Blogger Template Designer

Google has launched their Template Designer as part of the Blogger in Draft system (sort of their "Labs" for Blogger). Essentially it adds a bit more customization and templates to Blogger for those of us that are CSS-challenged. Read more about it here, or watch the video below.

"Podcast Ready" in Wikipedia

Okay, so I'm not mentioned, but the company I founded - Podcast Ready, Inc. - is. It's discussed in the Podcast entry with regards to the trademark, where its mentioned that of all the companies that filed for "podcast" related marks, Podcast Ready was the only to receive one.

Of course a trademark is only as good as the bank account backing it. And when someone like Apple wants to claim a "common law right to all things 'pod'" it takes a boatload of cash to prove them wrong. 

SecondBar Puts a Menu Bar on All Your Mac's Monitors - Lifehacker

Mac only: Multiple monitors do great things for your desktop space, but your menu bar sticks to one screen. If you're looking for more menu access, free utility SecondBar puts one at the top of each monitor.

via lifehacker.com

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Location-based apps: which one is the best?

Its all in the database.

All four of these were captured at the same spot from: Gowalla, foursquare, Brightkite, and Loopt. I guess it all depends on what you're looking for. (large image here)

Onslought of app updates

Suddenly tonight I'm hit with a ton of app updates. Its like they're getting ready for some big giant social media convention or something.

Google Reader Play: find the most interesting stuff on the web

Google's just made it super simple to find the most interesting stuff on the internet in 3 simple steps:

1. Go to Google Reader Play
2. Go through all of the content presented
3. Whatever is left on the internet: that's the interesting stuff!

Google adds social "gadgets" to iGoogle

Google seems to take another shot at Facebook with the addition of social gadgets to the portfolio of things one can install on their iGoogle page. Titles include many you might expect, such as Scrabble and Chess. But there are a lot of titles that don't seem particularly social at all, such as Today's Horoscope and NPR.

I never spend any real amount of time on my iGoogle page so I can't say that I am personally excited about these new gadgets. But then again I don't play any Facebook apps either so I'm probably not their target audience.

Set your TiVo to record right from TV.com

TV.com can be linked to your TiVo DVR allowing you to schedule recordings right from the website. The setup process is super-simple, but you do have to register your box with My Tivo first. After that, just click the "Record to TiVo DVR" on a show's page and the rest is taken care of for you.

Virgin offiers more data on Broadband2Go pay-as-you-go service

Virgin announced today that they are offering more data on their pay-as-you-go wireless broadband service. Its still not a great deal, but good to have around "just in case".

MacHeist nanoBundle2 - 7 Great Programs for $20

MacHeist has just released their nanoBundle2: 7 applications for $19.99 (part of which goes to charity). The applications include:

• MacJournal - easy-to-use personal journal
• RipIt - imports DVD's and converts them automatically for viewing on your Mac or iPhone
• Clips - advance copy/paste content management
• CoverScout - fills in any missing album art in your iTunes collection
• Flow - great integration of FTP
• Tales of Monkey Island - some game 
• Rapidweaver - website creation application

25% of the purchase goes to one of 10 charities, or you can choose to split the donation equally among all 10. The only catch is that two of the applications (Tales of Monkey Island and Rapidweaver) will not be unlocked until the donation goal is met.

R.I.P. g.ho.st

g.ho.st - a fairly cool "virtual computer" site with a great domain name - is shutting down their public offerings to concentrate on paying (SHOCK!) customers. The service provides provided the user with a virtual system complete with their own desktop, folders, email, etc.  Its pretty handy if you have to share a pool of computers. There are still a few others out there but g.ho.st was definitely my favorite.