I didn’t try this out yet (and it scares me a little, it’s an EXE) but if you’re looking to get live RSS feeds and stock quotes -in- Excel, here’s an add-on (and how-to) to do just that… You can easily get Excel to act as a live stock RSS news reader with a free […]
When Parallels first started supporting Vista, it would max out one CPU at nearly 100%, even when the virtual machine was essentially idle. With each release candidate, Parallels has improved greatly, and the CPU usage has dropped to about 40% on my (1st-generation) MacBook Pro. Posting in the Parallels Forum, feuerri has found a simple […]
After playing around with Yahoo! Pipes a bit, I’ve just created my first aggregated feed: a single-subscription roundup of the three sites in the Make family (Makezine.com, Craftzine.com, and Hackszine.com). This simple pipe doesn’t do much more than provide a single RSS feed for the three sites, but it hints at more fine-tuned possibilities. If […]
MAKE pal Michael writes in with word about OpenMoko – Linux based phone (Neo1973) running OpenMoko – I’m sure you’ve heard about the OpenMoko project. The news event today is that they have put up an extensive website describing the hardware, the software, the look and feel, the APIs, source code, developement invironment, etc. etc. […]
Here’s an online service that will transcode FLVs for you into several common formats, such as AVI/DivX, MOV/MPEG4, 3GP, etc. I’ve only had a chance to try it on a couple videos, but it seems to work well. You can submit a YouTube URL or a direct link to an FLV and it will kick […]
Todbot writes – Another technology sketch from my company ThingM. This time it’s Valentine’s Day-themed, with LoveM, a heart-shaped box of “memory chocolates”. LoveM is a Technology Sketch of an augmented box of chocolates that displays personal memories on an LCD screen as chocolates are removed from the box. It attempts to evoke joy and […]
Brian @ our new Hackszine site writes – For anyone looking for a last-minute Valentine to send instantly, Google Maps Mania advises heading over to GeoGreeting.com: a virtual greeting site that lets you send a message to others on the web using buildings that are in the shape of letters and punctuation. In this recent […]
