By Rodrick on January 14, 2010
Google has detected what appears to be a cyber attack on both it and other US based companies from somewhere in China. The goal of the attack is reported to be information on human rights activists both in the country and abroad. Easy to see the writing on the wall there. What was Google’s response? Public disclosure and the policy change of being unwilling to censor for the Chinese Government anymore (at least on Google.cn, who knows about Android Market and other such Google endeavors). This of course may mean not having anything in China anymore and that seems OK with Google.
I must take this moment to applaud Google for standing up for Freedom of Speech finally even though it may cost them a significant amount of money.
You can read more on this issue at the Official Google Blog where the story originally broke.
Thank you Google for making my day.
Posted in Current Events | Tagged attack, China, cyber, cyber attack, google, human rights activists, public disclosure, US
By Rodrick on November 11, 2009
Remember the Milk is my go to webapp for an advanced to-do list. Supporting easy entries like: “Go grocery shopping tomorrow at noon”, RTM is about as easy as it gets while being one of the most powerful productivity managers out there.
I used the RTM app for my Blackberry in a previous life and loved it, so naturally, when I moved over to the Evil Empire’s phone, I wanted to bring my to-do list with me. it was even more important to find a to-do list app since Apple didn’t deem it necessary to include with the platform (you know, they cannot figure out how to integrate a to-do application, even if they got it right in 1989).
Full review and more screen-shots after the break.
Continue reading “Remember The Milk – App”
Posted in Musings | Tagged app, evil empire, list, note features, productivity managers, RTM, X Dashboard
By Rodrick on October 20, 2009
Gandreas’ Dicenomicon is the fullest-featured dice app I have found. Not only will this roll any dice you can think of, it does it using simulated physics, dice formula, and looks good to boot. Full review and more screen-shots after the break. Continue reading “Dicenomicon – App”
Posted in iPhone reviews | Tagged app, colored dice, Dicenomicon, Gandreas, location symbols, quot, Rich, target number
By Rodrick on October 12, 2009
MotionX GPS Drive is one of the least expensive Turn by Turn apps out there. At $2.99 (the price at the time of this writing), it’s a good deal.
Full review and more screen-shots after the break.
Continue reading “MotionX GPS Drive – App”
Posted in iPhone reviews | Tagged 3d view, app, Don, GPS, Nice, pleasing voice, Turn, voice directions
By Rodrick on October 8, 2009
Everyone around here has been sick for the last week or so, combined with putting my new iphone through it’s paces, I haven’t been updating this blog much. Needless to say it’s time I start again. I’m going to let you in on my plans.
Continue reading “An update”
Posted in Site News | Tagged bandwagon, blog, Don, iphone, lot, paces
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