Saturday December 26, 2009
What month is it? Oh, December... the tenth month in the year.
Decem, after all, is Latin for 10, and in the Roman calendar, December was the tenth month. The first month in the year, of course, was March.
This means you can use New Year's Cards at least twice. Now and when February ends:
›› New Year's Cards makes it fun and easy to send glittering New Year's greetings (embellished with your own photos and text) from iPhone and iPod touch. (iPhone, iPod touch)
Saturday December 26, 2009
What was Napoleon's favorite motto? In an obscure essay On Fortune, Chance, Etc., Machiavelli tells us: "Divide et impera is his favourite motto".
This was probably the first time the famous strategy appeared in print and in Latin. Now, whether you divide your Gmail tasks in Latin or English, this is the way to rule them:
›› You have more than one role, context, project, or mission; so you should have more than one task list in Gmail so all the actions can find an appropriate home.
Wednesday December 23, 2009
You can think faster, much faster than they talk. So you turn up the playback speed in your iPhone or iPod — or turn to PodShifter, of course, altering podcast speeds even more flexibly.
You can think faster, much faster than you click. So you turn to the keyboard, of course, and employ FastMail's shortcuts:
›› Who doesn't like shortcuts? Here's how to operate FastMail, well, fast from the keyboard.
Monday December 21, 2009
Sleighs, fast horses, girls, rivals and accidents: "Jingle Bells" is not short on figures and themes — safe for references to Christmas, of course.
This stationery, in turn, is short on bells, rivals and horses; it must be perfect for Christmas:
›› This stationery opens a window to wondrous white winter wonderland. (Windows Mail, Windows Live Mail, Outlook, Outlook Express)