Mods on the Cingular Razr
I purchased a Cingular Razr Black V3 2 weeks ago. It’s very nice(compared to my old nokia black and grey model). Their is a healthy modding community over at MotoModders.net!
I applied a new skin the other day. With this skin, the startup and shutdown sounds and animations, the background images and icon images are all black and Razr blue. Very nice.
More great Razr V3 mods here.
Flock
OK, it’s pretty cool to have your browsing experience tied to your blog software, online bookmark manager and your photo sharing account. I’ve tested it out a bit and I get it.
Will people want to move to a different Firefox distribution? The answer for me is no. I want the main line Firefox with extensions that suit my needs. If Flock releases an extension pack for Firefox that integrates well with my favorite services, I’ll use it and be thankful. But half the reason I don’t use IE is because I want the cool new extensions. If I have to wait for those to be ported to Flock, it’ll drive me crazy.
Bill Hill on Channel9
Watch this Channel9 video right away. Bill Hill is a personality at Microsoft that knows his stuff and is really good at talking about it. In this video, he talks about animal tracking and how it relates to typography. Homo Sapiens 1.0!
After a 45 minute hike, the video includes a quick chat with the Microsoft Typography team, which is also a treat. One member of the team says it best – if they do their job REALLY well, noone will notice. Very true, very true. But when I’m as comfortable reading on screen as I am reading a magazine or a book, I’ll know they had a lot to do with it.
Tips for better screen viewing(for Windows XP users):
- Use cleartype tuner if you have an LCD screen. It can do wonders.
- Make sure you are using the native resolution of the screen.
- If running at the native resolution makes print too small, change the DPI setting in your display settings.
- If a white background color hurts your eyes, adjust the brightness of your screen or change the background color to off-white for your favorite apps.
Monster Cable
Scoble visited Monster. WOW! I can only imagine what their demo rooms must look like.
Anyway, if they are interested in blogging about their stuff, they should touch base with StormShadow.
UPDATE: Looks like StormShadow is/was a Monster employee already!
Flock – initial thoughts
All of the Flock features I’ve encountered so far feel like they could just as easily be extensions to the main-line Firefox distribution.
However, it’s pretty clear that the individual features rely on each other being present in a way that would be difficult to manage if you could install only a few of them.
More later.
John Tokash 