Sleep Cycle is an iPhone app that uses the accelerometer to detect when you toss and turn as you sleep. After setting the time you would like to wake up and positioning the phone face down on the edge of your bed the software monitors your activity and attempts to wake you at the best time within half an hour of your alarm time – aiming for that time when you are already close to wakefulness.

I have used it for two nights now and the first night it was not picking up much but the second night it produced a classic sleep histogram. Unfortunately I left my normal alarm on and so didn’t get to test the built-in alarm. Price is .99 cents.

Sleep statistics for 08 – 09 Jan (Sat).

Went to bed / woke up: 10:57 PM / 8:00 AM
Total time: 9h 02m

My sleep graph for the entire night:

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Dragon Dictation for iPhone

By JoeG · In: Geek Finds| Review

23 Dec 2009

Picture 2A geek find from last week: Dragon Dictation is an iPhone app (free) that accurately captures voice and converts to text.  Press the record button, speak your speak, press done, and watch the text appear.  So far the only mistakes I’ve run into are with words like on, in, an being misheard, but that’s probably more an issue with my enunciation than the app.  After dictating, you’ve got the options to send your text via email, SMS, or to the clipboard.  It’s surprisingly handy.

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Periodic Table Table

By JoeG · In: Good Stuff

9 Dec 2009

via MAKE

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Magic Mouse

By JoeG · In: Geek Finds

8 Dec 2009

Two-finger scrolling changed my life.

When Apple added multi-touch features to the (PowerBook and) MacBook trackpads several years ago it was a significant and intuitive breakthrough in human-computer interaction.  The iPhone followed shortly after, improving multi-touch and introducing gestures.  These improvements are now standard technology on all Apple laptops, but those of us still rocking early models are missing out on all the features.  Unless you get a Magic Mouse.

Elph was kind enough to pick up a Magic Mouse for me a couple weeks back.  It’s the sexiest peripheral I’ve ever owned. Read the rest of this entry »

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IT Dinner #13: Pizza

By Billie · In: Food| fun

8 Dec 2009

November 30, 2009
Billie’s House

Head Chef JoeG brought toppings, Whole Foods pizza dough, homemade sauce, salad and vino. Elph brought his own cauliflower crust. We made 8(?) pizzas including a calzone and a dessert pizza with cinnamon sugar and chocolate bits.

JoeG and Jenny roll the crustToppings GalorePizza Trio

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Ok, something about Google Wave

By Elph · In: Geek Finds| Review

25 Nov 2009

We’ve been playing with Google Wave here for a few weeks. We’ve used it to take minutes of meetings, float an idea and flesh it out, and collect and share information. The jury is still out on whether this is a winner but it is a thought provoking tool for real-time collaboration.

I enjoyed this post over at Daniel Tenner’s blog on understanding what problems Wave solves. If you missed it, and you have over an hour to kill, check out the original full length video from I/O introducing Google Wave. Once you are into it Gina Walker over at Lifehacker has The Complete Guide to Google Wave.

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Ringcentral review

By Elph · In: Geek Finds| Review

24 Nov 2009

Today I was playing with some details in the Ringcentral account that we setup for Zingerman’s Press this summer and really enjoying the ease of use and reasonable cost structure. Tonight I ran across a quick review by the good folks over at Web Worker Daily that they did last month. Enjoy.

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chromeNot to be confused with Google’s Chrome web browser, or its mobile phone platform, Chrome OS is Google’s web centric operating system for laptops and desktops.  Lifehacker has a great preview worth checking.

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They’re Open!

By Billie · In: Food| News

19 Nov 2009

Coffee Company’s Cafe is open! Airport Plaza Drive peeps, come on over and get your caffeine fix. Ask for the “Southside Special” to get your coffee drinks ON THE HOUSE!

Here’s me and Nicole, our Art Director who does the gorgeous mail order catalogs, enjoying a Dirty Sheed and a Mocha respectively.

Coffee Company

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3723 Plaza Drive, Ann Arbor MI 48108

Counting the days till my Dirty Sheed*.
Counter

I like the colors and the bar stools. And look, a big window so you can watch the roaster in action.
Seating Area

Robot sees you!
Robot

*Dirty Sheed — two shots of espresso, Mexican vanilla syrup, splash of half & half over ice = sweet energy

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