Shownotes:
A UK Web site called Mobilefun is selling an iPhone case with a solar panel built in. It also works with the iPod Touch.
I got a DearCali.com question about backing up Firefox bookmarks. We use a plug-in called Foxmarks that synchronizes bookmarks for any computer you add it to.
The Chaos Computer Club created a tool for reporters and athletes traveling to China. It’s a USB drive with applications that allow travelers to override Chinese blocks.
The CamBall is a video camera and recorder packed into a black plastic sphere about the size of a ping pong ball. I kind of want one, but they’re only available in Korea.
Cue the photo of the remote controlled cow.
This episode was produced and edited by Max Murphy from MacNewsWeekly.com. Max is on a 3000 mile road trip with his dad and brother. Our apartment marks the halfway point. They’re headed to New Orleans, Atlanta and then back to New York. You can follow Max on Twitter at Twitter.com/MacNewsWeekly
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August 8th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
FWIW, I use the GMarks Firefox addon to get at my Google Bookmarks from Firefox — immensely useful (although it would be nice if Google supported nested folders rather than just tags!).
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2888
August 8th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
…Realised just after posting my last comment that GMarks has recently gained nested label support. Hooray! :-)
August 8th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
So, wait, the remote controlled cows weren’t supposed to be inspiring? Hmmmn. Yes, embarrassing to the cows now, but remember, like the Kindle, this is a first generation device. I’m sure by this time next year, it will be coming in several eye-catching colors with an improved industrial design that any cow would be proud to wear.
Great job, Max!
August 8th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Good job on the editing Max!
August 9th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
There is a free program that can run on a USB flash drive called xB browser, http://xerobank.com/xB_Browser.php. Which acts just like the freedom sticks the athletes and media are using in china. It uses a portable browser that uses Tor servers to bypass and firewall block on any website.
August 11th, 2008 at 11:21 am
The freedom stick reminds me of a group/site that’s been around a lot longer then it:
http://portableapps.com/ – these guys have a large plethora of applications and their app can be installed on any USB drive, and all settings are stored on the stick as well.
They don’t circumvent things though.
August 11th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Foxmarks is awesome and it is on my list of must have add-ons for Firefox. I do wish that it had profiles or something though. Right now I have an account for personal links and a separate one for work links. It would be nice if I could just have one account but both “profiles”.
Those cows… that’s just weird. Cool though if they had a blinking light or something on the device. Imagine driving past a ranch in the dark and just seeing a bunch of little blinking LED’s.
August 11th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
THANK YOU for pointing me to the Foxmarks plug-in. I LOVE it! It makes synchronizing the bookmarks between my home, laptop and office computers so easy!!!! What a time saver!!!!
August 18th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I’m only leaving this comment so you can track me in Woopra. :-)
John
August 20th, 2008 at 8:37 am
@kenton Foxmarks does have profiles. Check out their features: http://foxmarks.com/features
October 28th, 2009 at 5:36 am
LOVIN foxmarks thanks for informing me of it!