Monthly Archives: July 2007

In Transit

Written by Jason Cosper. Posted on July 18, 2007. Filed under Events, Frazier, Geekery, People, Weblogging, WordCamp, WordPress, iPhone. 1 Comment.

Heads up, SF peeps! This weekend I’ll be driving up to the Yay Area for WordCamp to rep both DreamHost and Preshrunk in an official capacity.

As it stands, I’m driving up Friday night and crashing out at Frazier’s secret headquarters somewhere in the East Bay. Since I don’t like being part of the problem — or paying for parking — I’ll be taking as much public transit as I possibly can. So it’s handy that I managed to stumble upon these handy iPhone related Muni apps that use NextBus information. Now all I need is a native looking (i.e. pretty) trip planner and I’m all set. So… Does anybody know of one off the top of their heads — or am I stuck using 511.org over EDGE?

Telekinesis

Written by Jason Cosper. Posted on July 5, 2007. Filed under Geekery, iPhone. Comments Off.

I know VNC has been done on phones and handhelds before, but the folks behind Telekinesis have done an awesome job of getting a remote desktop app onto the iPhone considering its constraints. What’s even more amazing tho, is that they’ve done so without a proper SDK and using Safari as their interface less than a week after the launch.

Flickr user tonx has pulled together a brief but awesome set featuring the software in action on an iBook. It’s definitely worth a look if you’re waffling on installing and playing around with it.

Hotel Yorba… On A Bus

Written by Jason Cosper. Posted on July 4, 2007. Filed under Music, Video. Comments Off.

Despite the fact that a few members of the audience get on my nerves a bit — shouty guy, I’m looking at you — here’s a great bit of footage from The White Stripes recent performance on a Winnipeg City Bus. Despite its shortcomings, it’s definitely worth sharing.

A Bottle Full Of Guilt

Written by Jason Cosper. Posted on July 3, 2007. Filed under Food, Quotes. Comments Off.

“In Fiji, a state-of-the-art factory spins out more than a million bottles a day of the hippest bottled water on the U.S. market today, while more than half the people in Fiji do not have safe, reliable drinking water. Which means it is easier for the typical American in Beverly Hills or Baltimore to get a drink of safe, pure, refreshing Fiji water than it is for most people in Fiji.”

Dramatic Prairie Dog, I Love You

Written by Jason Cosper. Posted on July 3, 2007. Filed under Geekery, Video, iPhone. Comments Off.

I have all sorts of pretty videos loaded up on my iPhone in case I’m asked to demo it at all — like the Sony Bravia Ball Advert — but I’ve found that the most popular video seems to be the one I’ve got embedded above and gets loaded from my YouTube client. I guess humor wins out over pretty 9 times out of 10.

Bonus Clip: Kill Bill Remix!