So, I haven't blogged in a long time. Got a couple of posts sitting in the email, waiting to go up, PLUS things have been a shaking in the Ratskellar in terms of new and good tech stuff. But the last day or so has been very, very interesting on a couple of fronts....
- Sprint's XOHM has gone live in Baltimore (sort of - maybe another week before I can sign up), and it certainly looks like it's going to be the Comcast killer I crave. They have a $35 ($25 for the next six months) home option - you have to buy an $80 modem, but it is reportedly comparable to cable. And for that price? Gives me a chance to yell at Verizon, too, for not delivering FIOS (or even DSL for that matter).
- Found out yesterday there are several iPhone apps out there that allow you to control the mouse on your computer. I was grooving on iPhone's Remote - which allows you to control the iTunes content on your PC (well, as much as one can groove with some cranky guts). But this would essentially give me a super remote which would allow me to a) start iTunes (or any other program), b) drag the window over to the tv, c) select the media I want to play, d) control all aspects of that media - stop, start, rewind, fast forward, volume.... all from the couch!!! The only question is - which one?
- Sportacular - the sports news iPhone app - had an upgrade that looks pretty snazzy. Can add favorite teams, and hide those leagues that you don't care about - like the NBA and golf.
- Photogene - an iPhone app that allows you to manipulate shots from the Camera roll - appears to have upgraded as well, and adds the ability to Sharpen, and put color filters on. Pretty cool.
- AND - though I only played with it for a few minutes - seems I missed an upgrade to the Facebook iPhone app which looks really quite cool.
- I used my iPhone this afternoon to find my first geocache. It was so sillily exciting, I nearly forgot all the other cool stuff that has happened.
And what were some of those other tech things to report on?
- After my LG VX8700 external display broke, I decided to go through Asurion - the insurance company - to get a replacement. Hilarity ensued.
- And then we broke down and got iPhones. Lots of stuff to report on there. Comparison versus N800, app store, apps, using it in the cloud....
- I killed Comcast - mostly.
- And replaced it with a digital HD antenna. Cool!
- And we got a supercomputer (well, not really, but it's pretty super!) that we successfully hooked up to the tv and can handle media quite nicely.
So, a bunch of info to get up there. But first - my take on the cloud.
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