My Bookmarks for 03/06/2010

• YouTube - OK Go - This Too Shall Pass - RGM version
  Amazing example of a Rube Goldberg Machine, done as part of a music video.
  tags: youtube, OkGo, video, RGM, TIJ1O
• Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor
  To see if your PC is ready for Windows 7, download the free Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor. It scans your PC for potential issues with your hardware, devices, and installed programs, and recommends what to do before you upgrade.
  tags: Microsoft, Windows7, advisor, utility
• Dell Mobile Opt-In
  website to opt in to advanced notice of Dell deals
  tags: dell, Stores, SMS, sales
• Search the PopSci Archives | Popular Science
  We've partnered with Google to offer our entire 137-year archive for free browsing. Each issue appears just as it did at its original time of publication, complete with period advertisements. It's an amazing resource that beautifully encapsulates our ongoing fascination with the future, and science and technology's incredible potential to improve our lives. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
  In the future, we'll be adding more advanced features for searching and browsing, but for now, enter any keyword into the box below and dive in.
  tags: archives, popsci, science, magazine, Google, search

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

My Bookmarks for 02/26/2010

• Google SketchUp - Layout
  
  
  tags: Layout, Google, SketchUp, TDJ, TDJxx, 2D, blueprints, video
• sketchyphysics - Project Hosting on Google Code
  
  
  See the video at http://3dvinci.blogspot.com/2010/02/classroom-rage-with-sketchup-physics.html for how this SketchUp plugin can be used. 
  tags: SketchyPhysics, physics, TDJ, TDJxx, SketchUp, Google
• Citrify Free Photo Editor for the Web
  
  
  A free easy-to-use online photo editor. 
  tags: image, editor, Tools, web2.0, Photography, effects, TGJ, TGJ2O
• U. releases Kindle pilot data - The Daily Princetonian
  
  
  The University's e-reader pilot program, which experimented with the use of the Kindle DX in three courses last semester, reduced the amount of paper students ...
  tags: kindle, e-reader, experiment, #fail, university

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

Picasa is now out for the Mac!

I have been waiting for this moment for years! (Download here)

Unfortunately, moving files between the PC and your Mac won't be so easy. Picasa stores the picture settings in a file called picasa.ini on the PC, and the file is called .picasa.ini on the Mac. Also, the originals get stored in a folder called Originals on the PC and .picasaoriginals on the Mac.

I did a test to see if the PC version of Picasa will acknowledge the Mac ini file and originals folder, but it doesn't, unfortunately.

This incompatibility is a HUGE disappointment. A simple fix would be for both versions to recognize both formats and adapt appropriately.

Google, are you listening?