I just learned of Flotzam from Major Nelson, when he referenced it in a recent blog post. (OK, to be honest, I actually learned about this last year, but I forgot). This cool WPF application, built by some folksat Microsoft’s Mix Online, lets you visualize data from social web sites including…

You've heard us drool over the Optimus Maximus keyboard before, but here we go again. Fav geek retailer ThinkGeek has just added a new video on YouTube to taunt us with the awesomeness of the programmable OLED keyboard so we'll remember to go buy it on their site. It's only $1589.99, no big deal.…

Thanks to a partnership between Lenovo, Intel, and Zumobi, Windows Mobile users now have access to an app called the “Olympic Zoom Space,” which is available via a free download at http://lenovo.zumobi.com. This four-tile zoom space, like other Zumobi downloads, lets you quickly and easily view news…

As a huge fan (or perhaps, addict) of micro-blogging platform, Twitter, I was really thrilled to have found this great add-in for Microsoft Outlook: OutTwit. The OutTwit add-in integrates Twitter with Outlook, letting you send and receive messages directly to Twitter from your mail client. All…

If you regularly use Vista or Internet Explorer 7's built-in RSS feed reader, but wish you could do more with it, you'll love the free upgrade to RikReader. Codename:RikReader is an RSS reader which complements the RSS platform in Vista and IE7. Once installed, the application offers a choice of…

The guys over at LiveSide have a tutorial on how to use the newly updated Live Search for Mobile to take your Live Maps collections with you when you're on the go by adding them to your mobile phone. The first step is to create the collection on your desktop PC. You could then simply make it a…

The Polaroid Picture plugin is a Windows Live Writer plugin that lets you add pictures to your blog that resemble Polaroid pictures. With the plugin, you can tilt you picture to the left or right as well as add a text caption to the pic. With Polaroid Picture, you can also make the picture's…

The former Larson Air Force base in Washington State is going to start renting itself out for $495/month. This fee gives you a floor in the equipment terminal building. Or for $1500/month you can get a 160 feet tall missile silo with 150 ton silo doors in the ceiling. The base also has around 47,000…

I'll admit it: I'm a casual gamer. While I like watching others play the long, intense Xbox games, when I need a break, I'd rather spent 10 minutes with Bejeweled than getting wrapped up in a saga. So I'm excited for this new Xbox Live Arcade game called "Poker Smash" which has just…

Jimmy Schementi posted about his talk at RubyConf 2009 and talked about embedding IronRuby in another program.  His goals were: 2D rendering surface with simple primitive shapes Simple animation support – callbacks for each frame and each object on the canvas User-loadable “macros” for…