Monthly Archives: March 2008

Flickr Leech beta is live

I like it, I’ve visiting flickrleech to check out the Interestingness stream at least once a day for years, it’s also a great way to check out anyone’s Flickr stream… The new version’s beta just came out:

Flickr Leech beta is live! (by AndrewNg.com)

I prefer the original version for its usage of square thumbnails, but found out I can get it back from the preference pane:


Much better:

Flickr Leech beta (square thumbs) (by AndrewNg.com)
Check it out at beta.flickrleech.net

BusySync 2.0 Beta

I’ve been looking for a simple way to sync and share multiple calendars between iCal and GCal, BusySync 2.0 just went beta and I gave it a try. It’s almost there, a major problem is that I can only sync with one Google account. A lot of us have at least two – a personal one and a work one (with Google apps for domains), I have 3 of them (I don’t use my personal one but would probably use it if it makes syncing calendars easier, I know I can create multiple calendars per account and share private feeds so I can use a single account to work with the other accounts but I will stress that simple is the goal here).

I actually haven’t tested out the syncing part thoroughly, so far I’ve done what I would call subscribing, will make some appointments on both iCal and GCal later to see how it well handles them.

The other slight problem is that it’s 20 bucks and I need a license on each computer, I need at least 2 and 40 bucks for syncing calendars is quite a bit IMO… I don’t have the time for it or I’ll write it myself, I’m sure it’s non-trivial though, coz it’s been forever since gCal came out and there still isn’t something that works well. What I used to do is to subscribe to a private feed and make modifications on GCal only, so my iCal has an read-only view.

For syncing info between my Mac and my Treo Missing Sync works extremely well, the Blackberry version works well also.The guys at Mark/Space seems to understand syncing really well, maybe they should write an ical/gcal sync.

SFist: When DumbPeople Look at SmartCars

LOL, ours should be here in like 2 weeks, but I have no idea when it is really gonna show up…

During our brief stay, a steady stream of people best described as “Americans” arrived in small boisterous groups with the apparent intention of mocking the innocuous FourTwos (that’s the model name) on the showroom floor — their incisive commentary included such gems as “it’s a glorified golf cart!” and “that’s retarded!” The long-suffering and apparently very, very patient sales staff offered to make appointments for test drives.

[From SFist: When DumbPeople Look at SmartCars]

AppleInsider | Apple, Nike to tie iPod nanos into gym equipment

Cool, maybe I’ll like those machines more at 24 Hour Fitness… I much rather run outside…

Among the participating gyms are 24 Hour Fitness nationwide and Virgin Active Health Clubs internationally, where members will see workout data from their Nike + iPod sport kits converted to ?CardioMiles? following each work out, so that they can easily set goals and participate in challenges with runners and with users of other cardio equipment.

[From AppleInsider | Apple, Nike to tie iPod nanos into gym equipment]