Thursday, June 25, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Very Cool Expense Tracking Tool
For the past few months, I have tried to get a handle on my daily expenses from a tracking standpoint. I have tried excel spreadsheets, big stacks of receipts, and several different iPhone apps. However, I think that I may have found the ultimate tool to tackle this problem. I am talking about the web app xpenser. (http://www.xpenser.com)
Xpenser tackles the problem at the root. It makes it super simple to record the expense WHEN IT HAPPENS. How does it do this? The incredible number of methods it supports for entering data. Today it supports the following:
1.) Web Interface - You can enter your expenses directly into the web interface.
2.) SMS - You can SMS your expenses to a bot,
3.) IM - You can IM your expenses to a bot.
4.) EMAIL - You can Email your expenses to a bot email address.
5.) VOICE - You can actually call a number, leave a one sentence entry, and it converts it to an entry.
6.) TWITTER - You can have it follow your twitter account, and it can transfer entries.
All of it is pretty cool. You can also track your time along with your expenses. What a great tool for the consultants out there, and those of us trying to track our expenses a bit better.
Xpenser tackles the problem at the root. It makes it super simple to record the expense WHEN IT HAPPENS. How does it do this? The incredible number of methods it supports for entering data. Today it supports the following:
1.) Web Interface - You can enter your expenses directly into the web interface.
2.) SMS - You can SMS your expenses to a bot,
3.) IM - You can IM your expenses to a bot.
4.) EMAIL - You can Email your expenses to a bot email address.
5.) VOICE - You can actually call a number, leave a one sentence entry, and it converts it to an entry.
6.) TWITTER - You can have it follow your twitter account, and it can transfer entries.
All of it is pretty cool. You can also track your time along with your expenses. What a great tool for the consultants out there, and those of us trying to track our expenses a bit better.
Monday, June 15, 2009
iPhone 3G S
Yes!
Its about time! The iPhone 3G S has all of the features that many of us had hoped would be in the original iPhone, and the 3G model that came out last year. I am totally excited, and can't wait to pick one up.
Its about time! The iPhone 3G S has all of the features that many of us had hoped would be in the original iPhone, and the 3G model that came out last year. I am totally excited, and can't wait to pick one up.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Thursday, March 19, 2009
March Madness - How to counter the bandwidth suck
Every year us folks responsible for corporate networks have to be the bad cops. This is one of those times, March Madness. Now, thanks to the NCAA, all of the games can be watched online for free. Luckily these folks have also made all of the video play via the same Fully Qualified Domain Name (http://mmod.ncaa.com).
So all you have to do is block that particular host. This can be done several ways.
1.) add mmod.ncaa.com to your block list on OpenDNS
2.) Create a firewall rule at all of your sites to block to mmod.ncaa.com, and its IP addresses.
3.) Create a false DNS record on your internal dns servers to point to nowhere
4.) Create a hosts file and distribute it via GPO or other means to block the lookup.
Option number 1 is much easier, and OpenDNS provides quite a bit of value for being a free service. I would suggest taking a look at it. http://www.opendns.com/
So all you have to do is block that particular host. This can be done several ways.
1.) add mmod.ncaa.com to your block list on OpenDNS
2.) Create a firewall rule at all of your sites to block to mmod.ncaa.com, and its IP addresses.
3.) Create a false DNS record on your internal dns servers to point to nowhere
4.) Create a hosts file and distribute it via GPO or other means to block the lookup.
Option number 1 is much easier, and OpenDNS provides quite a bit of value for being a free service. I would suggest taking a look at it. http://www.opendns.com/
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
iPhone OS 3.0 - My take
Ok. First off, I am a proud owner of a G1 iPhone. I love it. When I heard about iPhone 3.0, I figured that besides the GPS in iPhone 2.0, that they would continue to add some features that would try to push me to a new 3G version of the phone. So far, they haven't, but the feature I was really wanting to see, is a 3G only option. Bluetooth stereo. It must be some type of hardware shortfall between the iPhone 1.0 and 3G. I had thought that other than the GPS and 3G, that both phones were pretty much hardware identical. Perhaps not. I would love to get bluetooth stereo, but is it worth purchasing a new iPhone, and having to pay premium 3G rates in an area where 3G is barely available? Nope. Not yet.
Other cool stuff in the new version.
1.) Purchases inside of Apps
2.) Maps inside Apps from the Map Kit API (New)
3.) Like 1000 new API's in the SDK.
4.) Picture MMS - 3G only
5.) Push Notification for 3rd Party Apps
And a few others. What are your takes?
Other cool stuff in the new version.
1.) Purchases inside of Apps
2.) Maps inside Apps from the Map Kit API (New)
3.) Like 1000 new API's in the SDK.
4.) Picture MMS - 3G only
5.) Push Notification for 3rd Party Apps
And a few others. What are your takes?
Monday, March 16, 2009
St. Patrick's Day Music
A couple of years ago, I happened across the Irish and Celtic Music Podcast by SongHenge, and Marc Gunn. Its a great cast, full of awesome traditional and contemporary Irish tunes.
http://celticmusicpodcast.com
You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes!
http://celticmusicpodcast.com
You can also subscribe to the podcast via iTunes!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
New IPod Shuffle
So a new shuffle was announce by Apple today.
Check out http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/features.html for the full info on the new shuffle.
Its super tiny. It does have some new features besides its improved diminuitiveness. It now allows you to put multiple playlists on the device, along with the new Voiceover feature. At $79 for the 4GB model, it seams that the pricing model isn't changing. I am a big fan of the previous shuffle, but I think that this one is bordering on a bit too small, and very easily lost :)
Check out http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/features.html for the full info on the new shuffle.
Its super tiny. It does have some new features besides its improved diminuitiveness. It now allows you to put multiple playlists on the device, along with the new Voiceover feature. At $79 for the 4GB model, it seams that the pricing model isn't changing. I am a big fan of the previous shuffle, but I think that this one is bordering on a bit too small, and very easily lost :)
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