It already started. Email scam for Google+ July 4, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Actually, I would have thought this would have happened faster, but Geekword has reported that there is an email scam going around. If you click on this fake google+ invite you will be redirected to some pharmacy site, but one can imagine will not take long till some sort of virus payload it put on… Read More
What is Roll 212 from the Daily Show? July 3, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment For those of us that watch John Stewart’s The Daily Show, already know this, but for those that dont, John has a habit of saying ‘Roll 212’ when he is about to play a clip that will support a point is trying to make; most commonly for showing people who say one thing then contradict… Read More
How to copy your Facebook contact to Google+ July 2, 2011 | perivision | 4 Comments Before I show how to copy friends for facebook to google+, I want to point of 2 things. First I have tried this Chrome plugin and second I have NO desire to do so. Something I like about Google+ is its a great opportunity to start over. { Update: The chrome facebook exporter has been… Read More
3D Video within Live Video. Kinect my augmented reality to an iPad 2 July 2, 2011 | Damon | 1 Comment Here is a pretty cool demonstration done by Laan Labs that takes the video and depth mapping information from a Microsoft Kinect and uses that data to create a 3D model for an augmented reality mobile application seen through the iPad 2. Basically how this works is you shoot something, like yourself, in front of… Read More
How the IPO bubble is helping with the Housing Bubble July 1, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment As we have all heard… over and over again, the housing market has been taking since the 2008 crash. The recovery has been hampered by strict lending practices, lack luster economy and backlogs of toxic loans keeping house off the market, but still waiting in the wings. Many people have been slowing getting back into… Read More
Catan for Android is out. Also an iPad update July 1, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment The first AndroidTM version of Klaus Teuber’s famous board game is available now. Several Catanians will prove themselves worthy opponents: pirate Jean, with her no prisoners attitude; Sean the ruthless knight or Vincent the merchant, who’ll never be short-changed. True to the original game, up to four players can compete for the most settlements, the… Read More
If you did not jump on the Google+ invite you got, you may have to wait a bit more June 30, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Yesterday there was a flood of Google+ invites going all over the place. It seemed that in 6 hours I was logged in and it seemed everyone I knew was there in the system. At least it seemed that way. I was adding people to my ‘circles’ that were not on google+ yet, but most… Read More
Remote control, drivable, remote presence… umm skype.. robot June 28, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment There are some many buzz words I could have used with this, but basically, its a remote control robot with a camera and computer screen. And thats cool enough right? However, I’m not sure this would really take off as the creators have in mind. The idea is that you can have an autonomous remote… Read More
Serious challenge to Jailbreakers in iOS 5. Dont upgrade yet June 27, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment iOS 5 is still not official, but you may want to hold off even when it launches. Seems that there have been some major changes to iOS5 that will make jailbreaking much harder. Currently, when you jailbreak you phone, you are basically overriding the OS to allow access to certain API calls that are not… Read More
Sweet Robot fish that can detect pollution! #Want June 26, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Crazy Brits. Seems they have build 5 robotic fish that not only look realistic (for a robot) but actually serve a purpose. To seek out pollution. The first test will be to release five robotic fish in the northern Spanish port of Gijon. Depending on how well that goes, they will try rivers and streams.… Read More
Tip#61 Clean your Apple keyboard in the dishwater June 24, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Ok, I would not have believed this if I did not see it myself. We have an older apple keyboard that was just disgusting. Instead of trying to clean it by hand, someone recommended putting it in the dishwater. What?? Ok, so my friend gave it a shot and low and behold… it works!! Not… Read More
Skype for iPad coming soon! About time! June 24, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Just saw this on tuow. They say it will be out soon, but no date. What I do not understand is why wait so long? I guess it took the release of iPad2 to finally push them enough to build it. So stay tuned. From tuow: A few features in the full PC/Mac app didn’t… Read More
Video of the Nokia N9 June 22, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment I’m not sure this is the meego, but 90% sure it is. and again .. why? I guess they were so close with the phone, they released it anyway just to show Nokia was still making phones and committed to the smart phone market. Anyway, here is the promo video and a walk through video… Read More
There is no law in Mississippi to protect cyclists June 22, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment I’m astonded at this, and as a biker, I feel I have to try and pass the word and hopefully SOMEONE can pass this on to get more attention. I read this on reddit where you can get more information. Last month, Jan Morgan was hit while riding her bicycle training for an Ironman. It… Read More
Should you update to FireFox5? You may not have a choice. June 22, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Firefox will no longer provide security updates for non current versions of their browser. … Read More
Stitcher is now my top digital radio app for iphone Android June 22, 2011 | perivision | 1 Comment Stitcher has grown enough to be a good digital radio app. Use the desktop version to set up your stations.… Read More
The Indie Game Movie is a Go! Win for Kickstarter June 22, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Kickstarters ability to get projects off the ground is not new news, but every now and again, I’ll get an email to remind me just how cool this service is. The Indie Game movie just got funded in 24 hours, so I thought I would post up the email showing yet again, you can make things happen if you just try.… Read More
Color losing even more color after pulling its Android App June 20, 2011 | perivision | 1 Comment Remember Color? I do. I remember it getting $41m in VC cash for what I though was a pretty weak idea. Then I tried it. And I was really puzzled. This seem more like a simple 20k app that really does not need more then 500k to launch.. and all in all, it was just… Read More
Microsoft Kinect gives a face to a 3D avatar June 19, 2011 | Damon | Leave a comment Here is a rather cool hack that connects a Microsoft Kinect device to a 3D avatar by German based Bitmanagement Software. Bitmanagement Software GmbH is a developer of real-time 3D rendering, augmented reality, and 2D/3D/video multimedia software and tools for interactive online capable applications on crossplatform consumer hardware, based on the international Web 3D standards… Read More
Sub $50 tablet? Yup running Android. Cheap, but good? June 17, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment I will do more follow up on this later tonight, but I wanted to get this posted. From Penn-Olson India’s much-hyped $35 ‘Sakshat’ tablet appears all set to go on sale at the end of this month, after experiencing a delay earlier this year. Originally intended to be a $10 tablet, there are still very… Read More