Windows Mobile Network Analyzer PowerToy

After recently having purchased a Cingular 8125, I am finding it can do a lot of things better than my previous Siemens SX66 could. Today, I see the Windows Mobile Network Analyzer PowerToy at the Microsoft Download Center, and I wonder if anyone has played with it and is planning on posting screen shots of it. Currently, I am using Aspecto Software's WiFiFoFum to search for wireless networks and I wonder if I really need the Network Analyzer PowerToy.

Bloglines Publisher Tools

Claiming my blog

Sumocat's Scribbles: Build 52 is Go!

This looks like an impressive tool. I'm going to test it out. Sumocat's Scribbles: Build 52 is Go!

Google Toolbar

This morning I decided to go a little cutting edge and start testing the Beta Google Toolbar that is available. I have added several buttons that will add to the information available at my finger tips when using Google. We'll see how well it works over time. I'm hoping they add the ability to import Bookmarks (or Favorites in IE) shortly. That would give users the ability to maintain all their shortcuts across as many machines they use in the day, provided each machine had Google Toolbar installed.

Now, if only they would add Categories or Labels to Blogger...

Blogger Help : What is BlogThis! ?

Using BlogThis! from the Google Toolbar yields a new, much more capable blog editor.

Blogger Help : What is BlogThis! ?

By the way... Happy New Year!

My name on TV

Call me vain, but I'm a sucker for things with my name. I own a Sandisk Cruzer Titanium (my last name is Cruz); I own a Braun cruZer3 electric shaver (Cruz again); my first name is in a song by Jane's Addiction titled Jane Says. The song is now being used by Jack Daniel's for a TV commercial. The last word in the commercial is my name -- Sergio.

Power in your pocket

The Xpower Pocket Powerpack reviewed at Gizmodo is an interesting gadget. Due to Hurricane Wilma, I was without power for 10 days at home. This charger/inverter would have helped a lot. With something like this in my bag, I can charge my gear on the go without having to plug it in.

Writeboard collaborative document editor and Internet-based apps

While reading Lifehacker this afternoon, I came across their post about Writeboard -- a collaborative document editor that grabbed my attention. It's a collaborative document editor that can be useful when multiple people, separated by distance, need to work on something together. I began reading about the various other web-apps that 37 Signals also produces, which in turn made me think of all the Internet-based "software" that I use.

I can check various email accounts; I can read RSS; I can gain remote access to other systems; I can create blog postings; I can play games and all without anything more than Internet Explorer -- a web browser. Is there anything that can't be done using a web-based app today?

I had a TC1000 which I loaded with free applications (i.e. Open Office, AVG Antivirus, etc.), and everything worked well. I may have to experiment with a PC with only free web-based apps. The three requirements necessary: an operating system, a web browser, and an Internet connection. How functional would that PC be? Could I do everything I need to do on a daily basis with that PC?

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