Nov 22

Dish Hopper DVR upgrades enable control over HDMI, expand iPad support

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Dish Explorer on iPad

Dish’s Hopper software team is clearly busy; just two months after it brought home-automation support to its DVR, it’s rolling out another update that offers considerably more control. The new “Denver” firmware enables promised HDMI-CEC support, letting the Hopper send and receive commands from compatible HDMI gear. It can automatically switch TV inputs when powered on, for example. Other upgrades introduce universal search, a help app and a shelf-like layout for On Demand videos. As part of the revamp, Dish is also improving its Explorer iPad app; Apple tablet owners can both control every TV on the Hopper platform and find recommended shows. Neither “Denver” nor the Explorer update will necessarily get anyone switching TV providers, but it should make the viewing experience that much sweeter for loyal customers.

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Nov 22

Instagram private messages incoming: Snapchat battle imminent

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Having seen the writing on the wall, Instagram appears to be preparing for head-on battle with the likes of Snapchat for social micro-networking supremacy on the smartphone. Reports today suggest that Instagram will be rolling out private messaging before too long, allowing people to send images and videos direct to one another without the pesky […]

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Nov 22

Charge Your Phone From Your Power Tools With This Handy Adapter

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Charge Your Phone From Your Power Tools With This Handy Adapter

Smartphones have become an essential tool in every line of work, from corporate accounting to carpentry. But often times those working on construction sites don’t have easy access to a power outlet for a quick top-off when needed. They do, however, have access to power tools. And with this clever adapter they can harness a drill or saw’s rechargeable battery to recharge their electronics.

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Nov 22

Quick Review of the “#0 Padded Bubble Bag” iPad Mini Case From USPS

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Quick Review of the "#0 Padded Bubble Bag" iPad Mini Case From USPS

I’ve been testing this new iPad Mini sleeve for a couple days now, and wow, it is simply great. I’m surprised that USPS is getting into the iPad accessories market, and even more surprised by how great their iPad Mini sleeve is.

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Nov 22

Zombie Towers: 5 Vacant or Foreclosed Skyscrapers Across the U.S.

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Zombie Towers: 5 Vacant or Foreclosed Skyscrapers Across the U.S.

Tall buildings are economic bellwethers: Evidence suggests they tend to rise just before recessions, and they’re the first to proverbially fall when the bubble bursts. Nowhere is that more obvious than mid-sized American cities.

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Nov 22

Blog re-creates every burger from ‘Bob’s Burgers’

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(Credit: Fox)

One of the ongoing visual jokes in the animated Fox show “Bob’s Burgers” is the Burger of the Day, a pun-tastic food-stravaganza on a bun, written on a small blackboard behind the counter. (You can see the burgers here thanks to another enterprising Tumblr blogger who’s screencapping them all.)

A 10-month-old Tumblr blog by the name of The Bobs Burgers Experiment is going a step further — by bringing Bob’s Burger of the Day into the real world. Initially, the updates were slow, and then the blog went dead for seven months — coming back a month ago, when it promised a new burger every Tuesday.

Pickle My Funny Bone.

(Credit: The Bob's Burgers Experiment)

Since then, our burger chef has uploaded the Butterface Burger, the Cauliflower’s Cumin From Inside The House Burger, the … [Read more]

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Nov 22

Facebook for Android test build shows off flat UI and rearranged navigation

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In a test build of its mobile software for Android devices, Facebook seems to be finally headed down the flat UI path that Twitter and a host of other apps have already traveled. Aside from that, navigation in this build has been shuffled around to make room for title text and a search icon according to the findings of the folks over at Android Police. Buttons for News Feed, friend requests, updates, notifications and the complete menu are situated just below with controls for both status and photo posts alongisde check-ins relegated to the bottom of the screen. Of course, this is pre-release software and the aforementioned tweaks may get scraped much like Twitter did with a beta version last week before the official rollout.

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Nov 22

WYSIWYG in Firefox for ANY Text Field

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This article was written on April 04, 2008 by CyberNet.

Some of you might have heard of Xinha before because it is an open source online HTML editor. It has a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) interface so that you don’t have to understand how to code HTML in order to insert inline hyperlinks, or apply advanced formatting options.

There is actually an extension for Firefox called Xinha Here that will let you use this WYSIWYG editor in any field that you wish. A good example of this is our comment box where users can, if they know HTML, hyperlink text or place emphasis (bold, italics, etc…) on certain words. With this extension you just right-click in a text field and choose Open Xinha Here option. By default it will open along the lower half of the screen:

wysiwyg firefox
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You can edit the text using the WYSIWYG editor, and when you’re done click the Apply button to have the HTML code inserted back into the original text field. Pretty cool, huh? Just remember that this will only work for fields that support HTML code, such as our comments.

Compatibility: The extension is officially compatible with Firefox 2, but I didn’t have any problems with it in Firefox 3 Beta 5. If you’re using Firefox 3 and want to install the extension it’s recommended that you grab it from here. Firefox 3 users will also need to force Firefox to ignore the version compatibility information.

Xinha Here Firefox Extension

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Nov 22

Firing an artillery cannon from a plane looks as crazy as it sounds

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Firing an artillery cannon from a plane looks as crazy as it sounds

I’ve always marveled at the fact that the US Air Force put hugeartillery cannons inside airplanes. Watching them in action is impressive.

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Nov 22

Amazingly, JFK’s Limo Was Still Used More Than a Decade Past His Death

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Amazingly, JFK's Limo Was Still Used More Than a Decade Past His Death

The limousine President John F. Kennedy rode in fifty years ago today is an indelible part of our visual memory. That midnight blue Lincoln will be forever known as the setting of a national tragedy. Yet, after Kennedy’s assassination, the car remained in service, transporting four presidents before it was retired in 1977.

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