!
If you don’t already use GMail, you should! Check out the latest features of what I think is the best solution to e-mail yet and be sure to let me know if you don’t already have an invite!
ElephantDrive Beta is an unlimited online data/backup website, sign up while it’s in Beta and free!
Apparently being gay is the latest disability.
Google Notebook has been found at last and looks like a fun little plugin!
Seven Rules of Motivation is a very short article on getting motivated. If you can’t get motivated to read it, seek professional help.
Visual Task Tips adds a feature to Windows that I have loved about Mac OS for a long time, check it out!
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