Sync Google Calendar 2-ways with Your iPhone Using Nuevasync

Sunday, January 18th, 2009 Posted in Technology | No Comments »

Nuevasync provides an easy, hassle-free 2-way sync between Google (contacts and calendars) and your iPhone.  Simply create an account at Nuevasync (step-by-step instructions here), grant them access to your Google accounts, choose your calendars to sync, add an exchange server to your iPhone, and bam, you're done!  Create an event on Google and it shows up on your phone in seconds. Add a friend's e-mail address to your phone and send them an e-mail in Gmail before you can say syncronize 5 ...

Samurize

Monday, September 29th, 2008 Posted in Technology | No Comments »

I recently started using a program called Samurize on my work PC.  Samurize is an incredibly versatile program that lets you setup desktop configurations to do just about anything.  You can install plugins to pull data from various sources, write your own, or customize the installed plugins to get whatever you want out of it.  I've tried various configurations before I settled on the one I use now.   I originally set one up as a Google Desktop sidebar replacement, including a ...

How to Take Photographs of Fireworks

Saturday, June 28th, 2008 Posted in Photography | 1 Comment »

With the 4th of July right around the corner, most Americans will be viewing a fireworks show somewhere.  Last year was the first year I had an SLR camera (Nikon D40x - which I love btw) so it was the first time I could really take pictures of the fireworks.  It was a great learning experience for me.  I read some articles before I went out to get some ideas, but it really just came down to trial and error.  ...