Category Archives: Applications

posts about software applications

Tesco iPhone app

Posted on 16 July 2010 by james

Tesco iPhone app, originally uploaded by James Bliss. The ‘Tesco Finder’ iPhone app is quite handy. I couldn’t find the lemon juice so, I typed ‘lemon juice’ into the app and it told me where to find it – and … Continue reading →

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Lotus Symphony for the Mac (beta)

Posted on 8 November 2008 by james

IBM Lotus Symphony for the Mac is available, in beta. It’s currently at version 1.2 and so far I like it. It’s quick, I like the tab-based “all applications-in-one approach”, it’s cross-platform (with Windows and Linux versions also available) and, … Continue reading →

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I now have a public calendar

Posted on 9 March 2008 by james

It sounds grander than it actually is. But, I think it’s useful. I’m now sync’ing my work calendar (Lotus Notes 7 running on my IBM ThinkPad) with my home calendar (Apple iCal on MacPro) and displaying them using Google Calendar. … Continue reading →

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Google Sites

Posted on 6 March 2008 by james

Spotted on vowe.net … there’s a new addition to the Google Apps Suite.

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IM utopia

Posted on 5 March 2008 by james

For Mac OS X, Adium allows users to use one instant messaging (IM) client application to connect to multiple IM services. For Windows, Linux, BSD, and other UNIX platforms, Pidgin offers the same. They allow you to connect to AOL … Continue reading →

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Tracking MPG online using Google Docs

Posted on 24 February 2008 by james

Are you a trucker, cabbie, sales rep or, anyone who wants to easily track their MPG? Read on; this tip is useful if you want to use your web-enabled mobile device (smart phone, iPhone, PDA, etc.) to do it. Up … Continue reading →

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iSale 5 … image problem causes crash / equinux respond with lightning speed

Posted on 19 February 2008 by james

I recently upgraded to iSale 5, however, after upgrading to 5.0.1, iSale wouldn’t list items for me on eBay. It would successfully verify the listing and confirm the fees with eBay but when I clicked submit it would almost immediately … Continue reading →

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Is Google Base an eBay killer?

Posted on 16 February 2008 by james

Wow! I’ve just stumbled across Google Base (base.google.com and base.google.co.uk). I haven’t done a full review yet, however, at first glance it looks like you can list practically any item for sale then collect payment via Google Checkout (checkout.google.com and … Continue reading →

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VPN for iPhone

Posted on 18 November 2007 by james

HotSpotVPN is available for the iPhone.

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Time Machine problem

Posted on 16 November 2007 by james

I plugged in a 400GB external firewire drive to perform my first Time Machine backup. Formatted, it has 372GB available. However, TM reported the following error. Strange, as the combined size of the data to be backed up is 334GB.

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