Lonely Planet TV is offering $500 for the best travel video submitted to their site. They’re looking for “anything and everything” , including footage from your cell phone about your backyard getaway. Just read the User Terms before registering with lonelyplanet.tv and uploading your video. If they really like your stuff, you may just be [...]
October 2008
I just downloaded a tried a freebie screen capture program called SCREEN2EXE–and it’s definitely a winner. SCREEN2EXE is a full-featured recording program that allows you to record any action (opening new windows, mouse movements, etc) on your monitor. Audio is optional but available. You can then edit your capture, add images and annotations, delete clips, [...]
Amazon announced today that there are now more than 185,000 books, blogs, newspapers and magazines available for immediate download. As a Kindle owner, I can tell you there are things about the Kindle that I don’t like (i.e. no back-lighting) but they’re fabulous when it comes to portability and pricing. Because I travel so frequently [...]
Learning to prioritize is one of the most important skills one can learn in today’s somewhat hectic environment. Seeing to it that you accomplish the most important tasks first sounds obvious, yet that is not what many people in fact are doing. In that case a crash course in time management could come in handy. [...]
Popular Mechanics announced its picks for the 2008 Breakthrough Awards awards in what the publication called The 10 Most Brilliant Gadets of the Year. Amazon’s Kindle was #3, behind Microsoft Photosynth and Spore. Using the 10.3 ounce Kindle you can read almost any popular book, newspapers from all over the world, or Internet blogs from [...]
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