Andy Ihnatko’s review of Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
Apple OS X 10.7 Lion roars with futuristic, and maddening, upgrades
Upgrade was quick and painless! I’ve also noticed that you can now resize windows by grabbing any side of the windows. Not sure if that’s new to Lion but it’s new to me and a pleasure. On of my biggest complaints about OS X.
DYI Drones – Radio Control Aircraft and Robotics come together
In This Sky, Planes Fly Alone – New York Times. I need to look into this more. Sound interesting since I’m interested in both technologies.
3G MicroCell
I took AT&T up on their offer of a free 3G MicroCell. The cell phone reception is ok but it could be improved so I figured I’d give it a try. Easy installation. I just plug it into a power outlet and an ethernet port on our router. After adding the telephone numbers I wanted to allow the MicCell to support our cell phones automatically recognized the MicroCell and worked flawlessly. I was on about 4 hours of calls yesterday and consistently had a clear signal and the calls never dropped. I placed it in a closet, not a recommended location, but I still get 4+ bar signal strength across most of the house.
Eyeglasses Use Liquid Crystals for Reading – NYTimes.com
Email current URL Chrome extension
Really gaining an appreciation for the Send from Gmail Chrome extension. Saves having to cut/paste the active URL. I find I now email links more frequently to friends.
Lottery Code Breaking
Great article in Wired Magazine “Cracking the Scratch Lottery Code“.
Maps and Usability
Great article on the usability of Google Maps. Very detailed but worth a read.
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