Archive for the 'Nerd Alert' Category

PDAnet iPhone/Mac tethering application

OK, so there is a great iPhone application out there called PDAnet. This application lets you use your phone’s built-in 3G and Edge capabilities and, through a wifi network, allow your computer to use the aforementioned to connect to the internet. I’m not sure how often this will happen, but if I want to use [...]

Which is better? iPhone system 2.0 apps or jailbroken apps?

Tomorrow is the day of reckoning. The iPhone 2.0 system update is due tomorrow. There are 500 applications at the iTunes store, 160 of which are free to download. If I upgrade my iPhone’s system, however, I’ll most likely lose all my jailbroken applications, including Twinkle. The possibility of a downgrade to the old system [...]

Atari 2600, I salute you.

One of my favorite bloggers and comedians is Todd Levin of tremble.com fame. I’ve sort of been out of touch with his blog recently, as I’ve been caught up in the world of beer bloggers (I read about 70 beer blogs these days). But Todd recently wrote a few pieces for The Morning News about [...]