ZingIT » Geek Finds http://zsn-it.com/blog Fun and interesting insights from Zingerman's IT Dept Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:40:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Geek Finds http://zsn-it.com/blog/2011/02/geek-finds-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=geek-finds-2 http://zsn-it.com/blog/2011/02/geek-finds-2/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:20:56 +0000 Craig http://zsn-it.com/blog/?p=2230
  • Chatter.com: twitter for biz
  • More helpdesks to checkout: OTS helpdesk, civic CRM
  • Google Art Project: like streetview for inside museums.  Zoom in on artwork!
  • Cake PHP
  • The Fall by Gorillaz was done almost entirely on an iPad
  • Tiny arrows super short URL generator that uses unicode characters.
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    • Ubiquisys Attocell “In essence, this would allow a 3G smartphone from one country to use their international web connection to tunnel a cell call through — presumably free of charge — and definitely bypassing those nasty roaming fees that are incurred when ringing through an overseas cellular network.” via engadget
    • Bomb Sniffing Lasers – when you shoot a laser the air particles get excited and come back to the source, the bandwidth of infrared light that returns can be measured and its components identified. more via eScience
    • Airview for iOS – stream video from one iOS device to another using AirPlay.
    • Evernote updates blog – includes lots of updates, addons and sharing options for Evernote.
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  • Mockingbird: javascript prototyping tool https://gomockingbird.com/
  • Olark: support chat tool embedded with gmail chat / google talk. http://www.olark.com/
  • GitHub: Opensource repository.  “social coding” https://github.com/
  • Prezi:  Powerpoint alternative now for iPad http://prezi.com/
  • PBS iOS app. I highly recommend Nova’s Making Stuff: Strength–Nanotubes and Spider silk!
  • my.mckinley.com It’s a great looking site, all built on Drupal – social networking for mckinley real estate.
  • Wonderlist – task manager for iOS.
  • Adblock Plus released for Chrome.  http://adblockplus.org/en/
    • ]]>     http://zsn-it.com/blog/2011/01/geek-finds-1242011/feed/ 0     Museum Day is September 25 http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/09/museum-day-is-september-25/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=museum-day-is-september-25 http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/09/museum-day-is-september-25/#comments Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:02:42 +0000 JoeG http://zsn-it.com/blog/?p=2210
    Museum Day is an annual event hosted by Smithsonian Media in which participating museums across the country open their doors for free to anyone presenting a Museum Day Ticket.  In the Ann Arbor area you can get into the Matthaei Botanical Gardens, UM Museum of Art, and UM Exhibit Museum of Natural History.  Get your ticket and find more participating museums at Smithsonian Magazine.
    ]]>     http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/09/museum-day-is-september-25/feed/ 0     Sharpie™ Pencil http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/08/sharpie%e2%84%a2-pencil/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sharpie%25e2%2584%25a2-pencil http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/08/sharpie%e2%84%a2-pencil/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:08:51 +0000 JoeG http://zsn-it.com/blog/?p=2196 Coming in September:

    Sharpie the pen makers have created a Liquid Pencil that contains an “ink” made from liquid graphite. Its liquid graphite “ink” allows the user to erase at will for up to three days. After three days the liquid graphite will then turn to ink and will become permanent, to a degree…

    hat tip

    ]]>     http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/08/sharpie%e2%84%a2-pencil/feed/ 0     Load Batteries in Either Direction with Instaload http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/07/load-batteries-in-either-direction-with-instaload/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=load-batteries-in-either-direction-with-instaload http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/07/load-batteries-in-either-direction-with-instaload/#comments Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:15:34 +0000 Craig http://zsn-it.com/blog/?p=2183 Microsoft has come up with a simple tech fix for the festering problem of figuring out which direction to insert batteries into a device. Forgo the cryptic symbols and dark spaces, and simply put them in any direction you want.  Via wired.

    ]]>     http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/07/load-batteries-in-either-direction-with-instaload/feed/ 1     Google Dunks http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/05/google-dunks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-dunks http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/05/google-dunks/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 19:51:43 +0000 JoeG http://zsn-it.com/blog/?p=2109 Brass Monki makes some boss sneakers, they recently did a custom pair of Nike Dunks with a Google theme.  I want them.

    ]]>     http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/05/google-dunks/feed/ 0     USB Cufflinks http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/05/usb-cufflinks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usb-cufflinks http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/05/usb-cufflinks/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 13:21:45 +0000 JoeG http://zsn-it.com/blog/?p=2103 So James Bond.

    Designed by Ravi Ratan, 2GB USB Flash Drive Cufflinks (2 GB each, total 4 GB) and can be engraved with up to 8 characters, available in gunmetal and gold finishes. $195.00/per pair.  Feature functional USB drives making it possible for you to keep all of your must-have presentations and important documents with you wherever you go.

    via

    ]]>     http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/05/usb-cufflinks/feed/ 0     iStat http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/04/istat/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=istat http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/04/istat/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 04:04:06 +0000 JoeG http://zsn-it.com/blog/?p=2074 iStat Pro is a handy (and free) widget for Mac OS X that shows key stats about your machine at a glance: CPU & memory usage, network stats, temperature, fan RPM, and power usage.  It’s particularly handy to see your IP, both internal & external, as well as the temps of key hardware.  iStat for the iPhone is a similarly sweet app for monitoring plus netwok diagnostic tool.

    ]]>     http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/04/istat/feed/ 0     Crayola’s Law http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/01/crayolas-law/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=crayolas-law http://zsn-it.com/blog/2010/01/crayolas-law/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:18:01 +0000 JoeG http://zsn-it.com/blog/?p=1953 This is quickly making it’s way around the series of tubes known as The Internet and I didn’t want to miss the bandwagon.

    To create the chart, Velo gently scraped Wikipedia’s list of Crayola colors, corrected a few hues, and added the standard 16-count School Crayon box available in 1935.

    Except for the dayglow-ski-jacket-inspired burst of neon magentas at the end of the ’80s, the official color set has remained remarkably faithful to its roots!

    Ever industrious, Velo also calculated the average growth rate: 2.56% annually.  For maximum understandability, he reformulated it as “Crayola’s Law,” which states:

    The number of colors doubles every 28 years!

    If the Law holds true, Crayola’s gonna need a bigger box, because by the year 2050, there’ll be 330 different crayons!  Shortly thereafter, frazzled packaging designers rejoice, for to the rescue comes a revolution in household appliances: the new-fangled Replicator-Dissociator!  Load it with the Crayola plugin, and you’re seconds away from every shade in the rainbow – no boxes required!

    hat tip.

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