Putting TV Clutter Out of Sight
The Problem The clutter. While I admit this setup is cleaner than most, there’s still the white power strip peeking out and the Nintendo Switch obscuring a corner of the TV. Then there’s the random … Read more
Posts in Category ‘Gadgets’
Wrangling the Tangle of Apple Cables and Dongles
Since Steve Job’s return in 1997, Apple has been bold about dropping legacy I/O standards, on a knife edge between marching the state-of-the-art forward and convincing the world to follow suit. It’s been the same … Read more
iRoll: Rickrolling with iPhone Web Apps
One feature that’s often overlooked in iOS is adding webpages to your homescreen. You even get a nice retina icon if the webpage author designates one. Naturally, my mind went to how this feature could … Read more
Digitizing Books on the Cheap and Easy
In 2011, for the first time, Amazon sold more Kindle ebooks than paperbacks. Last June, ebook sales surpassed hardcovers for all of the US. The futurist dream of a paperless world is slowly but surely … Read more
Kindle Touch Gestures
Here’s a quick guide to multitouch gestures on Kindle Touch, since Amazon doesn’t provide documentation and some commands are less than obvious. Gestures include taps, holds, swipes, and pinches. Let me know if there are … Read more