From what I can tell, BitPim is not a new app as the original release dates back to 2003. However, there’s a new update out dated June 2005. BitPim in a nutshell: BitPim is a program that allows you to view and manipulate data on LG VX4400/VX6000 and many Sanyo Sprint cell phones. This includes the PhoneBook, Calendar, WallPapers, RingTones (functionality varies by phone) and the Filesystem for most Qualcomm CDMA chipset based phones. If you’re like me, you have every intention of keeping a backup of your phonebook, but the reality is that it doesn’t happen. Now I just need to get myself a USB to Serial cable so Read more »

Okay, so I’m not the first one to this party, but I have to say that Cake has definitely piqued my interest. And, besides, why should Ruby On Rails have all the web hype spotlight? The official informational byline: Cake is a lightweight framework for rapid development and easy maintanance of PHP web applications of any kind and level of complexity. Anyone know of new apps developed using this framework? Read more »

I spend way too much on the Internet so I expected to have heard of most of the the sites and services listed. However, I was surprised to find some cool ones listed that I didn’t know about. A couple: SwapThing.com – Swap things, just like the name says Kayak.com – Search 100s of travel sites for the lowest prices, all through one interface. WireFly – Compare cell plans Of course, there’s nothing earth-shattering on the list, and I believe it would be better targeted toward a non-Internet addict audience. Read more »

The web app YubNub may have been created for the 24-hour Rails Day programming contest, but it’s a great concept. YubNub is essentially command line for the web. For example: After setting it up on your browser, you simply type “gim porsche 911″ to do a Google Image Search for pictures of Porsche 911 sports cars. Type “random 49″ to return random numbers between 1 and 49, courtesy of random.org. Of course, YubNub is extensible as you can create your own commands. It is also somewhat a small part of a bigger idea. …[O]n a bigger scale, YubNub is the realization of a very big idea: the URL command line Read more »

Some would have you believe that video games are evil. But, as Jane Pinckard’s article notes, one can learn a lot of life lessons by playing video games. An example lesson: 2. Always, always be moving. This is most true in multiplayer. Don’t hang around waiting, because even though you have the sniper rifle, they might have the shotgun. You’re just asking to be sneaked up on. This is a great technique to apply to the office. Walking around, everyone sees that you are there, but you always look busy, on your way to doing something else. They can’t pin you down to ask you to do stuff. The articles Read more »

With the impending release of the XBox 360, you may want to do something with your first gen XBox besides just send it to Shady Pines. Hack A Day has compiled a good set of links with various semi-retirement options ranging from installing XBox-Linux to using it to build a cluster. Read more »

I have to post about Gizoogle because I know everyone’s been thinking that they need to find a search engine that will translate pages and show search results in Schizzle Dizzle speak. The grammar-conscious part of my brain is crying, but another part is laughing. Read more »

The animation site pixel red has started a Darkside Switch Campaign. Now you can learn the real reason Anakin switched. The whole Jedi ‘thing’ just wasn’t compatible with my lifestyle… Read more »

Nat Gertler, quite the enterprising fellow, has cracked the Amazon.com image code. In his article, he breaks down the makeup of the image source path from adding discount tags to rotating the image to placing text on top of the image. Read more »

Grafolicious is a new del.icio.us tool that tracks the evolution of a del.icio.us bookmark. The tool is the product of its author’s free time over a couple months. Not bad, I say. Read more »