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Mixero

I have a Twitter account and am always looking for a better desktop application.  I have tried, Tweetdeck, Seesmic Desktop, Twhirl  and Tweetie  each has its pluses and minuses, but none are exactly what I am looking for.  Then I saw a post about Mixero another Twitter desktop application on Friendfeed and it looked interesting, so I requested an invitation code, which I received.  

Using Friendfeed for Reading Feeds

The feed reader you use is a very personal decision, I prefer Feedly which is a Firefox add on. I like its interface and how it works. However it does have one weakness and that is it can only be used on Firefox and Flock. This meant I needed to find a new solution for my Iphone. My solution is

MagicJack: Helping our family talk for cheap!

About 16 months ago I was visiting family and the TV was left on an infomercial for some reason.  An infomercial about free the internet telephone MagicJack was airing.  They would walk into a business and give them a USB MagicJack for free and ask them to try it. Of course all of the reviews were great.  I turned the

Demo to set reminders in Quicksilver

This is a short video on how to set reminders using Quicksilver, further tutorials can be found at 43Folders.com Quicksilver can be found at Blacktree.  It is being maintained by the open source community.   I believe if you try it you will appreciate it's versatility.

Intrusive Behavior in Software

A couple of days ago, I received some pushed upgrades here at work that caused a few things not to work, among them, Yahoo Instant Messenger.  I use Messenger a lot, not only to communicate with my children and husband during the day (they are home and there are the inevitable "Mom, have you seen my soccer cleats/socks/glasses/notebook/library book" questions

Using Automator

Using Automator to Auto Play Videos Continuosly from kim landwehr on Vimeo. If you run the process you will get the following result.