Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ Category

View iPad Formatted Websites In Firefox - TRICK

Posted on the April 3rd, 2010 under Gadgets, HTML5, Industry News, iPad by Timothy Allard

So the iPad has launched, and you do not have one. This quick little trick will let you view iPad formatted websites in your browser just as though you had one. You only need 3 things. The first is Firefox. The second is the “User Agent Switcher” plugin for firefox. This will allow you to switch your browsers user agent, so you can view alternative views of web pages specifically for a device with that user agent profile. Lastly, you will need the user agent line of text located below.

Mozilla/5.0(iPad; U; CPU iPhone OS 3_2 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/531.21.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0.4 Mobile/7B314 Safari/531.21.10

Install the User Agent plugin and create a new user agent profile. Paste in this code and switch to that profile. Next try and go to a website and see which one loks diferent. The website that made me want to try this was for GMAIL. Google just released a very slick looking new iPad formatted website specificly for that device. by going to gmail, it auto detects and thinks I am now using an iPad and displays the page as so. I would honestly love a view format like this for the web version of Gmail. It would be nice if they offered a view like this for web. In the meantime, I may just use an iPad user agent.

I was slightly disappointed as it did not look exactly as it the picture, but it was very cool none the less.

Check it out, test some sites and let me know how it goes. Did you find a cool website? Share it here!

How To Install Chrome OS With A USB Drive

Posted on the November 25th, 2009 under Gadgets, Google, Industry News, Web 3.0 by Timothy Allard

Ok, so last night I was able to boot up my Gateway netbook into Chrome OS and here is what I found. This guide will help you get set up in under 15 minutes. There are 6 steps to do this and if you are very eager to get Chrome os on your computer to play with, then this is a great tutorial to experiment with.

Google AdSense Paid Me $586.00

Posted on the October 5th, 2008 under Adsense, American Eskimo Zone, Gadgets, Goals, MyDentify, Personal, Web Development by Timothy Allard

Since starting with AdSense in 2007, I have learned quite a bit about optimization, placements, what to do and what not to do. This is my 4th check from them, each one bigger than the last. I have had a goal for a while now to make $100.00 a month and I just achieved that goal in September. The reason my check was released at $586.00, was because there is an option in AdSense to hold the checks back until you would like to release them.

My next check I hope to make $110.00 for the month of October, and have it released at $800.00. This month is good so far, I have had 2 days over $5.00 coming from MyDentify.com, which is good as the typical day average is $2.00.

MyDentify (My Business Directory) Is by far my most consistent AdSense performer. It currently has over 12,000 user submitted links, hundreds of link sales, increasing web traffic, and is expanding every day.

I’m trying to come up with some new ideas on how to improve it right now, I sense a “Holiday Promotion” coming up in the near future. Be on the lookout around Thanksgiving and Christmas for some free links into the directory.

What did I do with my $586.00 from my Google AdSense Check? I added it to my website budget. All money I make with my websites, goes right back into them. Making them stronger. I purchased a game website a few months back, but it may not have been the best choice for an AdSense site, as that niche is low paying in clicks. ho knows, I might buy something else soon to make up for it.

AmericanEskimoZone is my next promising website for Google AdSense. I have roughly 20 unique articles written, and as we know Google loves that. I hope to get 20 more by the end of October. The clicks I have received on the ads thus far have been decent. And by decent I mean over $0.70.

Looks good to me! If you have any suggestions or feedback, please let me know. I would be glad to hear.

List of Blogs And Streams For WWDC2008

Posted on the June 9th, 2008 under Cool Websites, Gadgets, Industry News, Web 2.0 by Timothy Allard

Well the time has finally arrived. The WWDC2008 starts today, June 9th and hopes of many new exciting things are yet to be revealed from CEO Steve Jobs. Most specifically, details on the new iPhone. 3G? Video Conferencing? GPS? we will soon find out. Where can i find live video of WWDC? Right Here. As many of us are excited, I have come up with a list of live blogs and video steaming websites for WWDC2008 Coverage.

List of Live Blogs and Video Streams For WWDC2008:
TheDigitalLife.tv
EngadgetC-NET
Gizmozo
Wired’s Gadget Lab
Techztalk
MacRumors
Crunch Gear
MacScoop
SlashGear
The Mac Observer
Ars Technica
Mac World
NewMacUser

Official Links:
Apple WWDC2008 Website
Apple.com
ATT.com

Server loads will be enormous on these websites today, If anyone knows of other live blogs or streaming video of WWDC, please post it in the comments below.

GasApp For The iPhone

Posted on the June 16th, 2007 under Gadgets by Timothy Allard

iPhone Gas AppWant to know the cheapest gas in your area? Try GasApp for the iPhone. Its really remarkable, and looks so sweet. Once the iPhone is released, all you need to do is go to gasapp.com on your browser and you get this awesome application. All you simply do is punch-in your zip code and you get a nice list of gas stations in your area. You can then click on the map and BAM!, Google maps. Kinda cool huh? This is a brand new application and it constantly getting improvements. They are adding a ton of new gas stations, speed and efficiency and lots more. Like I have said before, this is going to be a new revolution when this phone comes out.